• Association of a BACE1 Gene Polymorphism with Parkinson’s Disease in a Norwegian Population 

      Lange, Johannes; Lunde, Kristin Aaser; Sletten, Camilla Johanne; Møller, Simon Geir; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido; Larsen, Jan Petter; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) share pathological features, including amyloid-beta pathology. Amyloid-beta peptide is generated by sequential proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP), and genetic ...
    • Choice of psychological coping in laryngectomized, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients versus multiple sclerosis patients 

      Aarstad, Anne Kari Hersvik; Lode, Kirsten; Larsen, Jan Petter; Bru, Edvin; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-11-18)
      To be treated for cancer must be a frightening experience. Yet quality of life (QoL) of successfully treated cancer patients seems to be relatively similar in comparison with QoL of a general population, with psychological ...
    • Combinatory microRNA serum signatures as classifiers of Parkinson's disease 

      Patil, Ketan S.; Basak, Indranil; Dalen, Ingvild; Hoedt, Esthelle; Lange, Johannes; Lunde, Kristin Aaser; Liu, Ying; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Forsgren, Lars; Aarsland, Dag; Neubert, Thomas A.; Larsen, Jan Petter; Alves, Guido Werner; Møller, Simon Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: As current clinical diagnostic protocols for Parkinson's disease (PD) may be prone to inaccuracies there is a need to identify and validate molecular biomarkers, such as circulating microRNAs, which will ...
    • Defective mitochondrial DNA homeostasis in the substantia nigra in Parkinson disease 

      Dölle, Christian; Flønes, Irene Hana; Sanchez Nido, Gonzalo; Miletic, Hrvoje; Osuagwu, Nelson; Kristoffersen, Stine; Lilleng, Peer Kåre; Larsen, Jan Petter; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Haugarvoll, Kristoffer; Bindoff, Laurence; Tzoulis, Charalampos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-22)
      Increased somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis causes premature aging in mice, and mtDNA damage accumulates in the human brain with aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease (PD). Here, we ...