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Åke Seiger is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of medicine with a focus on several subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, clinical psychology, and urology.

Their research work prominently covers topics such as spinal dysraphism and malformations, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, spinal cord injury research, urinary bladder and prostate research, grief, bereavement and mental health, pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes, as well as blood pressure and hypertension studies.

Åke Seiger has been published in multiple scientific journals with recurring appearances in venues such as BMC Geriatrics, Scandinavian Journal of Urology, Neurourology and Urodynamics, Spinal Cord, and Brain and Behavior.

  • Adults with spina bifida: A cross-sectional study of health issues and living conditions (2020), Brain and Behavior
  • Polypharmacy and Potential Drug-Drug Interactions in Home-Dwelling Older People - A Cross-Sectional Study (2021), Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
  • Transplantation of Human Neural Precursor Cells Reverses Syrinx Growth in a Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia (2021), Neurotherapeutics
  • Factors associated with self-rated health in a Norwegian population of older people participating in a preventive home visit program: a cross-sectional study (2020), BMC Geriatrics
  • The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: 2. Urinary tract infections in a regional prevalence group: frequency, symptoms and treatment strategies (2020), Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Collaboration is an important aspect of Åke Seiger's research, with frequent co-authors including Martina Bendt, Göran Hagman, Claes Hultling, Lena Lindbo, and Maria Eriksdotter, indicating a network of experienced researchers contributing to overlapping domains of medical study.

  • Martina Bendt
  • Göran Hagman
  • Claes Hultling
  • Lena Lindbo
  • Maria Eriksdotter

Best Publications

  • Brain grafts reduce motor abnormalities produced by destruction of nigrostriatal dopamine system

    Mark J. Perlow;William J. Freed;Barry J. Hoffer;Ake Seiger

  • Late prenatal ontogeny of central monoamine neurons in the rat: Fluorescence histochemical observations

    Åke Seiger;Lars Olson

  • Transplantation of adrenal medullary tissue to striatum in parkinsonism. First clinical trials.

    Erik-Olof Backlund;Per-Ola Granberg;Bertil Hamberger;Evert Knutsson

  • In vitro expansion of a multipotent population of human neural progenitor cells.

    Melissa K. Carpenter;Xia Cui;Zhong-yi Hu;Jennifer Jackson

  • Human fetal dopamine neurons grafted into the striatum in two patients with severe Parkinson's disease. A detailed account of methodology and a 6-month follow-up

    Olle Lindvall;Stig Rehncrona;Patrik Brundin;Björn Gustavii

  • Transplanted adrenal chromaffin cells in rat brain reduce lesion-induced rotational behaviour

    William J. Freed;John M. Morihisa;Eleanor Spoor;Barry J. Hoffer

  • Development and regional expression of beta nerve growth factor messenger RNA and protein in the rat central nervous system

    Scott R. Whittemore;Ted Ebendal;Lena Larkfors;Lars Olson

  • Heterogeneity of striatal and limbic dopamine innervation: Highly fluorescent islands in developing and adult rats

    Lars Olson;Åke Seiger;Kjell Fuxe

  • Intracerebroventricular Infusion of Nerve Growth Factor in Three Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

    Maria Eriksdotter Jönhagen;Agneta Nordberg;Kaarina Amberla;Lars Bäckman

  • The expression, localization and functional significance of β-nerve growth factor in the central nervous system

    Scott R. Whittemore;Åke Seiger

  • Expression of the beta-nerve growth factor gene in hippocampal neurons

    Christiane Ayer-LeLievre;Lars Olson;Ted Ebendal;Åke Seiger

  • Restoration of dopaminergic function by grafting of fetal rat substantia nigra to the caudate nucleus: long-term behavioral, biochemical, and histochemical studies.

    William J. Freed;William J. Freed;William J. Freed;Mark J. Perlow;Mark J. Perlow;Mark J. Perlow;Farouk Karoum;Farouk Karoum;Farouk Karoum;Ake Seiger;Ake Seiger;Ake Seiger

  • Spasticity after traumatic spinal cord injury: nature, severity, and location

    Camilla Sköld;Richard Levi;Åke Seiger

  • Nerve growth factors in the rat iris.

    Ted Ebendal;Lars Olson;Åke Seiger;Kjell-Olof Hedlund

  • Nerve growth factor affects 11C-nicotine binding, blood flow, EEG, and verbal episodic memory in an Alzheimer patient (case report).

    L. Olson;A. Nordberg;H. von Holst;L. Bäckman

  • The Stockholm spinal cord injury study: 1. Medical problems in a regional SCI population

    Richard Levi;C Hultling;M S Nash;M S Nash;A Seiger;A Seiger

  • Histochemical demonstration and mapping of 5-hydroxytryptamine- and catecholamine-containing neuron systems in the human fetal brain.

    L. Olson;L. O. Boréus;Å. Seiger

  • Transplantation in Parkinson's disease: two cases of adrenal medullary grafts to the putamen.

    Olle Lindvall;Erik‐Olof Backlund;Lars Farde;Göran Sedvall

  • One-leg stance in healthy young and elderly adults: a measure of postural steadiness?

    Erika Jonsson;Åke Seiger;Helga Hirschfeld;Helga Hirschfeld

  • How to identify potential fallers in a stroke unit: validity indexes of 4 test methods.

    Asa G Andersson;Kitty Kamwendo;Ake Seiger;Peter Appelros

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Erik Sundström
Erik Sundström Karolinska Institute
Barry J. Hoffer
Barry J. Hoffer Case Western Reserve University
Robert Freedman
Robert Freedman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Ingrid Strömberg
Ingrid Strömberg Umeå University
Agneta Nordberg
Agneta Nordberg Karolinska University Hospital
Doris Dahl
Doris Dahl Harvard University
Bengt Linderoth
Bengt Linderoth Karolinska Institute
Maria Eriksdotter
Maria Eriksdotter Karolinska Institute
Håkan Aldskogius
Håkan Aldskogius Uppsala University

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