• Adipose tissue distribution from body MRI is associated with cross-sectional and longitudinal brain age in adults 

      Beck, Dani; de Lange, Ann-Marie Glasø; Alnæs, Dag; Maximov, Ivan; Pedersen, Mads Lund; Leinhard, Olof Dahlqvist; Linge, Jennifer; Simon, Rozalyn; Richard, Geneviève; Ulrichsen, Kristine Moe; Dørum, Erlend Solberg; Kolskår, Knut-Kristian; Sanders, Anne-Marthe; Winterton, Adriano; Gurholt, Tiril Pedersen; Kaufmann, Tobias; Steen, Nils Eiel; Nordvik, Jan Egil; Andreassen, Ole; Westlye, Lars Tjelta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      There is an intimate body-brain connection in ageing, and obesity is a key risk factor for poor cardiometabolic health and neurodegenerative conditions. Although research has demonstrated deleterious effects of obesity on ...
    • Associations between brain imaging and polygenic scores of mental health and educational attainment in children aged 9–11 

      Fernandez-Cabello, Sara; Alnæs, Dag; van der Meer, Dennis; Dahl, Andreas; Holm, Madelene Christin; Kjelkenes, Rikka; Maximov, Ivan; Norbom, Linn Christin Bonaventure; Pedersen, Mads Lund; Voldsbekk, Irene; Andreassen, Ole; Westlye, Lars Tjelta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Psychiatric disorders are highly heritable and polygenic, and many have their peak onset in late childhood and adolescence, a period of tremendous changes. Although the neurodevelopmental antecedents of mental illness are ...
    • Cardiometabolic risk factors associated with brain age and accelerate brain ageing 

      Beck, Dani; de Lange, Ann-Marie G.; Pedersen, Mads L.; Alnæs, Dag; Maximov, Ivan; Voldsbekk, Irene; Richard, Geneviève; Sanders, Anne-Marthe; Ulrichsen, Kristine Moe; Dørum, Erlend Solberg; Kolskår, Knut-Kristian; Høgestøl, Einar August; Steen, Nils Eiel; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole; Nordvik, Jan E.; Kaufmann, Tobias; Westlye, Lars Tjelta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The structure and integrity of the ageing brain is interchangeably linked to physical health, and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRs) are associated with dementia and other brain disorders. In this mixed cross-sectional ...