• Neurofilament light chain predicts disease activity in relapsing-remitting MS 

      Varhaug, Kristin Nielsen; Barro, Christian; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Torkildsen, Øivind; Wergeland, Stig; Bindoff, Laurence; Kuhle, Jens; Vedeler, Christian A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Objective: To investigate whether serum neurofilament light chain (NF-L) and chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) predict disease activity in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Methods: A cohort of 85 patients with RRMS were followed ...
    • Neurofilament light is a biomarker of brain involvement in lupus and primary Sjögren’s syndrome 

      Tjensvoll, Anne Bolette; Lauvsnes, Maria Boge; Zetterberg, Henrik; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Kvivik, Ingeborg; Maroni, Stian; Greve, Ole Jacob; Beyer, Mona K.; Hirohata, Shunsei; Putterman, Chaim; Alves, Guido Werner; Harboe, Erna; Blennow, Kaj; Gøransson, Lasse; Omdal, Roald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background To test the hypothesis that neurofilament light (NfL) in CSF is a biomarker of CNS involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), we measured NfL in CSF ...
    • Neurohypophysial and paracrine vasopressinergic signaling regulates aquaporin trafficking to hydrate marine teleost oocytes 

      Ferré, Alba; Chauvigné, Francois; Gozdowska, Magdalena; Kulczykowska, Ewa; Finn, Roderick Nigel; Cerdà, Joan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The dual aquaporin (Aqp1ab1/Aqp1ab2)-mediated hydration of marine teleost eggs, which occurs during oocyte meiosis resumption (maturation), is considered a key adaptation underpinning their evolutionary success in the ...
    • Neuroinflammation Associated With Inborn Errors of Immunity 

      Lindahl, Hannes; Bryceson, Yenan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The advent of high-throughput sequencing has facilitated genotype-phenotype correlations in congenital diseases. This has provided molecular diagnosis and benefited patient management but has also revealed substantial ...
    • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: An easily overlooked neurologic emergency 

      Oruch, Ramadhan; Pryme, Ian F; Engelsen, Bernt; Lund, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-16)
      Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an unpredictable iatrogenic neurologic emergency condition, mainly arising as an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic agent use. It is characterized by distinctive clinical features ...
    • Neurological disorders in Northern Tanzania: A 6-year prospective hospital-based case series 

      Howlett, William Patrick; Urasa, Sarah J.; Maro, Venance P.; Walker, Richard W.; Kilonzo, Kajiru G.; Howlett, Patrick J.; Dekker, Marieke C. J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: The burden of neurological disorders is large and altered by the HIV epidemic. Objectives: We describe the pattern of neurological disorders and their association with HIV infection in adult patients attending ...
    • Neurological disorders in Tanzania. Studies on HIV-I, Guillain-Barré syndrome and konzo 

      Howlett, William P. (Doctoral thesis, 1995-04-27)
      This thesis is the result of clinical studies carried out in Northern Tanzania from 1984-1992 and reports on a number of new clinical entities. These are HIV related neurological disorders, konzo and new forms of existing ...
    • Neurological symptoms among dental assistants: a cross-sectional study 

      Moen, Bente E.; Hollund, Bjørg Eli; Riise, Trond (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-05-18)
      Background Dental assistants help the dentist in preparing material for filling teeth. Amalgam was the filling material mostly commonly used in Norway before 1980, and declined to about 5% of all fillings in 2005. Amalgam ...
    • Neurology in Africa: Clinical Skills and Neurological Disorders 

      Howlett, William P. (Book, 2012)
      Neurology in Africa is a new textbook on neurological disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa where they are a common cause of death and disability. The author has spent many years working as physician and neurologist in Tanzania. ...
    • Neuronal cell lipidomics and role of cholesterol in α-synuclein binding and aggregation 

      Jakubec, Martin (Doctoral thesis, 2019-03-22)
      α-Synuclein is an intrinsically disordered protein whose fold and multimeric state is strongly affected by its environment. The monomers of α-synuclein are enriched in the presynaptic terminals of dopaminergic ...
    • Neuronal Dysfunction Is Linked to the Famine-Associated Risk of Proliferative Retinopathy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes 

      Fedotkina, Olena; Jain, Ruchi; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Luk, Andrea; García-Ramírez, Marta; Özgümüs, Türküler; Cherviakova, Liubov; Khalimon, Nadiya; Svietleisha, Tetiana; Buldenko, Tetiana; Kravchenko, Victor; Jain, Deepak; Vaag, Allan; Chan, Juliana; Khalangot, Mykola D.; Hernández, Cristina; Nilsson, Peter M.; Simo, Rafael; Artner, Isabella; Lyssenko, Valeriya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-05)
      Persons with type 2 diabetes born in the regions of famine exposures have disproportionally elevated risk of vision-threatening proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in adulthood. However, the underlying mechanisms are ...
    • Neuronal genes deregulated in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome respond to removal and re-expression of cohesin 

      Weiss, Felix D.; Calderon, Lesly; Wang, Yi-Fang; Georgieva, Radina; Guo, Ya; Cvetesic, Nevena; Kaur, Maninder; Dharmalingam, Gopuraja; Krantz, Ian D.; Lenhard, Boris; Fisher, Amanda G.; Merkenschlager, Matthias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) is a human developmental disorder caused by mutations that compromise the function of cohesin, a major regulator of 3D genome organization. Cognitive impairment is a universal and as yet ...
    • Neuronal markers are expressed in human gliomas and NSE knockdown sensitizes glioblastoma cells to radiotherapy and temozolomide 

      Yan, Tao; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Leiss, Lina; Sleire, Linda; Wang, Jian; Li, Xingang; Enger, Per Øyvind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12-20)
      Background: Expression of neuronal elements has been identified in various glial tumors, and glioblastomas (GBMs) with neuronal differentiation patterns have reportedly been associated with longer survival. However, the ...
    • Neuronal plasticity of trigeminal ganglia in mice following nerve injury 

      Lynds, Randi; Lyu, Chuang; Lyu, Gong-Wei; Shi, Xie-Qi; Rosén, Annika; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Eln; Shi, Tie-Jun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-09)
      Background: Nerve injury may induce neuropathic pain. In studying the mechanisms of orofacial neuropathic pain, attention has been paid to the plastic changes that occur in the trigeminal ganglia (TGs) and nucleus in ...
    • Neuronal underpinnings of stuttering 

      Kovalchuk, Galyna (Master thesis, 2016-05-24)
      Fluent speech production depends on robust connections between brain regions that are crucial for auditory processing, motor planning and execution. The ability of the speech apparatus to produce effortless, continuous and ...
    • Neuropathy-related mutations alter the membrane binding properties of the human myelin protein P0 cytoplasmic tail 

      Raasakka, Arne; Ruskamo, Salla; Barker, Robert; Krokengen, Oda Caspara; Vatne, Guro Helén; Kristiansen, Cecilie Katrin; Hallin, Erik Ingmar; Skoda, Maximilian W. A.; Bergmann, Ulrich; Wacklin-Knecht, Hanna; Jones, Nykola C; Hoffmann, Søren V; Kursula, Petri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-07)
      Schwann cells myelinate selected axons in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and contribute to fast saltatory conduction via the formation of compact myelin, in which water is excluded from between tightly adhered lipid ...
    • The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting 

      Gao, Junling; Leung, Hang Kin; Wu, Bonnie Wai Yan; Skouras, Stavros; Sik, Hin Hung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-12)
      Despite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, we illustrate that ...
    • Neuroplastic effects in patients with traumatic brain injury after music-supported therapy 

      Vik, Berit; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Damage to the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) often occurs following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can lead to complex behavioral changes, including difficulty with attention and concentration. We investigated the effects ...
    • The neuroprotective potential of mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow and human exfoliated deciduous teeth in a murine model of demyelination 

      Kråkenes, Torbjørn; Wergeland, Stig; Al-Sharabi, Niyaz Abdulbaqi Abdulmajid; Mohamed-Ahmed, Samih Salah Eldin Mahgoub; Fromreide, Siren; Costea, Daniela Elena; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Elnour; Bø, Lars; Kvistad, Christopher Elnan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by chronic inflammation, demyelination, and axonal degeneration within the central nervous system (CNS), for which there is no current treatment available with the ...
    • Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: long-term course and neuropathology 

      Vik-Mo, Audun Osland (Doctoral thesis, 2019-06-14)
      Aim: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) such as anxiety, apathy, and psychosis are important manifestations of dementia that have a major impact on the patient’s quality of life, carer burden, and risk of institutionalisation. ...