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Overview

Espen Dietrichs is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work is notably concentrated in Neurology, encompassing 44 publications, with additional contributions to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics, including neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, neurology and historical studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, and epilepsy research and treatment.

Frequent venues for Dietrichs' published work include:

  • Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Annals of Neurology
  • npj Parkinson s Disease

Key recent papers demonstrate a focus on neurostimulation, Parkinson's disease symptoms and treatment outcomes, and related neurological conditions. Notable publications are:

  • "Deep Brain Stimulation for Arm Tremor: A Randomized Trial Comparing Two Targets," 2022, Annals of Neurology
  • "Subthalamic deep brain stimulation improves sleep and excessive sweating in Parkinson's disease," 2020, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • "Neurostimulation for Advanced Parkinson Disease and Quality of Life at 5 Years," 2024, JAMA Network Open
  • "Pain in adult myotonic dystrophy type 1: relation to function and gender," 2021, BMC Neurology
  • "Highly challenging balance and gait training for individuals with Parkinson's disease improves pace, rhythm and variability domains of gait - A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial," 2020, Clinical Rehabilitation

Dietrichs collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors, including Ane Konglund, Per Odin, Mathias Toft, Jan C. Frich, and Erik Sveberg Dietrichs, each contributing to multiple shared publications.

Best Publications

  • Summary of the recommendations of the EFNS/MDS-ES review on therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease

    Joaquim J Ferreira;R. Katzenschlager;B. R. Bloem;U. Bonuccelli

  • Collective physician perspectives on non-oral medication approaches for the management of clinically relevant unresolved issues in Parkinson's disease: Consensus from an international survey and discussion program.

    Per Odin;K. Ray Chaudhuri;J T. Slevin;Jens Volkmann

  • Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel in advanced Parkinson's: Final results of the GLORIA registry.

    Angelo Antonini;Werner Poewe;K. Ray Chaudhuri;Robert Jech

  • The cerebellar-hypothalamic axis: basic circuits and clinical observations.

    D E Haines;E Dietrichs;G A Mihailoff;E F McDonald

  • Cerebellar autonomic function: direct hypothalamocerebellar pathway

    Espen Dietrichs

  • Surgical site infections after deep brain stimulation surgery: frequency, characteristics and management in a 10-year period.

    Silje Bjerknes;Inger Marie Skogseid;Terje Sæhle;Espen Dietrichs

  • Is lectin-coupled horseradish peroxidase taken up and transported by undamaged as well as by damaged fibers in the central nervous system?

    P. Brodal;E. Dietrichs;J.G. Bjaalie;T. Nordby

  • Cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels in migraine, tension‐type headache and cervicogenic headache

    SH Bø;EM Davidsen;P Gulbrandsen;E Dietrichs

  • Prevalence of hemifacial spasm in Oslo, Norway

    Beate Nilsen;Khanh-Dung Le;Espen Dietrichs

  • Supportive evidence for 11 loci from genome-wide association studies in Parkinson's disease

    Lasse Pihlstrøm;Gunnar Axelsson;Kari Anne Bjørnarå;Nil Dizdar

  • Prevalence of primary focal and segmental dystonia in Oslo.

    Khanh-Dung Le;Beate Nilsen;Espen Dietrichs

  • The cerebellar projection from the lateral reticular nucleus as studied with retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

    E. Dietrichs;F. Walberg

  • The cerebellar corticonuclear and nucleocortical projections in the cat as studied with anterograde and retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. IV. The paraflocculus.

    E. Dietrichs

  • Good long-term efficacy of pallidal stimulation in cervical dystonia: a prospective, observer-blinded study.

    I. M. Skogseid;J. Ramm-Pettersen;J. Volkmann;E. Kerty

  • REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease--is there a gender difference?

    Kari Anne Bjørnarå;Espen Dietrichs;Espen Dietrichs;Mathias Toft

  • An HRP study of hypothalamo‐cerebellar and cerebello‐hypothalamic connections in squirrel monkey (saimiri sciureus)

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  • The interconnection between the vestibular nuclei and the nodulus: a study of reciprocity

    Fred Walberg;Espen Dietrichs

  • Hypothalamo-cerebellar and cerebello-hypothalamic pathways: a review and hypothesis concerning cerebellar circuits which may influence autonomic centers affective behavior.

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  • Interconnections between hypothalamus and cerebellum

    E Dietrichs;D E Haines

  • A note on the anterograde transport of horseradish peroxidase within the olivocerebellar fibres.

    F. Walberg;T. Nordby;E. Dietrichs

  • Do pontocerebellar fibers send collaterals to the cerebellar nuclei

    Espen Dietrichs;Jan G. Bjaalie;Per Brodal

  • The cerebellar corticonuclear and nucleocortical projections in the cat as studied with anterograde and retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

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  • The cerebellar corticonuclear and nucleocortical projections in the cat as studied with anterograde and retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

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  • REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease e Is there a gender difference?

    Kari Anne Bjørnarå;Espen Dietrichs;Mathias Toft

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Walberg
Fred Walberg University of Oslo
Per Odin
Per Odin Lund University
Lars T. Westlye
Lars T. Westlye University of Oslo
Ulrik Fredrik Malt
Ulrik Fredrik Malt University of Oslo
Stein Andersson
Stein Andersson University of Oslo
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Torbjørn Elvsåshagen
Torbjørn Elvsåshagen University of Oslo
Erik Taubøll
Erik Taubøll Oslo University Hospital
Dag Alnæs
Dag Alnæs Oslo University Hospital
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen

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