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List of works by Leif Gjerstad

A retrospective view on research in neuroscience in Norway

scientific article published on January 2008

APOE status and its association to learning and memory performance in middle aged and older Norwegians seeking assessment for memory deficits

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Abnormal electroencephalograms in patients with long QT syndrome

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

Acute effects of 17 beta-estradiol on brain excitability studied in vitro and in vivo

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Alterations in semen parameters in men with epilepsy treated with valproate or carbamazepine monotherapy

scientific article published in September 2003

Altered ovarian function and cardiovascular risk factors in valproate-treated women

scientific article published in September 2001

An insufficient effect of lamotrigine leading to fatal seizures

scientific article published in April 2008

An international multicenter randomized double-blind controlled trial of lamotrigine and sustained-release carbamazepine in the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy in the elderly

scientific article published on 11 June 2007

Antiepileptic drugs alter reproductive endocrine hormones in men with epilepsy

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Antiepileptic drugs and quality of life in the elderly: results from a randomized double-blind trial of carbamazepine and lamotrigine in patients with onset of epilepsy in old age.

scientific article published on 9 February 2010

Antiepileptic monotherapy significantly impairs normative scores on common tests of executive functions

scientific article published on 21 October 2008

Behavioural adjustment in seizure-free epilepsy patients on monotherapy

scientific article published on 20 February 2008

Botulinum toxin treatment of spastic torticollis

scientific article published on August 30, 1992

Cardiac function and antiepileptic drug treatment in the elderly: a comparison between lamotrigine and sustained-release carbamazepine.

scientific article published on 23 March 2009

Cardiovascular risk factors in epilepsy patients taking levetiracetam, carbamazepine or lamotrigine

scientific article published in January 2010

Cerebral artery blood velocity in normal subjects during acute decreases in barometric pressure.

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Chronic lamotrigine treatment increases rat hippocampal GABA shunt activity and elevates cerebral taurine levels

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Cingulum fiber diffusivity and CSF T-tau in patients with subjective and mild cognitive impairment

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Cognitive ERPs are related to ApoE allelic variation in mildly cognitively impaired patients

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Cognitive function and time-of-day variation in serum carbamazepine concentration in epileptic patients treated with monotherapy

scientific article published in January 1991

Comorbid and underlying diseases—Major determinants of excess mortality in epilepsy ⬇️

scientific article published on June 26, 2012

Comparative risk of major congenital malformations with eight different antiepileptic drugs: a prospective cohort study of the EURAP registry

scientific article published in June 2018

Comparison of 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one and phenobarbital on cortical synaptic activation and inhibition studied in vitro

scientific article published in March 1993

Consequences of antiepileptic drug withdrawal: a randomized, double-blind study (Akershus Study).

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Correction of partial volume effect in (18)F-FDG PET brain studies using coregistered MR volumes: voxel based analysis of tracer uptake in the white matter

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Cost of disorders of the brain in Norway

scientific article published in January 2010

Cyclosporin A and Brain Excitability Studied In Vitro ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 1998

Diaschisis after thalamic stroke: a comparison of metabolic and structural changes in a patient with amnesic syndrome

scientific article published on January 2007

Differential effects of levetiracetam, carbamazepine, and lamotrigine on reproductive endocrine function in adults

scientific article published on 27 August 2009

Diffusion tensor imaging surpasses cerebrospinal fluid as predictor of cognitive decline and medial temporal lobe atrophy in subjective cognitive impairment and mild cognitive impairment

scientific article published in January 2013

Disorders of reproduction in epilepsy--what can we learn from animal studies?

scientific article published on 26 December 2007

Do women with epilepsy have increased frequency of menstrual disturbances?

scientific article published in December 2003

Does menopause affect the epilepsy?

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Early sexual debut in Norwegian youth with epilepsy: A population-based study

scientific article published on 17 January 2016

Effect of drugs against dementia

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Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the activation of glutamate receptors

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Effects of chronic valproate treatment on reproductive endocrine hormones in female and male Wistar rats

scientific article published in November 2002

Epilepsy and genetics

scientific article published in October 2003

Executive dysfunction in mild cognitive impairment is associated with changes in frontal and cingulate white matter tracts

scientific article published in January 2011

Gonadal morphology and sex hormones in male and female Wistar rats after long-term lamotrigine treatment

scientific article published in December 2003

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus with cerebral angiitis and reduced cerebral blood flow

scientific article published in December 1986

How can antiepileptic drugs affect bone mass, structure and metabolism? Lessons from animal studies

scientific article published on 03 January 2008

Immunopharmacological treatment in myasthenia gravis.

scientific article published on June 1988

Improvement in verbal memory after withdrawal of carbamazepine and valproate in patients with well-controlled epilepsy: a randomized, double-blind study

scientific article published on 19 October 2010

Increased risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in females using lamotrigine: a nested, case-control study

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Influence of major antiepileptic drugs on attention, reaction time, and speed of information processing: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled withdrawal study of seizure-free epilepsy patients receiving monotherapy.

scientific article published in December 2006

Influence of major antiepileptic drugs on neuropsychological function: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled withdrawal study of seizure-free epilepsy patients on monotherapy

scientific article published in May 2007

Levetiracetam, phenytoin, and valproate act differently on rat bone mass, structure, and metabolism

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Long-term levetiracetam treatment affects reproductive endocrine function in female Wistar rats

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Loss of perivascular Kir4.1 potassium channels in the sclerotic hippocampus of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

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Mild cognitive impairment: cerebrospinal fluid tau biomarker pathologic levels and longitudinal changes in white matter integrity

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Morphological changes in the testis after long-term valproate treatment in male Wistar rats

scientific article published in December 2001

Morphometric changes in the episodic memory network and tau pathologic features correlate with memory performance in patients with mild cognitive impairment

scientific article published in June 2008

Multimodal imaging in mild cognitive impairment: Metabolism, morphometry and diffusion of the temporal-parietal memory network

scientific article published on 13 November 2008

Myasthenia gravis treated with ciclosporin.

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Neuropsychological findings in a non-clinical sample of workers exposed to solvents

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New SCN5A mutation in a SUDEP victim with idiopathic epilepsy

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

No monthly variations in serum levels of thyroid hormones in human males

scientific article published in July 1986

Onset of epilepsy and menarche--is there any relationship?

scientific article published on 7 September 2006

Partnership and cooperation is necessary to improve and expand neurology ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Phenotypic characteristics of temporal lobe epilepsy: the impact of hippocampal sclerosis

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Poststroke epilepsy: occurrence and predictors--a long-term prospective controlled study (Akershus Stroke Study).

scientific article published in August 2005

Poststroke epilepsy: occurrence, predictors and treatment

scientific article published on December 2006

Predictors of neuropsychological impairment in seizure-free epilepsy patients

scientific article published in November 2006

Pregnancy and birth in women with epilepsy

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Psychiatric comorbidity and hostility in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures compared with somatoform disorders and healthy controls

scientific article published in February 2002

Psychiatric comorbidity in children and youth with epilepsy: An association with executive dysfunction?

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Psychiatric symptoms in Norwegian children with epilepsy aged 8-13 years: effects of age and gender?

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Psychiatric symptoms in adolescents with epilepsy in junior high school in Norway: a population survey

scientific article published on 7 August 2006

Reduced bone mass and increased bone turnover in postmenopausal women with epilepsy using antiepileptic drug monotherapy

scientific article published in January 2008

Region-specific changes in gene expression in rat brain after chronic treatment with levetiracetam or phenytoin

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Regional cerebral blood flow after long-term exposure to carbon disulfide

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

Repeated neuropsychological assessment in well-controlled epilepsy ⬇️

scientific article published on May 19, 2012

Reversible effects of antiepileptic drugs on thyroid hormones in men and women with epilepsy: a prospective randomized double-blind withdrawal study.

scientific article published on 30 July 2009

Slight improvement in mood and irritability after antiepileptic drug withdrawal: a controlled study in patients on monotherapy

scientific article published on 9 March 2007

Solvent-induced encephalopathy. Occurrence, symptoms and diagnosis

scientific article published in June 1987

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

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Temporal distribution of seizures in epilepsy

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Temporal lobe epilepsy and matrix metalloproteinase 9: a tempting relation but negative genetic association

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The Combination of Dysexecutive and Amnestic Deficits Strongly Predicts Conversion to Dementia in Young Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients: A Report from the Gothenburg-Oslo MCI Study

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The Norwegian Brain Council ('Hjernerådet')--united efforts are necessary!

scientific article published in January 2013

The progesterone metabolite 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one reduces K(+)-induced GABA and glutamate release from identified nerve terminals in rat hippocampus: a semiquantitative immunocytochemical study

scientific article published in October 1993

The role of antiepileptic drugs in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

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Treatment of focal dystonia with botulinum toxin

scientific article published in September 1991

Triiodothyronine and brain excitability

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Up-regulation of hippocampal glutamate transport during chronic treatment with sodium valproate

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Uptake and metabolism of fructose by rat neocortical cells in vivo and by isolated nerve terminals in vitro

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Valproate is an effective, well-tolerated drug for treatment of status epilepticus/serial attacks in adults

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Valproate, but not lamotrigine, induces ovarian morphological changes in Wistar rats

scientific article published in February 2001

Variants of the genes encoding AQP4 and Kir4.1 are associated with subgroups of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

scientific article published on 28 October 2009

White matter imaging changes in subjective and mild cognitive impairment

scientific article published in October 2012

White matter lesion load increases the risk of low CSF Aβ42 in apolipoprotein E-ɛ4 carriers attending a memory clinic

scientific article published in April 2011

White matter lesion severity is associated with reduced cognitive performances in patients with normal CSF Abeta42 levels

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

White matter lesion subtypes and cognitive deficits in patients with memory impairment

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[Biological rhythms. Some basic and clinical aspects]

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[Fetal valproate syndrome].

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