• Assessing regional intracortical myelination in schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders using the optimized T1w/T2w-ratio 

      Jørgensen, Kjetil Nordbø; Nerland, Stener; Slapø, Nora Berz; Norbom, Linn Bonaventure; Mørch-Johnsen, Lynn Egeland; Wortinger, Laura Anne; Barth, Claudia; Andreou, Dimitrios; Maximov, Ivan; Geier, Oliver; Andreassen, Ole A.; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Agartz, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background Dysmyelination could be part of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia spectrum (SCZ) and bipolar disorders (BPD), yet few studies have examined myelination of the cerebral cortex. The ratio of T1- and T2-weighted ...
    • Current Auditory Hallucinations Are Not Associated With Specific White Matter Diffusion Alterations in Schizophrenia 

      Nerland, Stener; Slapø, Nora Berz; Barth, Claudia; Mørch-Johnsen, Lynn Egeland; Jørgensen, Kjetil Nordbø; Beck, Dani; Wortinger, Laura Anne; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Andreassen, Ole A.; Maximov, Ivan; Geier, Oliver; Agartz, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background and Hypothesis Studies have linked auditory hallucinations (AH) in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SCZ) to altered cerebral white matter microstructure within the language and auditory processing circuitry ...
    • Distinct Longitudinal Brain White Matter Microstructure Changes and Associated Polygenic Risk of Common Psychiatric Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease in the UK Biobank 

      Korbmacher, Max; van der Meer, Dennis; Beck, Dani; Askeland-Gjerde, Daniel E.; Eikefjord, Eli Nina Hølleland; Lundervold, Arvid; Andreassen, Ole A.; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Maximov, Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background During the course of adulthood and aging, white matter (WM) structure and organization are characterized by slow degradation processes such as demyelination and shrinkage. An acceleration of such aging processes ...
    • GWAS meta-analysis reveals key risk loci in essential tremor pathogenesis 

      Skuladottir, Astros Th; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Bjornsdottir, Anna; Jonsson, Palmi; Palmadottir, Vala; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Walters, G Bragi; Gisladottir, Rosa S.; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Jonsdottir, Gudrun A.; Sulem, Patrick; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Knowlton, Kirk U.; Jones, David A.; Ottas, Aigar; Pedersen, Ole B.; Didriksen, Maria; Brunak, Søren; Banasik, Karina; Hansen, Thomas Folkmann; Erikstrup, Christian; Haavik, Jan; Andreassen, Ole A.; Rye, David; Igland, Jannicke; Ostrowski, Sisse Rye; Milani, Lili A.; Nadauld, Lincoln D.; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefansson, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Essential tremor (ET) is a prevalent neurological disorder with a largely unknown underlying biology. In this genome-wide association study meta-analysis, comprising 16,480 ET cases and 1,936,173 controls from seven datasets, ...