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Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
12446
World Ranking
7967
National Ranking
37

Overview

Torbjørn Elvsåshagen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans multiple fields within neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work frequently touches on cognitive neuroscience, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging as subfields.

The main topics in their research include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Among their recent publications are:

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large-scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Longitudinal Structural Brain Changes in Bipolar Disorder: A Multicenter Neuroimaging Study of 1232 Individuals by the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder-A mega-analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Bipolar Disorder Working Group, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Ole A. Andreassen, Lars T. Westlye, Erlend Bøen, Torgeir Moberget, and Srdjan Djurovic.

Their work has been published repeatedly in prominent venues, notably including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry, NeuroImage, Molecular Psychiatry, and Human Brain Mapping. The highest number of publications are seen in bioRxiv followed by Biological Psychiatry and NeuroImage.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder

    D. P. Hibar;L. T. Westlye;L. T. Westlye;T. G. M. van Erp;J. Rasmussen

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

    Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • The load of short telomeres is increased and associated with lifetime number of depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder.

    Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Elsa Vera;Erlend Bøen;Jorunn Bratlie

  • Using structural MRI to identify bipolar disorders – 13 site machine learning study in 3020 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorders Working Group

    Abraham Nunes;Hugo G. Schnack;Christopher R.K. Ching;Christopher R.K. Ching;Ingrid Agartz

  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large‐scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA bipolar disorder working group

    Christopher R K Ching;Derrek P Hibar;Tiril P Gurholt;Tiril P Gurholt;Abraham Nunes

  • The brain functional connectome is robustly altered by lack of sleep.

    Tobias Kaufmann;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Dag Alnæs;Nathalia Zak

  • Dose-dependent social-cognitive effects of intranasal oxytocin delivered with novel Breath Powered device in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind crossover trial

    Daniel Quintana;Daniel Quintana;Lars Tjelta Westlye;Lars Tjelta Westlye;Sigrun Hope;Sigrun Hope;Terje Nærland;Terje Nærland

  • Longitudinal Structural Brain Changes in Bipolar Disorder: A Multicenter Neuroimaging Study of 1232 Individuals by the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    Christoph Abé;Christopher R K Ching;Benny Liberg;Alexander V Lebedev

  • Cerebral blood flow changes after a day of wake, sleep, and sleep deprivation.

    Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Henri J. Mm. Mutsaerts;Nathalia Zak;Linn B. Norbom

  • Widespread changes in white matter microstructure after a day of waking and sleep deprivation.

    Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Linn Christin Bonaventure Norbom;Per Øystein Heiberg Pedersen;Sophia H. Quraishi

  • Bipolar II disorder is associated with thinning of prefrontal and temporal cortices involved in affect regulation

    Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Lars T Westlye;Lars T Westlye;Erlend Bøen;Erlend Bøen;Per K Hol

  • Different impulsivity profiles in borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder

    Erlend Bøen;Erlend Bøen;Benjamin Hummelen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Birgitte Boye

  • In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder-A mega-analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Bipolar Disorder Working Group.

    Unn Kristin H. Haukvik;Unn Kristin H. Haukvik;Tiril Pedersen Gurholt;Tiril Pedersen Gurholt;Stener Nerland;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

  • Telomere length is associated with childhood trauma in patients with severe mental disorders

    Monica Aas;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Lars Tjelta Westlye;Lars Tjelta Westlye;Tobias Kaufmann

  • Evidence for Impaired Neocortical Synaptic Plasticity in Bipolar II Disorder

    Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torgeir Moberget;Erlend Bøen;Birgitte Boye

  • Diurnal Variation and twenty-four hour sleep deprivation do not alter supine heart rate variability in healthy male young adults

    Daniel Quintana;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Nathalia Zak;Nathalia Zak;Linn Christin Bonaventure Norbom

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars T. Westlye
Lars T. Westlye University of Oslo
Ulrik Fredrik Malt
Ulrik Fredrik Malt University of Oslo
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales
Torgeir Moberget
Torgeir Moberget Oslo University Hospital
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

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