Blar i Department of Biological and Medical Psychology på forfatter "Harkestad, Nina"
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Comparison of commercial ELISA assays for quantification of corticosterone in serum
Kinn Rød, Anne Marie; Harkestad, Nina; Jellestad, Finn Konow; Murison, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-27)Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits are widely used to quantify corticosterone levels for the assessment of stress in laboratory animals. The aim of this experiment was simply to evaluate if four different and ... -
Estradiol driven change in hallucination proneness across the menstrual cycle as studied with a white noise paradigm
Hjelmervik, Helene; Hausmann, Markus; Bless, Josef J.; Harkestad, Nina; Hugdahl, Kenneth Jan; Laloyaux, Julien (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The estrogen hypothesis for schizophrenia suggests neuroprotective effects of estrogen for the development of the disorder and for symptom severity, including auditory hallucinations. Furthermore, estrogen has shown enhancing ... -
Longitudinal and cross-sectional investigations of long-term potentiation-like cortical plasticity in bipolar disorder type II and healthy individuals
Zak, Nathalia; Moberget, Torgeir; Bøen, Erlend; Boye, Birgitte; Waage, Trine Rygvold; Dietrichs, Espen; Harkestad, Nina; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Andersson, Stein; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-24)Visual evoked potential (VEP) plasticity is a promising assay for noninvasive examination of long-term potentiation (LTP)-like synaptic processes in the cerebral cortex. We conducted longitudinal and cross-sectional ...