• The cannabis pathway to non-affective psychosis may reflect less neurobiological vulnerability 

      Løberg, Else-Marie; Helle, Siri; Nygård, Merethe; Berle, Jan Øystein; Kroken, Rune; Johnsen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)
      There is a high prevalence of cannabis use reported in non-affective psychosis. Early prospective longitudinal studies conclude that cannabis use is a risk factor for psychosis, and neurochemical studies on cannabis have ...
    • Cognitive changes in patients with acute phase psychosis - Effects of illicit drug use 

      Helle, Siri; Gjestad, Rolf; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune; Jørgensen, Hugo A.; Løberg, Else-Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)
      Illicit drug use may influence cognition in non-affective psychosis. Previous studies have shown better cognition in psychosis with illicit drug use as compared to psychosis only. Possibly, illicit drug using patients have ...
    • A critical review of pro-cognitive drug targets in psychosis: convergence on myelination and inflammation 

      Kroken, Rune; Løberg, Else-Marie; Drønen, Tore; Grüner, Renate; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Kompus, Kristiina; Skrede, Silje; Johnsen, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-04)
      Antipsychotic drugs have thus far focused on dopaminergic antagonism at the D2 receptors, as counteracting the hyperdopaminergia in nigrostriatal and mesolimbic projections has been considered mandatory for the antipsychotic ...
    • The role of the primary auditory cortex in the neural mechanism of auditory verbal hallucinations 

      Kompus, Kristiina; Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Bless, Josef J; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune; Kråkvik, Bodil; Larøi, Frank; Løberg, Else-Marie; Vedul-Kjelsås, Einar; Westerhausen, René; Hugdahl, Kenneth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-24)
      Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are a subjective experience of “hearing voices” in the absence of corresponding physical stimulation in the environment. The most remarkable feature of AVHs is their perceptual quality, ...