Lihua Sun
 PhD (Hons), System Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology

  

  

  

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• Reduced inter-subject functional connectivity during movies in autism: replicability across cross-national fMRI datasets  (2026)  
  • Molecular autism
   Lin, Feng; Albantakis, Laura; Noppari, Tuomo; Santavirta, Severi; Brandi, Marie-Luise; Sun, Lihua; Lukkarinen, Lasse; Tani, Pekka; Salmi, Juha; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Dukart, Juergen; Schilbach, Leonhard; Lahnakoski, Juha M.

  
  

• Anorexia nervosa is associated with higher brain mu-opioid receptor availability  (2025)  
  • Molecular Psychiatry
   Pak, Kyoungjune; Tuisku, Jouni; Karlsson, Henry K.; Hirvonen, Jussi; Rebelos, Eleni; Pekkarinen, Laura; Sun, Lihua; Latva-Rasku, Aino; Helin, Semi; Rajander, Johan; Karukivi, Max; Nuutila, Pirjo; Nummenmaa, Lauri

  
  

• Dark seasons enhance brain and brown adipose tissue interactions related to mu-opioid receptor signaling  (2025)  
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
   Sun, Lihua; Landau, Anne M.; Tang, Jing; Roivainen, Anne

  
  

• Impact of Day Length on Brain Glucose Metabolism in Men: A Large-Scale Repeated Measures PET Study  (2025)  
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms
   Pak, Kyoungjune; Shin, Seunghyeon; Kim, Keunyoung; Kim, Jihyun; Nam, Hyun-Yeol; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Nuutila, Pirjo; Liu, Xingdang; Sun, Lihua

  
  

• Obesity is associated with increased brain glucose uptake and activity but not neuroinflammation (TSPO availability) in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for BMI—Exercise training reverses increased brain activity  (2025)  
  • Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
   Hentilä, Jaakko; Tuisku, Jouni; Ojala, Ronja; Sun, Lihua; Lietzén, Martin S.; Virtanen, Heidi; Lautamäki, Riikka; Koskensalo, Kalle; Nummenmaa, Lauri; Löyttyniemi, Eliisa; Helin, Semi; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Lahti, Leo; Malm, Tarja; Rinne, Juha O.; Hannukainen, Jarna C.

  
  

• Reward responses to vicarious feeding depend on body mass index  (2025)  
  • Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience
   Järvinen, Lili; Santavirta, Severi; Putkinen, Vesa; Karlsson, Henry K.; Seppälä, Kerttu; Sun, Lihua; Hudson, Matthew; Hirvonen, Jussi; Nuutila, Pirjo; Nummenmaa, Lauri

  
  

• The Endogenous Opioid Neurotransmission and Seasonal Affective Disorders  (2025)  Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders  Sun, Lihua

  
  

• Aberrant type 2 dopamine receptor availability in violent offenders with psychopathy  (2024)  
  • NeuroImage
   Lukkarinen, Lasse; Tuisku, Jouni; Sun, Lihua; Helin, Semi; Karlsson, Henry K.; Venetjoki, Niina; Salomaa, Marja; Rautio, Päivi; Hirvonen, Jussi; Lauerma, Hannu; Tiihonen, Jari; Nummenmaa, Lauri
  

  
  

• Hormone-induced body-brain interaction and the impact on cognition  (2024)  
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
   Sun, Lihua; Nuutila, Pirjo

  
  

• Seasonal variation in D2/3 dopamine receptor availability in the human brain  (2024)  
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
   Sun, Lihua; Malén, Tuulia; Tuisku, Jouni; Kaasinen, Valtteri; Hietala, Jarmo A.; Rinne, Juha; Nuutila, Pirjo; Nummenmaa, Lauri