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Fred Nyberg is a researcher affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden, whose work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research contributions emphasize subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The topics addressed in their publications focus notably on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Mental Health Research Topics, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension.

Nyberg has authored several papers in prominent journals, including:

  • Myrcene Attenuates Renal Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Adrenalectomized Rat Model, 2020, Molecules
  • Structurally different anabolic androgenic steroids reduce neurite outgrowth and neuronal viability in primary rat cortical cell cultures, 2021, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Breathalyser-Based eHealth Data Suggest That Self-Reporting of Abstinence Is a Poor Outcome Measure for Alcohol Use Disorder Clinical Trials, 2020, Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • The effects of morphine, methadone, and fentanyl on mitochondria: A live cell imaging study, 2021, Brain Research Bulletin
  • The Clinical Course of Alcohol Use Disorder Depicted by Digital Biomarkers, 2021, Frontiers in Digital Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nyberg include:

  • Markku Hämäläinen
  • Maria Winkvist
  • Karl Andersson
  • Mathias Hallberg
  • Andreas Zetterström

Their research is published regularly in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Digital Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Pain
  • Molecules
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism

Best Publications

  • Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites in fibromyalgia/fibrositis syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis

    I. Jon Russell;Henning Vaeroy;Martin Javors;Fred Nyberg

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide is a potent inhibitor of substance P degradation.

    Pierre Le Greves;Fred Nyberg;Lars Terenius;Tomas Hökfelt

  • Growth Hormone in the Brain: Characteristics of Specific Brain Targets for the Hormone and Their Functional Significance☆

    Fred Nyberg

  • Mephedrone, compared with MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamine, rapidly increases both dopamine and 5-HT levels in nucleus accumbens of awake rats

    J. Kehr;F. Ichinose;S. Yoshitake;M. Goiny

  • Growth hormone and cognitive function

    Fred Nyberg;Mathias Hallberg

  • Factors associated with adolescent use of doping agents : anabolic-androgenic steroids

    Anna M.S. Kindlundh;Dag G.L. Isacson;Lars Berglund;Fred Nyberg

  • Pathophysiology of brain edema and cell changes following hyperthermic brain injury.

    Hari Shanker Sharma;Jan Westman;Fred Nyberg

  • The hemorphins: A new class of opioid peptides derived from the blood protein hemoglobin

    Fred Nyberg;Katarina Sanderson;Eva-Lena Glämsta

  • Permeation of growth hormone across the blood-brain barrier

    Weihong Pan;Yongmei Yu;Courtney M. Cain;Fred Nyberg

  • Characterization of putative growth hormone receptors in human choroid plexus

    Zhennan Lai;Morgan Emtner;Paul Roos;Fred Nyberg

  • Age-related reduction of human growth hormone-binding sites in the human brain

    Zhennan Lai;Paul Roos;Qingzhu Zhai;Yngve Olsson

  • Growth hormone and its receptors in the central nervous system--location and functional significance

    Fred Nyberg;Pia Burman

  • Elevation of substance P-like peptides in the CSF of psychiatric patients.

    Rimón R;Le Grevés P;Nyberg F;Heikkilä L

  • Growth hormone induces age-dependent alteration in the expression of hippocampal growth hormone receptor and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunits gene transcripts in male rats

    Madeleine Le Grevès;Pia Steensland;Pierre Le Grevès;Fred Nyberg

  • Characterization of substance P(1-7) and (1-8) generating enzyme in human cerebrospinal fluid.

    Fred Nyberg;Pierre Le Greves;Christer Sundqvist;Lars Terenius

  • Isolation and characterization of a hemoglobin-derived opioid peptide from the human pituitary gland.

    Eva-Lena Glämsta;Anna Marklund;Ulf Hellman;Christer Wernstedt

  • Hemorphins derived from hemoglobin have an inhibitory action on angiotensin converting enzyme activity.

    Ingrid Lantz;Eva-Lena Glämsta;Lena Talbäck;Fred Nyberg

  • Probable involvement of serotonin in the increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier by forced swimming. An experimental study using Evans blue and 131I-sodium tracers in the rat.

    H S Sharma;J Westman;J C Navarro;P K Dey

  • Prodynorphin CpG-SNPs associated with alcohol dependence: elevated methylation in the brain of human alcoholics

    Malik Mumtaz Taqi;Igor Bazov;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Donna Sheedy

  • A general procedure for analysis of proenkephalin B derived opioid peptides

    Ingrid Christensson-Nylander;Fred Nyberg;Ulf Ragnarsson;Lars Terenius

Frequent Co-Authors

Hari Shanker Sharma
Hari Shanker Sharma Uppsala University
Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Jan Westman
Jan Westman Uppsala University
Yngve Olsson
Yngve Olsson Uppsala University
Anders Hallberg
Anders Hallberg Uppsala University
Abdu Adem
Abdu Adem University of Khorfakkan
Georgy Bakalkin
Georgy Bakalkin Uppsala University
Mary Jeanne Kreek
Mary Jeanne Kreek Rockefeller University
Nicole Gallo-Payet
Nicole Gallo-Payet Université de Sherbrooke
Kent W. Nilsson
Kent W. Nilsson Uppsala University

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