• Polygenic overlap between C-reactive protein, plasma lipids, and Alzheimer disease 

      Desikan, Rahul S.; Schork, Andrew J.; Wang, Yunpeng; Thompson, Wesley K.; Dehghan, Abbas; Ridker, Paul M.; Chasman, Daniel I.; McEvoy, Linda K.; Holland, Dominic; Chen, Chi-Hua; Karow, David S.; Brewer, James B.; Hess, Christopher P.; Williams, Julie; Sims, Rebecca; O'Donovan, Michael C.; Choi, Seung Hoan; Bis, Joshua C.; Ikram, M. Arfan; Gudnason, Vilmundur; DeStefano, Anita L.; Van Der Lee, Sven J.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Launer, Lenore; Seshadri, Sudha; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Mayeux, Richard; Haines, Jonathan L.; Farrer, Lindsay A.; Hardy, John; Ulstein, Ingun; Aarsland, Dag; Fladby, Tormod; White, Linda; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Rongve, Arvid; Witoelar, Aree; Djurovic, Srdjan; Hyman, Bradley T.; Snædal, Jon; Steinberg, Stacy; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefánsson, Kári; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Dale, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Background—Epidemiological findings suggest a relationship between Alzheimer disease (AD), inflammation, and dyslipidemia, although the nature of this relationship is not well understood. We investigated whether this ...
    • Predictive and diagnostic utility of brief neuropsychological assessment in detecting Alzheimer's pathology and progression to dementia 

      Eliassen, Ingvild Vøllo; Fladby, Tormod; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Waterloo, Knut; Eckerström, Marie; Wallin, Anders; Bråthen, Geir; Aarsland, Dag; Hessen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To assess the role of brief neuropsychological assessments in prediction and identification of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology and progression to AD dementia. Method: Adults (N = 255; range = 40–81 years) ...
    • Regression-Based Cognitive Change Norms Applied in Biochemically Defined Predementia Alzheimer’s Disease 

      Eliassen, Ingvild Vøllo; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Fladby, Tormod; Waterloo, Knut; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Hemminghyth, Mathilde Suhr; Aarsland, Dag; Reina, Santiago Timon; Wallin, Anders; Öhman, Fredrik; Eckerström, Marie; Hessen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective: We aim to develop 2-year cognitive change norms for adults ages 41–84 for six cognitive tests, and to evaluate these norms in groups with AD biomarkers. Background: Practice effects are common in repeated ...
    • Regression-based norms for the FAS phonemic fluency test for ages 40–84 based on a Norwegian sample 

      Lorentzen, Ingrid Myrvoll; Espenes, Johan Jacob; Hessen, Erik; Waterloo, Knut; Bråthen, Geir; Timón, Santiago; Aarsland, Dag; Fladby, Tormod; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The FAS phonemic fluency test is a commonly used neuropsychological test of executive function and processing speed. Although Norwegian discrete norms have been developed for the FAS test, American regression-based norms ...
    • Regression‐based normative data for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in Norwegian and Swedish adults aged 49–79 and comparison with published norms 

      Espenes, Jacob; Eliassen, Ingvild Vøllo; Öhman, Fredrik; Hessen, Erik; Waterloo, Knut K; Eckerström, Marie; Lorentzen, Ingrid Myrvoll; Øien-Bergland, Cecilie; Niska, Madelene Halvari; Reina, Santiago Timon; Wallin, Anders; Fladby, Tormod; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is a widely used measure of episodic verbal memory. To our knowledge, culturally adapted and demographically adjusted norms for the RAVLT are currently not available for Norwegian ...
    • The Relationship of Psychiatric Symptoms with Performance-Based and Self-Reported Cognitive Function After Ischemic Stroke 

      Kliem, Elisabeth; Gjestad, Elise Ødegård; Ryum, Truls; Olsen, Alexander; Thommessen, Bente; Indredavik, Bent; Bieliauskas, Linas; Due-Tønnessen, Paulina; Fladby, Tormod; Grambaite, Ramune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective: Findings on the relationship of psychiatric symptoms with performance-based and self-reported cognitive function post-stroke are inconclusive. We aimed to (1) study the relation of depression and anxiety to ...
    • Screening for Alzheimer’s Disease: Cognitive Impairment in Self-Referred and Memory Clinic-Referred Patients 

      Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind Seljelid Bordewic; Espenes, Ragna; Waterloo, Knut; Hessen, Erik; Johnsen, Stein Harald; Bråthen, Geir; Aarsland, Dag; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: Cognitive assessment is essential in tracking disease progression in AD. Presently, cohorts including preclinical at-risk participants are recruited by different means, which may bias cognitive and clinical ...
    • Stable cerebrospinal fluid neurogranin and β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 levels differentiate predementia Alzheimer's disease patients 

      Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Richter, Grit; Nordengen, Kaja; Aarsland, Dag; Bråthen, Geir; Tijms, Betty M; Visser, Pieter Jelle; Nilsson, Johanna; Selnes, Per; Kramberger, Milica G.; Winblad, Bengt; Waterloo, Knut; Gísladóttir, Berglind; Blennow, Kaj; Fladby, Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), neurogranin and the neurogranin/BACE1 ratio are proposed markers for Alzheimer’s disease. BACE1 is also a drug target. However, CSF ...
    • Using Polygenic Hazard Scores to Predict Age at Onset of Alzheimer's Disease in Nordic Populations 

      Motazedi, Ehsan; Cheng, Weiqiu; Thomassen, Jesper Qvist; Frei, Oleksandr; Rongve, Arvid; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Bahrami, Shahram; Shadrin, Alexey; Ulstein, Ingun; Stordal, Eystein; Brækhus, Anne; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Sando, Sigrid Botne; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Hindley, Guy; van der Meer, Dennis; Bergh, Sverre; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne; Bråthen, Geir; Philstrøm, Lasse; Djurovic, Srdjan; Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth; Fladby, Tormod; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Seibert, Tyler Michael; Dale, Anders; Fan, Chun C.; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)