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Benjamin Spurny-Dworak gewinnt den ECNP Excellence Award of 2025 am ECNP Kongress in Amsterdam

Priv. Doz. Dr. Benjamin Spurny-Dworak, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Klinischen Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie der Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der MedUni Wien, hat den ECNP Excellence Awarnd 2025, der im Rahmen des diesjährigen 38. ECNP Kongresses in Amsterdam vergeben wurde, erhalten.

Der Preis wurde ihm von Barbara Franke, Chair des Scientific Program Committees und von Henricus G. Ruhé, Chair des Abstract und Poster Committees, überreicht.

Der ECNP Excellence Award 2025 wurde für sein Abstract "Neurotransmitter alterations in seasonal affective disorder" vergeben.

"Neurotransmitter alterations in seasonal affective disorder"

Within this work, we demonstrated significant lower levels of hippocampal GABA levels in SAD patients compared to a age- and sex-matched healthy control cohort. All subjects were measured during the fall and winter season. Thus, this seems to be a common pattern across different types of depression, since similar findings were reported in MDD. While foremost changes in the serotonergic system were reported in SAD, also GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter system of the brain tends to play a crucial role. Here, we highlight the strong interplay between serotonin and GABA in the pathophysiology of depression.