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D-Index
60
Citations
19692
World Ranking
3770
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Per Andersen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with specific focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology. They also have contributions related to Education and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Family and Disability Support Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Per Andersen include:

  • Development of executive functioning from childhood to young adulthood in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A 10-year longitudinal study. (2021) published in Neuropsychology
  • Health-related quality of life in refugee youth and the mediating role of mental distress and post-migration stressors (2021) published in Quality of Life Research
  • Syrian Refugee Youth Resettled in Norway: Mechanisms of Resilience Influencing Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Distress (2021) published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • Declining Trajectories of Co-occurring Psychopathology Symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Health-related quality of life in young Syrian refugees recently resettled in Norway (2020) published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Per Andersen has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Developmental Neuropsychology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Journal of Attention Disorders

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Erik Winther Skogli
  • Merete Glenne Øie
  • Stian Orm
  • Ingrid Nesdal Fossum
  • Elisabeth Øverland

Per Andersen has been recognized with distinctions including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1999 and membership in the National Academy of Sciences from 1994.

Best Publications

  • The Hippocampus Book

    Per Andersen

  • Spatial learning impairment parallels the magnitude of dorsal hippocampal lesions, but is hardly present following ventral lesions

    Edvard Moser;May-Britt Moser;Per Andersen

  • Spatial learning with a minislab in the dorsal hippocampus

    May-Britt Moser;Edvard I. Moser;Elma Forrest;Per Andersen

  • Importance of AMPA receptors for hippocampal synaptic plasticity but not for spatial learning.

    Daniel Zamanillo;Rolf Sprengel;Øivind Hvalby;Vidar Jensen

  • An increase in dendritic spine density on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells following spatial learning in adult rats suggests the formation of new synapses.

    May-Britt Moser;Mari Trommald;Per Andersen

  • Specific long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices.

    P Andersen;S H Sundberg;O Sveen;H Wigström

  • Two different responses of hippocampal pyramidal cells to application of gamma-amino butyric acid.

    P Andersen;R Dingledine;L Gjerstad;I A Langmoen

  • Importance of the Intracellular Domain of NR2 Subunits for NMDA Receptor Function In Vivo

    Rolf Sprengel;Bettina Suchanek;Carla Amico;Rossella Brusa

  • Possible mechanisms for long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices from guinea-pigs.

    P Andersen;S H Sundberg;O Sveen;J W Swann

  • Protein kinase C injection into hippocampal pyramidal cells elicits features of long term potentiation.

    G.-Y. Hu;G.-Y. Hu;Ø. Hvalby;S. I. Walaas;K. A. Albert

  • Organization of Hippocampal Neurons and Their Interconnections

    Per Andersen

  • ADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures

    Erik Winther Skogli;Martin H Teicher;Per Normann Andersen;Kjell Tore Hovik

  • Location and identification of excitatory synapses on hippocampal pyramidal cells.

    P. Andersen;T. W. Blackstad;T. Lömo

  • Association between brain temperature and dentate field potentials in exploring and swimming rats

    Edvard Moser;Iacob Mathiesen;Per Andersen

  • Putative Single Quantum and Single Fibre Excitatory Postsynaptic Currents Show Similar Amplitude Range and Variability in Rat Hippocampal Slices.

    Morten Raastad;Johan F. Storm;Per Andersen

  • Functional characteristics of unmyelinated fibres in the hippocampal cortex

    P. Andersen;H. Silfvenius;S.H. Sundberg;O. Sveen

  • Two generators of hippocampal theta activity in rabbits.

    B.H. Bland;P. Andersen;T. Ganes

  • Brain temperature and hippocampal function

    Per Andersen;Edvard I. Moser

  • A comparison of distal and proximal dendritic synapses on CA1 pyramids in guinea-pig hippocampal slices in vitro

    P. Andersen;H. Silfvenius;S. H. Sundberg;O. Sveen

  • Spatial training in a complex environment and isolation alter the spine distribution differently in rat CA1 pyramidal cells

    May-Britt Moser;Mari Trommald;Thore Egeland;Per Andersen

  • Increased insulin sensitivity and fibrinolytic capacity after dietary intervention in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome

    Per Andersen;Ingebjørg Seljeflot;Michael Abdelnoor;Harald Arnesen

  • Stimulation of the Amvgdaloid Nuclear Comxllex in Unanesthetized Cats

    Birger R. Kaada;Per Andersen;Jan Jansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Merete Øie
Merete Øie University of Oslo
John C. Eccles
John C. Eccles Australian National University
Edvard I. Moser
Edvard I. Moser Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Vidar Jensen
Vidar Jensen University of Oslo
Jens Egeland
Jens Egeland University of Oslo
Leif Gjerstad
Leif Gjerstad Oslo University Hospital
Robert F. Schmidt
Robert F. Schmidt University of Würzburg
Tim V. P. Bliss
Tim V. P. Bliss The Francis Crick Institute
Richard G. M. Morris
Richard G. M. Morris University of Edinburgh
Ole Paulsen
Ole Paulsen University of Cambridge

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