Original articles

Hauger LE, Westlye LT, Bjørnebekk A (2020)
Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with executive dysfunction
Drug Alcohol Depend, 208, 107874 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107874, PubMed 31972519

Hauger LE, Westlye LT, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Bjørnebekk A (2019)
Structural brain characteristics of anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence in men
Addiction, 114 (8), 1405-1415
DOI 10.1111/add.14629, PubMed 30955206

Bjørnebekk A, Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Jørstad ML, Sundseth ØØ, Fjell AM (2019)
Cognitive performance and structural brain correlates in long-term anabolic-androgenic steroid exposed and nonexposed weightlifters
Neuropsychology, 33 (4), 547-559
DOI 10.1037/neu0000537, PubMed 31033318

Hauger LE, Sagoe D, Vaskinn A, Arnevik EA, Leknes S, Jørstad ML, Bjørnebekk A (2019)
Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with impaired emotion recognition
Psychopharmacology (Berl), 236 (9), 2667-2676
DOI 10.1007/s00213-019-05239-7, PubMed 30941469

Haabrekke K, Siqveland T, Nygaaard E, Bjornebekk A, Slinning K, Wentzel-Larsen T, Walhovd KB, Smith L, Moe V (2018)
COGNITIVE AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AT 4½ YEARS IN CHILDREN BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PROBLEMS WHILE PREGNANT
Infant Ment Health J, 39 (5), 581-594
DOI 10.1002/imhj.21733, PubMed 30084491

Westlye LT, Kaufmann T, Alnæs D, Hullstein IR, Bjørnebekk A (2016)
Brain connectivity aberrations in anabolic-androgenic steroid users
Neuroimage Clin, 13, 62-69
DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.014, PubMed 27942448

Bjørnebekk A, Walhovd KB, Jørstad ML, Due-Tønnessen P, Hullstein IR, Fjell AM (2016)
Structural Brain Imaging of Long-Term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Users and Nonusing Weightlifters
Biol Psychiatry, 82 (4), 294-302
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.017, PubMed 27616036

Walhovd KB, Bjørnebekk A, Haabrekke K, Siqveland T, Slinning K, Nygaard E, Fjell AM, Due-Tønnessen P, Bjørnerud A, Moe V (2014)
Child neuroanatomical, neurocognitive, and visual acuity outcomes with maternal opioid and polysubstance detoxification
Pediatr Neurol, 52 (3), 326-32.e1-3
DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.11.008, PubMed 25595574

Bjørnebekk A, Siqveland TS, Haabrekke K, Moe V, Slinning K, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB (2014)
Development of children born to mothers with mental health problems: subcortical volumes and cognitive performance at 4½ years
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 24 (1), 115-8
DOI 10.1007/s00787-014-0625-9, PubMed 25304292

Bjørnebekk A, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Grydeland H, Torgersen S, Westlye LT (2012)
Neuronal correlates of the five factor model (FFM) of human personality: Multimodal imaging in a large healthy sample
Neuroimage, 65, 194-208
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.009, PubMed 23063449

Bjørnebekk A, Westlye LT, Fjell AM, Grydeland H, Walhovd KB (2011)
Social reward dependence and brain white matter microstructure
Cereb Cortex, 22 (11), 2672-9
DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhr345, PubMed 22156472

Westlye LT, Bjørnebekk A, Grydeland H, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB (2011)
Linking an anxiety-related personality trait to brain white matter microstructure: diffusion tensor imaging and harm avoidance
Arch Gen Psychiatry, 68 (4), 369-77
DOI 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.24, PubMed 21464361

Bjørnebekk A, Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM (2010)
Everyday memory: self-perception and structural brain correlates in a healthy elderly population
J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 16 (6), 1115-26
DOI 10.1017/S1355617710001025, PubMed 20946708

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Brené S (2010)
The antidepressant effects of running and escitalopram are associated with levels of hippocampal NPY and Y1 receptor but not cell proliferation in a rat model of depression
Hippocampus, 20 (7), 820-8
DOI 10.1002/hipo.20683, PubMed 19623606

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Gruber SH, Brené S (2008)
Housing conditions modulate escitalopram effects on antidepressive-like behaviour and brain neurochemistry
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 11 (8), 1135-47
DOI 10.1017/S1461145708008912, PubMed 18570703

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Brené S (2007)
Isolated Flinders Sensitive Line rats have decreased dopamine D2 receptor mRNA
Neuroreport, 18 (10), 1039-43
DOI 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3281668bf7, PubMed 17558292

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Gruber SH, Brené S (2007)
Social isolation increases number of newly proliferated cells in hippocampus in female flinders sensitive line rats
Hippocampus, 17 (12), 1193-200
DOI 10.1002/hipo.20352, PubMed 17879375

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Brené S (2006)
Running has differential effects on NPY, opiates, and cell proliferation in an animal model of depression and controls
Neuropsychopharmacology, 31 (2), 256-64
DOI 10.1038/sj.npp.1300820, PubMed 16034445

Bjørnebekk A, Mathé AA, Brené S (2005)
The antidepressant effect of running is associated with increased hippocampal cell proliferation
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 8 (3), 357-68
DOI 10.1017/S1461145705005122, PubMed 15769301

Review articles

Sagoe D, McVeigh J, Bjørnebekk A, Essilfie MS, Andreassen CS, Pallesen S (2015)
Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 10, 12
DOI 10.1186/s13011-015-0006-5, PubMed 25888931

Brené S, Bjørnebekk A, Aberg E, Mathé AA, Olson L, Werme M (2007)
Running is rewarding and antidepressive
Physiol Behav, 92 (1-2), 136-40
DOI 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.015, PubMed 17561174

Other articles

Walhovd KB, Moe V, Slinning K, Siqveland T, Fjell AM, Bjørnebekk A, Smith L (2009)
Effects of prenatal opiate exposure on brain development--a call for attention
Nat Rev Neurosci, 10 (5), 390
DOI 10.1038/nrn2598-c1, PubMed 19377504