Dr Ann-Katrin Kraeuter

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

Dr Ann-Katrin Kraeuter is a PhD neuroscientist with active research in nutritional neuroscience, neurobiological mechanisms of stress and psychiatric disorders within the general population. Ann-Katrin joined Northumbria University in 2020. Before Northumbria, her research investigated the effects of ketogenic diet in animal models of schizophrenia (PhD (Dec 2019) “KD in mouse models of psychosis”, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia). Ann-Katrin post-doctorate research position investigated biomarkers for early stroke detection in stroke survivors Ann-Katrin is interested in combining her expertise in survey-based evidence with biological evidence (PhD in Medical and Molecular Sciences (medal of excellence)) to provide a holistic understanding of the effects of ketogenic diet on prodromal psychosis.

Ann-Katrin has skills and experience in preclinical and general population research. Ann-Katrin is experienced in behavioural neuroscience animal modelling of complex human neuropsychiatric conditions. Other areas of interested and skills include gut microbiota, ketone and glucose monitoring, cortisol analysis, hematology, immunoassays, inflammatory processes. Ann-Katrin has supervised over 40+ undergraduate and master dissertation students at James Cook University and Northumbria University

To Date, Ann-Katrin has published 30+ research outputs with over 1500 citations (H-Index 14). Ann-Katrin completed a “Ketogenic Diets for Mental Health Clinician Training” training course. Ann-Katrin serves as Review Editor for Neuroenergetics, Nutrition and Brain Health (specialty section of Frontiers in Neuroscience and Frontiers in Nutrition. Ann-Katrin is part of NUTRAN an interdisciplinary research group conducting world-leading nutritional trials. Ann-Katrin is part of the Metabolic Mind community run by the Baszucki group, a network of world leaders in the field of KD interventions for mental health. Ann-Katrin is on the Board of advisors for online platform MetPsy – Recharge Your Brain.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Keywords:

Ketogenic diet, schizophrenia, psychosis, schizotypy, psychosis proneness, stress, fibre, fats, cortisol concentrations, the gut microbiome, immune function, gut-brain axis, social behaviour, cognition, glucose metabolism, fat metabolism

Key Publications

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Effect of metformin in a novel experimental model of peripheral artery disease, Krishna, S., Moxon, J., Kraeuter, A., Golledge, J. 30 Apr 2025, In: Clinical Science
Ketogenic Diet has a positive association with mental and emotional well-being in the general population, Garner, S., Davies, E., Barkus, E., Kraeuter, A. 1 Aug 2024, In: Nutrition
Positive and negative schizotypy personality traits are lower in individuals on ketogenic diet in a non-clinical sample, Garner, S., Barkus, E., Kraeuter, A. 1 Aug 2024, In: Schizophrenia Research
A case-control comparison of acute-phase peripheral blood gene expression in participants diagnosed with minor ischaemic stroke or stroke mimics, Moxon, J., Calcino, A., Kraeuter, A., Phie, J., Anderson, G., Standley, G., Jones, R., Field, M., Golledge, J. 25 Nov 2023, In: Human Genomics
Contributors, Abdullah, M., Abou-Kheir, W., Agrawal, O., Ahmad, A., Aleksandra, A., Alghamdi, B., Algindan, Y., Almikhlafi, M., Alp, E., Alstadhaug, K., AlZaim, I., Amani, R., Ariyanfar, S., Aschner, M., Ashraf, G., Bajaj, K., Bakkar, N., Barone, M., Bhatti, G., Bhatti, J., Bitarafan, S., Bjerring, E., Bloomfield, F., Buckett, L., Buoite Stella, A., Cabañas, E., Cadet, P., Carollo, J., Castles, Z., Chacón, M., Chamaa, F., Chaudhary, S., Chaudhary, S., Clarke, E., Contreras, I., Cormack, B., Costa, E., Cruz, G., Cuervo-Zanatta, D., Dangat, K., Darwish, B., De Leo, S., Dearborn-Tomazos, J., Dhandapani, M., Dhandapani, S., Doehner, W., El Idrissi, A., El-Mallah, C., El-Yazbi, A., Emenike, B., Esposito, D., Estrada, J., Farahbakhsh, P., Feldman, E., Gaikwad, A., Gaio, M., Gigliotti, F., Gordon, S., Graneri, L., Gulati, S., Harirchian, M., Heath, R., Heffernan, A., Hernandez-Acosta, J., Heyn, P., Ibeh, S., Iqbal, A., Jahromi, S., Jauert, N., Jiang, L., Joseph, J., Joshi, S., Julian, T., Kalayeh, H., Kale, M., Kanozia, R., Khattab, R., Kim, B., Klevebro, S., Kloster, A., Kobeissy, F., Kraeuter, A., Kulkarni, Y., Lam, V., Li, S., Li, Y., Liampas, A., Longhitano, C., López-Granero, C., Mamo, J., Manganotti, P., Manorenj, S., Marde, V., Marinelli, S., Markowitz, M., Mastrangelo, M., Mehrabani, S., Mekawy, N., Mishra, J., Mohamadinarab, M., Morales, M., Navik, U., Neigh, G., Neuwirth, L., Ngo, S., Nogueira, R., Norouzy, A., Oda, A., Olesen, M., Oza, M., Patel, V., Perez-Cruz, C., Pessoa, D., Prasanan, J., Preedy, V., Quintanilla, R., Rafiee, P., Rajendram, R., Rajna, M., Rawat, S., Reddy, P., Rumora, A., Salvioni, C., Sánchez-Santed, F., Sánchez-Valle, V., Sarnyai, Z., Savelieff, M., Sehrawat, A., Shaik, R., Sharma, E., Silva, J., Simone, I., Simonsen, A., Soltani, D., Sondhi, V., Steyn, F., Tagawa, A., Tai, M., Takechi, R., Taksande, B., Terhune, E., Togha, M., Tzoulis, C., Umare, M., Umekar, M., Upaganlawar, A., Vasquez, M., Wankhede, N., White, H., Wilson, M., Wood, T., Yamagata, K., Yi, Y., Zhu, W., Zis, P., Zorica, S. 2023, Diet and Nutrition in Neurological Disorders, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier
Effects of ketogenic diets and ketone supplementation on the nervous system during development: Applications to autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, Longhitano, C., Kraeuter, A., Gordon, S., Sarnyai, Z. 16 Jun 2023, Diet and Nutrition in Neurological Disorders, Elsevier
The use of integrated behavioural z-scoring in behavioural neuroscience: A perspective article, Kraeuter, A. 15 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Serum angiopoietin-1 concentration does not distinguish patients with ischaemic stroke from those presenting to hospital with ischaemic stroke mimics, Moxon, J., Kraeuter, A., Phie, J., Juliano, S., Anderson, G., Standley, G., Sealey, C., White, R., Golledge, J. 4 Nov 2022, In: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
The Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Sarnyai, Z., Kraeuter, A., Palmer, C. 1 Apr 2022, Ketogenic Diet and Metabolic Therapies, Oxford, Oxford University Press
Human nail cortisol as a retrospective biomarker of chronic stress: A systematic review, Phillips, R., Kraeuter, A., McDermott, B., Lupien, S., Sarnyai, Z. 1 Jan 2021, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology