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Torbjörn Bäckström

Torbjörn Bäckström

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
20673
World Ranking
16298
National Ranking
303

Overview

Torbjörn Bäckström is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and specializes in medicine and neuroscience, with a distinct focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, reproductive medicine, behavioral neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology. Their research broadly covers neuroendocrine regulation, menstrual health and disorders, endometriosis, stress responses, and neuroinflammation.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Uterine Myomas and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Significant frequent coauthors who have contributed to multiple projects with Bäckström are:

  • Marie Bixo (7 coauthored works)
  • Magnus Doverskog (6 coauthored works)
  • Maja Johansson (6 coauthored works)
  • Şahruh Türkmen (6 coauthored works)
  • Roshni Das (4 coauthored works)

Bäckström's work has been published repeatedly in a number of journals, the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (2 publications)
  • Biomolecules (2 publications)
  • Journal of Hepatology (1 publication)
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology (1 publication)
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (1 publication)

Recent papers by Bäckström include:

  • A randomized, double-blind study on efficacy and safety of sepranolone in premenstrual dysphoric disorder, 2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Positive GABA A receptor modulating steroids and their antagonists: Implications for clinical treatments, 2021, Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Calculation of free and bound fractions of testosterone and estradiol-17 beta to human plasma proteins at body temperature.

    Ragnar Södergard;Torbjörn Bäckström;Vasant Shanbhag;Hans Carstensen

  • Epileptic seizures in women related to plasma estrogen and progesterone during the menstrual cycle.

    Torbjörn Bäckström

  • Relationship between symptom severity and steroid variation in women with premenstrual syndrome: study on serum pregnenolone, pregnenolone sulfate, 5 alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one.

    M Wang;L Seippel;R H Purdy;T Bãckström

  • Progesterone, 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnane-20-one in specific regions of the human female brain in different endocrine states

    Marie Bixo;Agneta Andersson;Bengt Winblad;Robert H Purdy

  • Mood, sexuality, hormones, and the menstrual cycle. II. Hormone levels and their relationship to the premenstrual syndrome.

    Torbjorn Backstrom;Dlana Sanders;Rosemary Leask;David Davidson

  • Towards a consensus on diagnostic criteria, measurement and trial design of the premenstrual disorders : the ISPMD Montreal consensus

    Patrick Michael Shaughn O’Brien;Torbjorn Bäckström;Candace Brown;Lorraine Dennerstein

  • Effects of intravenous progesterone infusions on the epileptic discharge frequency in women with partial epilepsy.

    Torbjörn Bäckström;Bo Zetterlund;Sigfrid Blom;Marcello Romano

  • Progesterone selectively increases amygdala reactivity in women

    G. A. Van Wingen;F. Van Broekhoven;R. J. Verkes;Karl Magnus Petersson

  • Expression and Prognostic Significance of Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Its Receptors in Epithelial Ovarian Neoplasms

    Rudi Henriksen;Keiko Funa;Erik Wilander;Torbjörn Bäckström

  • Estradiol and testosterone in specific regions of the human female brain in different endocrine states.

    Bixo M;Bäckström T;Winblad B;Andersson A

  • CYCLICAL MOOD CHANGES AS IN THE PREMENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME DURING SEQUENTIAL ESTROGEN‐PROGESTAGEN POSTMENOPAUSAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY

    Stefan Hammarbäck;TorbjöRn Bäckström;Juhani Hoist;Bo von Schoultz

  • Clinical diagnostic criteria for premenstrual syndrome and guidelines for their quantification for research studies

    Uriel Halbreich;Torbjörn Bäckström;Elias Eriksson;Shawn O'brien

  • Patients with Premenstrual Syndrome Have a Different Sensitivity to a Neuroactive Steroid during the Menstrual Cycle Compared to Control Subjects

    Inger Sundström;Agneta Andersson;Sigrid Nyberg;Donald Ashbrook

  • Mood, Sexuality, Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle. I. Changes in Mood and Physical State: Description of Subjects and Method

    Diana Sanders;Pamela Warner;Torbjorn Backstrom;John Bancroft

  • Gonadal hormone regulation of the emotion circuitry in humans.

    G. A. van Wingen;L. Ossewaarde;Torbjörn Bäckstrom;E. J. Hermans;E. J. Hermans

  • Sex steroid induced negative mood may be explained by the paradoxical effect mediated by GABAA modulators

    Lotta Andréen;Sigrid Nyberg;Sharuh Turkmen;Guido van Wingen

  • ISPMD consensus on the management of premenstrual disorders

    Tracy Nevatte;Patrick Michael Shaughn O'Brien;Torbjörn Bäckström;Candace Brown

  • Allopregnanolone inhibits learning in the Morris water maze

    Inga Maj Johansson;Vita Birzniece;Charlotte Lindblad;Tommy Olsson

  • Neural mechanisms underlying changes in stress-sensitivity across the menstrual cycle

    Lindsey Ossewaarde;Erno J. Hermans;Erno J. Hermans;Guido A. van Wingen;Guido A. van Wingen;Sabine C. Kooijman

  • Induced Anovulation As Treatment Of Premenstrual Tension Syndrome: A double-blind cross-over study with GnRH-agonist versus placebo

    Stefan Hammarbäck;Torbjörn Bäckström

Frequent Co-Authors

Agneta Andersson
Agneta Andersson Umeå University
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Tommy Olsson
Tommy Olsson Umeå University
Lorraine Dennerstein
Lorraine Dennerstein University of Melbourne
Guido A. van Wingen
Guido A. van Wingen University of Amsterdam
Vicente Felipo
Vicente Felipo Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe
Ellen W. Freeman
Ellen W. Freeman University of Pennsylvania
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg
Uriel Halbreich
Uriel Halbreich University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Bengt Winblad
Bengt Winblad Karolinska Institute

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