• 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 ...
    • Body mass index trajectories and associations with cognitive decline in people with Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Melvær, Giil Lasse; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Sønnesyn, Hogne; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background and Aims In older adults with dementia, low body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher mortality and other adverse health outcomes. BMI or nutritional status trajectories from diagnosis have not yet been ...
    • 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 ...
    • Challenge your Brain. Blogging during the COVID Lockdown as a Way to Enhance Well-Being and Cognitive Reserve in an Older Population 

      Colombo, Barbara; Fusi, Giulia; Pabla, Satinder; Caravita, Simona Carla Silvia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)
      Background: The lockdown linked with COVID-19 restrictions has been reported to have severe consequences at an emotional and cognitive level, this was especially true for vulnerable populations, such as the older adults. ...
    • The combined effect of amyloid-β and tau biomarkers on brain atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies 

      Abdelnour, Carla; Ferreira, Daniel; Oppedal, Ketil; Cavallin, Lena; Bousiges, Olivier; Wahlund, Lars Olof; Hort, Jakub; Nedelska, Zuzana; Padovani, Alessandro; Pilotto, Andrea; Bonanni, Laura; Kramberger, Milica Gregoric; Boada, Mercè; Westman, Eric; Pagonabarraga, Javier; Kulisevsky, Jaime; Blanc, Frédéric; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)
      Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-related pathology is frequently found in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). However, it is unknown how amyloid-β and tau-related pathologies influence neurodegeneration in ...
    • Defective mitochondrial DNA homeostasis in the substantia nigra in Parkinson disease 

      Dölle, Christian; Flønes, Irene Hana; Sanchez Nido, Gonzalo; Miletic, Hrvoje; Osuagwu, Nelson; Kristoffersen, Stine; Lilleng, Peer Kåre; Larsen, Jan Petter; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Bindoff, Laurence; Tzoulis, Charalampos (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11)
      Increased somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis causes premature aging in mice, and mtDNA damage accumulates in the human brain with aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease (PD). Here, we ...
    • Defective mitochondrial DNA homeostasis in the substantia nigra in Parkinson disease 

      Dölle, Christian; Flønes, Irene Hana; Sanchez Nido, Gonzalo; Miletic, Hrvoje; Osuagwu, Nelson; Kristoffersen, Stine; Lilleng, Peer Kåre; Larsen, Jan Petter; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Bindoff, Laurence; Tzoulis, Charalampos (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11)
      Increased somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis causes premature aging in mice, and mtDNA damage accumulates in the human brain with aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease (PD). Here, we ...
    • Dementia with Lewy bodies research consortia: A global perspective from the ISTAART Lewy Body Dementias Professional Interest Area working group 

      D'Antonio, Fabrizia; Kane, Joseph P. M.; Ibañez, Agustin; Lewis, Simon J. G.; Camicioli, Richard; Wang, Huali; Yu, Yueyi; Zhang, Jing; Ji, Yong; Borda, Miguel Germán; Kandadai, Rukmini Mridula; Babiloni, Claudio; Bonnani, Laura; Ikeda, Manabu; Boeve, Bradley F.; Leverenz, James B.; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)
      Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) research has seen a significant growth in international collaboration over the last three decades. However, researchers face a challenge in identifying large and diverse samples capable of ...
    • Differences in dogs’ event-related potentials in response to human and dog vocal stimuli; a non-invasive study 

      Bálint, Anna; Eleőd, Huba; Magyari, Lilla; Kis, Anna; Gácsi, Márta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)
      Recent advances in the field of canine neuro-cognition allow for the non-invasive research of brain mechanisms in family dogs. Considering the striking similarities between dog's and human (infant)'s socio-cognition at the ...
    • 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]. ...
    • 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 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 ...
    • Investigation of the enantioselectivity of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase upon inhibition by tacrine-iminosugar heterodimers 

      Vaaland, Ingrid Caroline; Lopez, Oscar; Puerta, Adrian; Fernandes, Miguel X.; Padron, Jose M.; Fernandez-Bolanos, Jose G.; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Lindback, Emil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)
      The copper-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition was applied to prepare three enantiomeric pairs of heterodimers containing a tacrine residue and a 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol (DAB) or 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-L-arabinitol ...
    • 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 ...