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Svein I. Johannessen

Svein I. Johannessen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
11094
World Ranking
5910
National Ranking
27

Overview

Svein I. Johannessen is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with extensive contributions to epilepsy research and treatment, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Their work covers subfields including psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and pharmacology.

Svein I. Johannessen has authored several research papers, notable among them are:

  • Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiepileptic drugs: current status and future prospects, 2020, Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Fifteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XV). I. Drugs in preclinical and early clinical development, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Fifteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XV). II. Drugs in more advanced clinical development, 2020, Epilepsia
  • The role of new medical treatments for the management of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: Novel concepts and results, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Pharmacological aspects of antiseizure medications: From basic mechanisms to clinical considerations of drug interactions and use of therapeutic drug monitoring, 2023, Epileptic Disorders

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Epilepsia
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
  • Epileptic Disorders
  • Epilepsy Research
  • Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology

They have collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. Common coauthors are:

  • Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
  • Margrete Larsen Burns
  • Meir Bialer
  • Matthias J. Koepp
  • Emilio Perucca

The scientific topics explored in Svein I. Johannessen's work include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Best Publications

  • Antiepileptic drugs—best practice guidelines for therapeutic drug monitoring: A position paper by the subcommission on therapeutic drug monitoring, ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies

    Philip N. Patsalos;David J. Berry;Blaise F. D. Bourgeois;James C. Cloyd

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Eigth Eilat Conference (EILAT VIII).

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;Harvey J. Kupferberg;René H. Levy

  • Valproate: Past, Present, and Future

    Cecilie U. Johannessen;Svein I. Johannessen

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Seventh Eilat Conference (EILAT VII).

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;Harvey J. Kupferberg;René H. Levy

  • Antiepileptic Drug Interactions - Principles and Clinical Implications

    Svein I Johannessen;Cecilie Johannessen Landmark

  • Therapeutic drug monitoring of the newer antiepileptic drugs.

    Svein I. Johannessen;Dina Battino;David J. Berry;Meir Bialer

  • Pharmacokinetic variability of newer antiepileptic drugs: when is monitoring needed?

    Svein I. Johannessen;Torbjörn Tomson

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Ninth Eilat Conference (EILAT IX).

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;René H. Levy;Emilio Perucca

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Eleventh Eilat Conference (EILAT XI)

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;René H. Levy;Emilio Perucca

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the fourth Eilat conference (EILAT IV)

    M Bialer;S.I Johannessen;H.J Kupferberg;R.H Levy

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Sixth Eilat Conference (EILAT VI).

    M Bialer;S.I Johannessen;H.J Kupferberg;R.H Levy

  • Effect of physical training on aerobic capacity, seizure occurrence, and serum level of antiepileptic drugs in adults with epilepsy

    K O Nakken;P G Bjørholt;S I Johannessen;T Løyning

  • Commission on European Affairs: Appropriate standards of epilepsy care across Europe

    M. J. Brodie;S. D. Shorvon;R. Canger;P. Halasz

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Tenth Eilat Conference (EILAT X).

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;René H. Levy;Emilio Perucca

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: a summary of the Fifth Eilat Conference (EILAT V).

    M Bialer;S.I Johannessen;H.J Kupferberg;R.H Levy

  • Medical risks in epilepsy: a review with focus on physical injuries, mortality, traffic accidents and their prevention.

    Torbjörn Tomson;Ettore Beghi;Anders Sundqvist;Svein I Johannessen

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Fifteenth Eilat Conference on New Antiepileptic Drugs and Devices (EILAT XV). I. Drugs in preclinical and early clinical development.

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;Matthias J. Koepp;René H. Levy

  • Progress report on new antiepileptic drugs: A summary of the Twelfth Eilat Conference (EILAT XII)

    Meir Bialer;Svein I. Johannessen;René H. Levy;Emilio Perucca

  • Effect of carbamazepine, phenytoin and phenobarbitone on serum levels of thyroid hormones and thyrotropin in humans.

    K Rootwelt;T Ganes;S I Johannessen

  • Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiepileptic drugs: current status and future prospects

    Cecilie Johannessen Landmark;Cecilie Johannessen Landmark;Svein I Johannessen;Philip N Patsalos

  • Clinical and pharmacokinetic observations on sodium valproate - a 5-year follow-up study in 100 children with epilepsy.

    Olaf Henriksen;Svein I. Johannessen

  • Prescription patterns of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy in a nation-wide population

    Cecilie Johannessen Landmark;Hilde Fossmark;Pål G. Larsson;Elisif Rytter

  • Levetiracetam Concentrations in Serum and in Breast Milk at Birth and during Lactation

    Svein I. Johannessen;Grethe Helde;Eylert Brodtkorb

  • Antiepileptic drugs in epilepsy and other disorders--a population-based study of prescriptions.

    Cecilie Johannessen Landmark;Pål G. Larsson;Elisif Rytter;Svein I. Johannessen

  • Host factors affecting antiepileptic drug delivery—Pharmacokinetic variability ☆

    Cecilie Johannessen Landmark;Svein I. Johannessen;Torbjörn Tomson

  • A paradoxical effect of levetiracetam may be seen in both children and adults with refractory epilepsy

    Karl O Nakken;Ann Sofie Eriksson;Rasmus Lossius;Svein I Johannessen

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Steve White
H. Steve White University of Washington
Philip N. Patsalos
Philip N. Patsalos University College London
Matthias J. Koepp
Matthias J. Koepp University College London
Dieter Schmidt
Dieter Schmidt Freie Universität Berlin
Leif Gjerstad
Leif Gjerstad Oslo University Hospital
Elinor Ben-Menachem
Elinor Ben-Menachem University of Gothenburg
Piero Perucca
Piero Perucca University of Melbourne
Heidrun Potschka
Heidrun Potschka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ilo E. Leppik
Ilo E. Leppik University of Minnesota
Erik Taubøll
Erik Taubøll Oslo University Hospital

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