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Lars Ersland is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and advanced imaging techniques. The scientist's publications cover a broad range of topics related to brain function, psychiatric conditions, and neuroimaging methods.

Their work frequently appears in notable journals including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NMR in Biomedicine
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Scientific Reports

Lars Ersland's main fields of study are medicine and neuroscience, with subfields emphasizing cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, psychiatry and mental health, pharmacology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research topics concentrate on:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Recent publications include the following:

  • "Frequency drift in MR spectroscopy at 3T," 2021, published in NeuroImage
  • "Comparison of seven modelling algorithms for γ-aminobutyric acid-edited proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy," 2022, published in NMR in Biomedicine
  • "Comparison of Multivendor Single-Voxel MR Spectroscopy Data Acquired in Healthy Brain at 26 Sites," 2020, published in Radiology
  • "Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Depressed Subjects Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy-A Systematic Review of Literature," 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Neural Activation in the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Precedes Conscious Experience of Being in or out of a Transient Hallucinatory State," 2022, published in Schizophrenia Bulletin

Lars Ersland collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Alexander R. Craven
  • Kenneth Hugdahl
  • Erik Johnsen
  • Katarzyna Kazimierczak
  • Lydia Brunvoll Sandøy

The combination of their research areas and publication record indicates a focus on the application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and neuroimaging methods to psychiatric conditions, such as depression and schizophrenia, as well as cognitive processes related to brain connectivity and function.

Best Publications

  • Sex differences in visuo-spatial processing: an fMRI study of mental rotation.

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Tormod Thomsen;Lars Ersland

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of sex differences in a mental rotation task.

    Thomsen T;Hugdahl K;Ersland L;Barndon R

  • Big GABA: Edited MR spectroscopy at 24 research sites

    Mark Mikkelsen;Mark Mikkelsen;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya;Maiken K. Brix

  • Brain Activation Measured With fMRI During a Mental Arithmetic Task in Schizophrenia and Major Depression

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Bjørn Rishovd Rund;Anders Lund;Arve Asbjørnsen

  • Less developed corpus callosum in dyslexic subjects--a structural MRI study.

    Kerstin von Plessen;Arvid Lundervold;Nicolae Duta;Einar Heiervang

  • Mr morphometry analysis of grey matter volume reduction in schizophrenia: association with hallucinations.

    Gesche Neckelmann;Karsten Specht;Anders Lund;Lars Ersland

  • Phantom limb imaginary fingertapping causes primary motor cortex activation: an fMRI study.

    L Ersland;G Rosén;A Lundervold;A I Smievoll

  • Dichotic listening reveals functional specificity in prefrontal cortex: an fMRI study.

    Tormod Thomsen;Lars Morten Rimol;Lars Ersland;Lars Ersland;Kenneth Hugdahl;Kenneth Hugdahl

  • Working Memory Deficit in Dyslexia: Behavioral and fMRI Evidence

    Harald Beneventi;Finn Egil Tønnessen;Lars Ersland;Kenneth Hugdahl

  • Default-mode network functional connectivity is closely related to metabolic activity.

    Susanne Passow;Karsten Specht;Tom Christian Adamsen;Martin Biermann

  • Planum temporale, planum parietale and dichotic listening in dyslexia

    Einar Heiervang;Kenneth Hugdahl;Helmuth Steinmetz;Alf Inge Smievoll

  • The effects of attention on speech perception: An fMRI study

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Kenneth Hugdahl;Tormod Thomsen;Lars Ersland;Lars Ersland;Lars Morten Rimol

  • Brain localization of attentional control in different age groups by combining functional and structural MRI.

    Tormod Thomsen;Karsten Specht;Åsa Hammar;Jarle Nyttingnes

  • MRI with an endorectal coil for staging of clinically localised prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy.

    J. Rørvik;O. J. Halvorsen;G. Albrektsen;L. Ersland

  • Pancreatic lipomatosis is a structural marker in nondiabetic children with mutations in carboxyl-ester lipase.

    Helge Ræder;Ingfrid S. Haldorsen;Lars Ersland;Renate Grüner

  • Executive working memory processes in dyslexia: behavioral and fMRI evidence.

    Harald Beneventi;Finn Egil Tønnessen;Lars Ersland;Lars Ersland;Kenneth Hugdahl;Kenneth Hugdahl

  • Big GABA II: Water-referenced edited MR spectroscopy at 25 research sites

    Mark Mikkelsen;Mark Mikkelsen;Daniel L. Rimbault;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya

  • fMRI Brain Activation in a Finnish Family With Specific Language Impairment Compared With a Normal Control Group

    Kenneth Hugdahl;Hilde Gundersen;Cecilie Brekke;Tormod Thomsen

  • A new verbal reports fMRI dichotic listening paradigm for studies of hemispheric asymmetry.

    Maurits van den Noort;Karsten Specht;Lars M. Rimol;Lars Ersland

  • Localized cerebral energy failure in DNA polymerase gamma-associated encephalopathy syndromes.

    Charalampos Tzoulis;Gesche Neckelmann;Sverre J. Mørk;Bernt E. Engelsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
René Westerhausen
René Westerhausen University of Oslo
Nils Inge Landrø
Nils Inge Landrø University of Oslo
Bjørn Rishovd Rund
Bjørn Rishovd Rund Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Kjetil Sundet
Kjetil Sundet University of Oslo
Jens Egeland
Jens Egeland University of Oslo
Shawn M. McClintock
Shawn M. McClintock The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Einar Heiervang
Einar Heiervang University of Oslo
Adam J. Woods
Adam J. Woods University of Florida
Laurence A. Bindoff
Laurence A. Bindoff Haukeland University Hospital

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