• Amyloid plaques and symptoms of depression links to medical help-seeking due to subjective cognitive decline 

      Espenes, Ragna; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Eriksson, Cecilia Magdalena; Waterloo, Knut K; Hessen, Erik; Johnsen, Stein Harald; Selnes, Per; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-02)
      <i>Background:</i> Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, patients reporting SCD to their general practitioner are not always referred to a memory clinic.<p> <p><i>Objective:</i> To investigate whether prior history of medical help-seeking is associated with AD biomarker abnormality, worse cognitive performance, and/or depressive ...
    • Brain amyloid and vascular risk are related to distinct white matter hyperintensity patterns 

      Pålhaugen, Lene; Sudre, Carole H; Teceläo, Sandra Raquel Ramos; Nakling, Arne; Almdahl, Ina Selseth; Kalheim, Lisa Flem; Cardoso, M Jorge; Johnsen, Stein Harald; Rongve, Arvid; Aarsland, Dag; Bjørnerud, Atle; Selnes, Per; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)
      White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are associated with vascular risk and Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, we examined relations between WMH load and distribution, amyloid pathology and vascular risk in 339 controls and cases with either subjective (SCD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Regional deep (DWMH) and periventricular (PWMH) WMH loads were determined using an automated algorithm. We ...
    • Cerebrospinal fluid neurogranin/β-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 predicts cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease 

      Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Nordengen, Kaja; Selnes, Per; Waterloo, Knut; Torsetnes, Silje Bøen; Gísladóttir, Berglind; Brix, Britta; Vanmechelen, Eugeen; Bråthen, Geir; Hessen, Erik; Aarsland, Dag; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-10)
      <i>Introduction</i>: The cerebrospinal fluid neurogranin (Ng)/β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) ratio may reflect synaptic affection resulting from reduced beta-amyloid (Aβ) clearance. We hypothesize that increased Ng/BACE1 ratio predicts the earliest cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease.<p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We compared Ng/BACE1 levels between cases with subjective ...
    • CSF, Blood, and MRI Biomarkers in Skogholt’s Disease—A Rare Neurodegenerative Disease in a Norwegian Kindred 

      Aspli, Klaus Thanke; Aaseth, Jan; Holmøy, Trygve; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind Seljelid; Fladby, Tormod; Selnes, Per (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-26)
      Skogholt’s disease is a rare neurological disorder that is only observed in a small Norwegian kindred. It typically manifests in adulthood with uncharacteristic neurological symptoms from both the peripheral and central nervous systems. The etiology of the observed cerebral white matter lesions and peripheral myelin pathology is unclear. Increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of protein ...
    • Glial activation and inflammation along the Alzheimer's disease continuum 

      Nordengen, Kaja; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Henjum, Kristi; Selnes, Per; Gisladottir, Berglind; Wettergreen, Marianne; Torsetnes, Silje Bøen; Grøntvedt, Gøril Rolfseng; Waterloo, Knut; Aarsland, Dag; Nilsson, Lars; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-21)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Neuronal and glial cell interaction is essential for synaptic homeostasis and may be affected in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuronal and glia markers along the AD continuum, to reveal putative protective or harmful stage-dependent patterns of activation. <p><i>Methods - </i>We included healthy controls (<i>n</i> = 36) and Aβ-positive (Aβ+) ...
    • Longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid measurements show glial hypo- and hyperactivation in predementia Alzheimer’s disease 

      Nordengen, Kaja; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind Seljelid; Richter, Grit; Pålhaugen, Lene; Gisladottir, Berglind; Siafarikas, Nikias Ioannis; Nakling, Arne Exner; Rongve, Arvid; Bråthen, Geir; Grøntvedt, Gøril Rolfseng; Gonzalez, Fernando; Waterloo, Knut; Sharma, Kulbhushan; Karikari, Thomas; Vromen, Eleonora M.; Tijms, Betty M.; Visser, Pieter J.; Selnes, Per; Kramberger, Milicia G.; Winblad, Bengt; Blennow, Kaj; Fladby, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-13)
      Background - Brain innate immune activation is associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but degrees of activation may vary between disease stages. Thus, brain innate immune activation must be assessed in longitudinal clinical studies that include biomarker negative healthy controls and cases with established AD pathology. Here, we employ longitudinally sampled cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) core AD, ...
    • Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy in Predementia Alzheimer's Disease: A Longitudinal Multi-Site Study Comparing Staging and A/T/N in a Clinical Research Cohort 

      Jarholm, Jonas Alexander; Bjørnerud, Atle; Dalaker, Turi Olene; Akhavi, Mehdi Sadat; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Pålhaugen, Lene; Nordengen, Kaja; Grøntvedt, Gøril Rolfseng; Nakling, Arne Exner; Kalheim, Lisa Flem; Almdahl, Ina Selseth; Teceläo, Sandra Raquel Ramos; Fladby, Tormod; Selnes, Per (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-27)
      Background: Atrophy of the medial temporal lobe (MTL) is a biological characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and can be measured by segmentation of magnetic resonance images (MRI). Objective: To assess the clinical utility of automated volumetry in a cognitively well-defined and biomarker-classified multi-center longitudinal predementia cohort. <p>Methods: We used Automatic Segmentation of ...
    • 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 (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-24)
      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 levels may differ between early-stage amyloid plaque formation (A) and later stage downstream tau-tangle pathology (T) and neurodegeneration (N) and may be expressed as an A/T/N stage ...
    • Timed Up and Go in People with Subjective Cognitive Decline Is Associated with Faster Cognitive Deterioration and Cortical Thickness 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Ferreira, Daniel; Selnes, Per; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Garcia-Cifuentes, Elkin; Dalaker, Turi Olene; Oppedal, Ketil; Sønnesyn, Hogne; Fladby, Tormod; Aarsland, Dag (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2022-04)
      <p><i>Introduction:</i> Early markers of neurodegeneration provide an opportunity to detect, monitor, and initiate interventions in individuals who have an increased risk of developing dementia. Here, we investigated whether the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is associated with early brain neurodegeneration and whether the TUG test could be a marker of cognitive decline in people with subjective cognitive ...