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Ole Bernt Fasmer

Ole Bernt Fasmer

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6981
World Ranking
8059
National Ranking
38

Overview

Ole Bernt Fasmer is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, focusing mainly on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work centers on several main topics, including Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Mental Health Research Topics, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Sleep and Related Disorders.

Ole Bernt Fasmer has contributed to numerous academic papers published in various venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Applying machine learning in motor activity time series of depressed bipolar and unipolar patients compared to healthy controls, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: Effects on actigraphy-derived sleep parameters, 2020, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Long-Short Ensemble Network for Bipolar Manic-Euthymic State Recognition Based on Wrist-Worn Sensors, 2022, IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • Vagally mediated heart rate variability, stress, and perceived social support: a focus on sex differences, 2022, Stress
  • Complexity and variability analyses of motor activity distinguish mood states in bipolar disorder, 2022, PLoS ONE

Ole Bernt Fasmer has frequently collaborated with coauthors including Petter Jakobsen, Ketil J. Øedegaard, Jim Tørresen, Tine Nordgreen, and Michael A. Riegler.

Their research has appeared multiple times in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, Bipolar Disorders, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Formalin test in mice, a useful technique for evaluating mild analgesics.

    Steinar Hunskaar;Ole Bernt Fasmer;Kjell Hole

  • Occupational Outcome in Adult ADHD: Impact of Symptom Profile, Comorbid Psychiatric Problems, and Treatment--A Cross-Sectional Study of 414 Clinically Diagnosed Adult ADHD Patients.

    Anne Halmøy;Ole Bernt Fasmer;Christopher Gillberg;Jan Haavik

  • Multicenter analysis of the SLC6A3/DAT1 VNTR haplotype in persistent ADHD suggests differential involvement of the gene in childhood and persistent ADHD.

    Barbara Franke;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Stefan Johansson;Stefan Johansson;Martine Hoogman

  • Adult ADHD and Comorbid Somatic Disease: A Systematic Literature Review:

    Johanne Telnes Instanes;Kari Klungsøyr;Anne Halmøy;Anne Halmøy;Ole Bernt Fasmer

  • Clinical assessment and diagnosis of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Jan Haavik;Anne Halmøy;Astri J Lundervold;Ole Bernt Fasmer

  • Migraine with and without Aura: Association with Depression and Anxiety Disorder in a Population-Based Study. The HUNT Study:

    KJ Oedegaard;D Neckelmann;A Mykletun;AA Dahl

  • Actigraphic registration of motor activity reveals a more structured behavioural pattern in schizophrenia than in major depression

    Jan O Berle;Erik R Hauge;Ketil J Oedegaard;Ketil J Oedegaard;Fred Holsten;Fred Holsten

  • The prevalence of migraine in patients with bipolar and unipolar affective disorders.

    OB Fasmer

  • Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    Tone Eg Henriksen;Tone Eg Henriksen;Silje Skrede;Silje Skrede;Ole B Fasmer;Ole B Fasmer;Helle Schoeyen;Helle Schoeyen;Helle Schoeyen

  • Changes in nociception after lesions of descending serotonergic pathways induced with 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine: different effects in the formalin and tail-flick tests

    O.B. Fasmer;O.-G. Berge;K. Hole

  • Actigraphic Assessment of Motor Activity in Acutely Admitted Inpatients with Bipolar Disorder

    Karoline Krane-Gartiser;Tone Elise Gjøtterud Henriksen;Gunnar Morken;Arne Einar Vaaler

  • Acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and morphine inhibit behavioral responses to intrathecally administered substance P or capsaicin.

    Steinar Hunskaar;Ole Bernt Fasmer;Kjell Hole

  • Genetic analyses of dopamine related genes in adult ADHD patients suggest an association with the DRD5-microsatellite repeat, but not with DRD4 or SLC6A3 VNTRs.

    S. Johansson;H. Halleland;A. Halmøy;K.K. Jacobsen;K.K. Jacobsen

  • Depresjon: a motor activity database of depression episodes in unipolar and bipolar patients

    Enrique Garcia-Ceja;Michael Riegler;Petter Jakobsen;Jim Tørresen

  • Nonlinear Analysis of Motor Activity Shows Differences between Schizophrenia and Depression: A Study Using Fourier Analysis and Sample Entropy

    Erik R. Hauge;Jan Øystein Berle;Ketil J. Oedegaard;Ketil J. Oedegaard;Fred Holsten;Fred Holsten

  • Time course of changes in nociception after 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine lesions of descending 5-HT pathways☆

    Odd-Geir Berge;Ole Bernt Fasmer;Torgeir Flatmark;Kjell Hole

  • Effects of the putative 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin on nociceptive sensitivity in mice

    O.B. Fasmer;O.-G. Berge;C. Post;K. Hole

  • The relationship of bulimia and anorexia nervosa with bipolar disorder and its temperamental foundations

    Anna V. Lunde;Anna V. Lunde;Ole B. Fasmer;Ole B. Fasmer;Kareen K. Akiskal;Hagop S. Akiskal

  • Medical students' cognitive and affective attitudes towards learning and using communication skills--a nationwide cross-sectional study.

    Tor Anvik;Hilde Grimstad;Anders Baerheim;Ole Bernt Fasmer

  • Is migraine in unipolar depressed patients a bipolar spectrum trait

    Ketil Joachim Oedegaard;Ole Bernt Fasmer

  • Meta-analysis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor p.Val66Met in adult ADHD in four European populations†‡

    C. Sanchez-Mora;M. Ribases;J. A. Ramos-Quiroga;M. Casas

  • Bipolar symptoms in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a cross-sectional study of 510 clinically diagnosed patients and 417 population-based controls.

    Anne Halmøy;Helene Halleland;Margaretha Dramsdahl;Per Bergsholm

  • Clinical characteristics of patients with major affective disorders and comorbid migraine.

    Ole Bernt Fasmer;Ketil Joachim Oedegaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Hagop S. Akiskal
Hagop S. Akiskal University of California, San Diego
Per Vaglum
Per Vaglum University of Oslo
Are Holen
Are Holen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Gunnar Morken
Gunnar Morken Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Michael Riegler
Michael Riegler OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga Autonomous University of Barcelona

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