• Association of GBA Genotype With Motor and Functional Decline in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Parkinson Disease. 

      Grødem, Jodi Maple; Dalen, Ingvild; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Macleod, Angus D.; Forsgren, Lars; Counsell, Carl E.; Alves, Guido Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)
      Objective To establish the significance of glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA) carrier status on motor impairment in a large cohort of patients with incident Parkinson disease (PD). Methods Three European population-based ...
    • Association of SNCA Parkinson's Disease Risk Polymorphisms With Disease Progression in Newly Diagnosed Patients 

      Szwedo, Aleksandra A; Pedersen, Camilla C; Ushakova, Anastasia; Forsgren, Lars; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Counsell, Carl E.; Alves, Guido Werner; Lange, Johannes; Macleod, Angus D.; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)
      Objectives: To evaluate the impact of SNCA polymorphisms originally identified as risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) on the clinical presentation and progression of the disease in a large cohort of population-based ...
    • Behandling av motoriske symptomer ved Parkinsons sykdom 

      Dietrichs, Espen; Alves, Guido Werner; Benjaminsen, Espen; Johansen, Krisztina Kunszt; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Gjennom de siste årene har nye terapimuligheter og økt kunnskap om gamle metoder ført til endringer i vår behandling av Parkinsons sykdom. Likevel åpner alle tilgjengelige norske og utenlandske terapianbefalinger for ulike ...
    • Cannabis use in Parkinson’s disease—A nationwide online survey study 

      Erga, Aleksander Hagen; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Alves, Guido Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)
      Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of use, attitudes toward, and experiences with cannabis and cannabis-related products among people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) living in Norway. Me ...
    • Combinatory microRNA serum signatures as classifiers of Parkinson's disease 

      Patil, Ketan S.; Basak, Indranil; Dalen, Ingvild; Hoedt, Esthelle; Lange, Johannes; Lunde, Kristin Aaser; Liu, Ying; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Forsgren, Lars; Aarsland, Dag; Neubert, Thomas A.; Larsen, Jan Petter; Alves, Guido Werner; Møller, Simon Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04)
      As current clinical diagnostic protocols for Parkinson's disease (PD) may be prone to inaccuracies there is a need to identify and validate molecular biomarkers, such as circulating microRNAs, which will complement current ...
    • DOPA Homeostasis by Dopamine: A Control-Theoretic View 

      Kleppe, Rune; Waheed, Qaiser; Ruoff, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)
      Dopamine (DA) is an important signal mediator in the brain as well as in the periphery. The term “dopamine homeostasis” occasionally found in the literature refers to the fact that abnormal DA levels can be associated with ...
    • Early constipation predicts faster dementia onset in Parkinson's disease 

      Camacho, Marta; Macleod, Angus D.; Grødem, Jodi Maple; Evans, Jonathan R.; Breen, David P.; Cummins, G; Wijeyekoon, Ruwani; Greenland, Julia; Alves, Guido Werner; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Lawson, Rachel A.; Barker, Roger A.; Williams-Gray, Caroline H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Constipation is a common but not a universal feature in early PD, suggesting that gut involvement is heterogeneous and may be part of a distinct PD subtype with prognostic implications. We analysed data from the Parkinson’s ...
    • The ePark study protocol: A decentralized trial of individual video-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive disorder in Parkinson's disease 

      Erga, Aleksander Hagen; Alves, Guido Werner; Leentjens, Albert F.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04)
      Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting 1.2 million Europeans [1]. The prevalence of PD in people over 60 is about 1%, increasing to 4% in people 80 years and older [2]. ...
    • Evolution of impulsive–compulsive behaviors and cognition in Parkinson’s disease 

      Erga, Aleksander Hagen; Alves, Guido Werner; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Pedersen, Kenn Freddy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)
      The longitudinal course of ICBs in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) relative to controls has not been explored as of yet. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency, evolution and associated cognitive and ...
    • Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and REM Sleep Behavior Disorders in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review on Early Intervention With Implications to Neuroprotection 

      Gjerstad, Michaela D; Alves, Guido Werner; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11)
      Sleep contributes to the consolidation of our memory and facilitates learning. Short term sleep deprivation temporarily reduces mnestic capacity, whereas long lasting sleep deprivation is associated with structural changes ...
    • First delirium episode in Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism: incidence, predictors, and outcomes 

      Green, Samantha; Perrott, Sarah L.; McCleary, Andrew; Sleeman, Isobel; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Counsell, Carl E.; Macleod, Angus D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10)
      To define the incidence, predictors and prognosis of the first hospital delirium episode in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP), we identified the first hospital episode of delirium after diagnosis in ...
    • Genetic risk of Parkinson disease and progression: An analysis of 13 longitudinal cohorts 

      Iwaki, Hirotaka; Blauwendraat, Cornelis; Leonard, Hampton L.; Liu, Ganqiang; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Corvol, Jean-Christophe; Pihlstrøm, Lasse; van Nimwegen, Marlies; Hutten, Samantha J.; Nguyen, Khanh-Dung H.; Rick, Jacqueline; Eberly, Shirley; Faghri, Faraz; Auinger, Peggy; Scott, Kirsten M.; Wijeyekoon, Ruwani; van Deerlin, Vivianna M.; Hernandez, Dena G.; Day-Williams, Aaron G.; Brice, Alexis; Alves, Guido Werner; Noyce, Alastair J.; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Evans, Jonathan R.; Breen, David P.; Estrada, Karol; Wegel, Claire E.; Danjou, Fabrice; Simon, David K.; Ravina, Bernard; Toft, Mathias; Heutink, Peter; Bloem, Bastiaan R.; Weintraub, Daniel; Barker, Roger A.; Williams-Gray, Caroline H.; van de Warrenburg, Bart P.; van Hilten, Jacobus J.; Scherzer, Clemens R.; Singleton, Andrew B.; Nalls, Mike A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)
      Objective To determine if any association between previously identified alleles that confer risk for Parkinson disease and variables measuring disease progression. Methods We evaluated the association between 31 risk ...
    • Genetic risk scores and hallucinations in patients with Parkinson disease 

      Kusters, Cynthia D.J.; Paul, Kimberly C.; Folle, Aline Duarte; Keener, Adrienne M.; Bronstein, Jeff M.; Dobricic, Valerija; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Bertram, Lars; Alves, Guido Werner; Sinsheimer, Janet S.; Lill, Christina M.; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Ritz, Beate R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)
      Objective We examine the hypothesized overlap of genetic architecture for Alzheimer disease (AD), schizophrenia (SZ), and Parkinson disease (PD) through the use of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) with the occurrence of ...
    • Genome-wide histone acetylation analysis reveals altered transcriptional regulation in the Parkinson’s disease brain 

      Toker, Lilah; Tran, Gia T.; Sundaresan, Janani; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido; Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Nido, Gonzalo S.; Dölle, Christian; Tzoulis, Charalampos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex, age-related neurodegenerative disorder of largely unknown etiology. PD is strongly associated with mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction, which can lead to epigenetic ...
    • Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of PD using a multiplex proteomics approach 

      Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Ushakova, Anastasia; Pedersen, Kenn Freddy; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido Werner; Lange, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)
      Given the complexity of Parkinson's disease (PD), achieving acceptable diagnostic and prognostic accuracy will require the support of a panel of diverse biomarkers. We used Proximity extension assays to measure a panel of ...
    • Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of PD using a multiplex proteomics approach 

      Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Ushakova, Anastasia; Pedersen, Kenn Freddy; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido Werner; Lange, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)
      Given the complexity of Parkinson's disease (PD), achieving acceptable diagnostic and prognostic accuracy will require the support of a panel of diverse biomarkers. We used Proximity extension assays to measure a panel of ...
    • Meta-analysis of whole-exome sequencing data from two independent cohorts finds no evidence for rare variant enrichment in Parkinson disease associated loci 

      Gaare, Johannes Jernqvist; Sanchez Nido, Gonzalo; Dölle, Christian; Sztromwasser, Pawel Szymon; Alves, Guido Werner; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Tzoulis, Charalampos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)
      Parkinson disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. While genome wide association studies have identified several susceptibility loci, many causal variants ...
    • Parkinson’s disease clinical milestones and mortality 

      Gonzalez Velez, Maria Camila; Dalen, Ingvild; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Identification of factors predicting and driving mortality in PD is important for patient information, disease management, and design of future clinical trials. This study included newly diagnosed PD patients and normal ...
    • A systematic review of associations between common SNCA variants and clinical heterogeneity in Parkinson's disease 

      Pedersen, Camilla C; Lange, Johannes; Førland, Marthe Gurine; Macleod, Angus D.; Alves, Guido Werner; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)
      There is great heterogeneity in both the clinical presentation and rate of disease progression among patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This can pose prognostic difficulties in a clinical setting, and a greater ...
    • The GBA variant E326K is associated with Parkinson's disease and explains a genome-wide association signal 

      Berge-Seidl, Victoria; Pihlstrøm, Lasse; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Forsgren, Lars; Linder, Jan; Larsen, Jan Petter; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Toft, Harald Mathias Strøm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)
      Objective Coding variants in the GBA gene have been identified as the numerically most important genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified ...