Research group for applied neurophysiology Publications

  1. Szczepanski TS, Nilsen KB, Dunker Ø, Reiner AH, Sand T, Tannemaat M, Yazidi A, Bach K, Zwart JA, Jabre J, Omland PM (2026)
    Improving Indirect Methods for Calculating Reference Limits for Nerve Conduction Studies From Historical Data
    Muscle Nerve (in press)
    DOI 10.1002/mus.70281, PubMed 42156990
  2. Dunker Ø, Bergsjø LO, Severinsen GH, Glette H, Nilsen KB (2026)
    Is accuracy enough? trust and barriers to AI-based clinical decision support in clinical neurophysiology
    Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 11, 262-270
    DOI 10.1016/j.cnp.2026.04.003, PubMed 42006914
  3. Holme AN, Moen LV, Sallinen M, Nilsen KB, Boccara CN, Phillips AJK, Haugen F, Matre D (2026)
    Adaptation across consecutive night shifts at 71°N under Arctic summer daylight and winter darkness: Effects on alertness, sleepiness, and fatigue
    Scand J Work Environ Health (in press)
    DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4295, PubMed 41955636
  4. Hlauschek G, Sinclair B, Sødal HF, Taubøll E, Helseth E, Tverdal CB, Sowa P, Kwan P, O'Brien TJ, Vivash L, Law M, Lossius MI (2026)
    Are enlarged perivascular spaces a predictor of early post-traumatic seizures after traumatic brain injury?- A pilot study
    Seizure, 136, 86-92
    DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2026.02.010, PubMed 41707558
  5. Spildrejorde M, Dunker Ø, Allen SM, Kvaløy MB, Uglem M, Hjelland I, Løseth S, Bennett DL, Zwart JA, Winsvold BS, Gervin K, Selmer KK, Nilsen KB (2025)
    Genome-wide association study of neuropathic pain
    Pain, 167 (3), 731-738
    DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003848, PubMed 41359007
  6. Tronstad C, Kleggetveit IP, Arora T, Bakken A, Nilsen KB, Pettersen FJ (2025)
    Advancing possibilities in noninvasive nerve function testing with miniature sensory and motor nerve conduction instrumentation
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2025, 1-7
    DOI 10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11253218, PubMed 41335663
  7. Szczepanski TS, Omland PM, Dunker Ø, Sand T, Tannemaat M, Reijntjes R, Yazidi A, Bach K, Zwart JA, Jabre J, Nilsen KB (2025)
    Deriving reference limits from historical data - A comparison of four novel methods
    Clin Neurophysiol, 182, 2111451
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2111451, PubMed 41317512
  8. Fossmo HL, Ellefsen-Martinsen M, Ørstavik K, Arora T, Frich JC, Robinson HS (2025)
    Psychometric Properties of MFM32 in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil (in press)
    DOI 10.1016/j.apmr.2025.10.013, PubMed 41192792
  9. Sinclair B, Yasuda CL, Nicolo JP, Hlauschek G, Bezerra TMS, Chen Z, Vivash L, de Campos BM, João RB, Brioschi R, Scardua-Silva L, Nogueira MH, Alvim MKM, Kwan P, Cendes F, O'Brien TJ, Law M (2025)
    Enlarged perivascular spaces in the basal ganglia across epilepsy subtypes
    Epilepsia, 67 (2), 815-829
    DOI 10.1111/epi.18694, PubMed 41159639
  10. Matre D, Haugen F, Moe AG, Schjølberg T, Knardahl S, Holm K, Nilsen KB (2025)
    Experimental partial-night sleep restriction increases pain sensitivity, but does not alter inflammatory plasma biomarkers
    Scand J Pain, 25 (1)
    DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2024-0081, PubMed 41021423
  11. Arora T, Thorgersen JK, Jones KE, Allen SM, Schulze DG, Dunker Ø, Tankisi H, Nilsen KB (2025)
    Test-retest measurement properties of the MScanFit method for motor unit number estimation in individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Clin Neurophysiol, 178, 2110940
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110940, PubMed 40716120
  12. Liu J, Cantu M, O'Laughlin K, Cunningham D, Mohan A, Forrest GF, Kirshblum S, Kilgore K, Bryden A, Pundik S, Arora T, Nemunaitis G, Bethoux F, Wang X, Henzel MK, Plow EB (2025)
    Characteristics of Ipsilateral Corticomotor Pathways in People with cervical spinal cord Injury
    Clin Neurophysiol, 177, 2110762
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110762, PubMed 40527684
  13. Bondjers K, Hyland P, Atar D, Christensen JO, Nilsen KB, Reitan SK, Rosseland LA, Wentzel-Larsen T, Wøien H, Zwart JA, Dyb G, Stensland S (2025)
    Burnout trajectories among healthcare workers during a pandemic, and predictors of change
    BMC Health Serv Res, 25 (1), 757
    DOI 10.1186/s12913-025-12802-w, PubMed 40426176
  14. Halford JJ, Brinkmann BA, Rampp S, Rémi J, Poznikoff S, Nilsen KB, Ehrenberg JA, Winkler S (2025)
    DICOM encoding of annotation and montage data for waveform recordings
    Clin Neurophysiol, 174, 189-190
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2025.04.002, PubMed 40279949
  15. Sand T, Uglem M, Johnsen G, Grøtting A, Dunker Ø, Sandvik J, Nilsen KB (2025)
    Sensory Nerve Conduction Amplitudes and Z-Compounds Depend on Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Individuals
    Muscle Nerve, 71 (6), 1052-1062
    DOI 10.1002/mus.28403, PubMed 40145241
  16. Desai N, Grippe T, Arora T, Bhattacharya A, Gunraj C, Chen R (2025)
    Effects of Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound Stimulation Combined With Functional Electrical Stimulation on Corticospinal Excitability and Upper Extremity Fine Motor Function
    Brain Behav, 15 (2), e70318
    DOI 10.1002/brb3.70318, PubMed 39935111
  17. Brock C, Andersen H, Alibegovic AC, Andersen ST, Andreasen LJ, Charles MH, Christensen DH, Drewes AM, Gall MA, Gylfadottir SS, Hansen CS, Hecquet SK, Jensen TS, Karlsson P, Knudsen LB, Lobato CB, Kufaishi H, Maalmi H, Mizrak HI, Nilsen KB, Perkins BA, Røikjer J, Rossing P, Rungby J, Rømer J et al. (2025)
    Barriers and new opportunities in developing effective therapies for diabetic neuropathy: International expert consensus recommendations
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 221, 112010
    DOI 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112010, PubMed 39855602
  18. Åkerlund M, Baskozos G, Li W, Themistocleous AC, Pascal MMV, Rayner NW, Attal N, Baron R, Baudic S, Bennedsgaard K, Bouhassira D, Comini M, Crombez G, Faber CG, Finnerup NB, Gierthmühlen J, Granovsky Y, Gylfadottir SS, Hébert HL, Jensen TS, John J, Kemp HI, Lauria G, Laycock H, Meng W et al. (2024)
    Genetic associations of neuropathic pain and sensory profile in a deeply phenotyped neuropathy cohort
    Pain, 166 (6), 1354-1368
    DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003463, PubMed 39471050
  19. Neverdahl JP, Uglem M, Matre D, Nilsen KB, Hagen K, Gravdahl GB, Sand T, Omland PM (2024)
    Endogenous pain modulation after sleep restriction in migraine: a blinded crossover study
    J Headache Pain, 25 (1), 166
    DOI 10.1186/s10194-024-01879-z, PubMed 39363172
  20. Ulvin LB, Nilsen KB, Taubøll E, Etholm L, Heuser K (2024)
    Sensitivity and specificity of the Salzburg EEG criteria for nonconvulsive status epilepticus
    Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 11 (10), 2685-2695
    DOI 10.1002/acn3.52184, PubMed 39186316
  21. Nakken KO, Sætre E, Hlauschek G, Farmen AH, Lossius MI (2024)
    Post-stroke epilepsy
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (9)
    DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.24.0103, PubMed 39167001
  22. Turella S, Dankiewicz J, Ben-Hamouda N, Nilsen KB, Düring J, Endisch C, Engstrøm M, Flügel D, Gaspard N, Grejs AM, Haenggi M, Haffey S, Imbach L, Johnsen B, Kemlink D, Leithner C, Legriel S, Lindehammar H, Mazzon G, Nielsen N, Peyre A, Ribalta Stanford B, Roman-Pognuz E, Rossetti AO, Schrag C et al. (2024)
    EEG for good outcome prediction after cardiac arrest: A multicentre cohort study
    Resuscitation, 202, 110319
    DOI 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110319, PubMed 39029579
  23. Halford JJ, Campobello G, Brinkmann BH, Stead M, Rampp S, Rémi J, Nilsen KB, Dauwels J, Galanti M, Dean BC, Winkler S, Ehrenberg JA, Pfaff J, Sullivan GJ (2024)
    Letter to the Editor: Announcement of a Call for Proposals for biomedical waveform coding
    Clin Neurophysiol, 165, 88-89
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.06.010, PubMed 38991377
  24. Grippe T, Shamli-Oghli Y, Darmani G, Nankoo JF, Raies N, Sarica C, Arora T, Gunraj C, Ding MYR, Rinchon C, DiLuca DG, Pichardo S, Cardoso F, Lozano AM, Chen R (2024)
    Plasticity-Induced Effects of Theta Burst Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
    Mov Disord, 39 (8), 1364-1374
    DOI 10.1002/mds.29836, PubMed 38787806
  25. Porcheret K, Hopstock LA, Nilsen KB (2024)
    Prevalence of insomnia in a general adult population cohort using different diagnostic criteria: The seventh survey of the Tromsø study 2015-2016
    Sleep Med, 119, 289-295
    DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.05.002, PubMed 38718598
  26. Dunker Ø, Szczepanski TS, Do HOP, Omland P, Lie MU, Sand T, Jabre JF, Nilsen KB (2024)
    Harnessing historical data to derive reference limits - A comparison of e-norms to traditionally derived reference limits
    Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 9, 168-175
    DOI 10.1016/j.cnp.2024.04.001, PubMed 38707483
  27. Arora T, Liu J, Mohan A, Li X, O'laughlin K, Bennett T, Nemunaitis G, Bethoux F, Pundik S, Forrest G, Kirshblum S, Kilgore K, Bryden A, Kristi Henzel M, Wang X, Baker K, Brihmat N, Bayram M, Plow EB (2024)
    Corticospinal inhibition investigated in relation to upper extremity motor function in cervical spinal cord injury
    Clin Neurophysiol, 161, 188-197
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.02.026, PubMed 38520799
  28. Stavås JA, Nilsen KB, Matre D (2024)
    The association between proportion of night shifts and musculoskeletal pain and headaches in nurses: a cross-sectional study
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 25 (1), 67
    DOI 10.1186/s12891-024-07196-5, PubMed 38229099
  29. Dunker Ø, U Lie M, Andries A, Nilsen KB, Omland P, Reiner A, Tannemaat MR, Reijntjes RH, Jabre JF (2023)
    The future is data-driven: A call to clinical neurophysiology laboratories to standardize your NCS data
    Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 8, 111-112
    DOI 10.1016/j.cnp.2023.05.002, PubMed 38152243
  30. Hlauschek G, Nicolo JP, Sinclair B, Law M, Yasuda CL, Cendes F, Lossius MI, Kwan P, Vivash L (2023)
    Role of the glymphatic system and perivascular spaces as a potential biomarker for post-stroke epilepsy
    Epilepsia Open, 9 (1), 60-76
    DOI 10.1002/epi4.12877, PubMed 38041607
  31. Dunker Ø, Uglem M, Bu Kvaløy M, Løseth S, Hjelland IE, Allen SM, Dehli Vigeland M, Kleggetveit IP, Sand T, Nilsen KB (2023)
    Diagnostic accuracy of the 5.07 monofilament test for diabetes polyneuropathy: influence of age, sex, neuropathic pain and neuropathy severity
    BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, 11 (6)
    DOI 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003545, PubMed 37989346
  32. Tran S, Brooke C, Kim YJ, Perry SD, Nankoo JF, Rinchon C, Arora T, Tremblay L, Chen R (2023)
    Visual and vestibular integration in Parkinson's disease while walking
    Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 116, 105886
    DOI 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105886, PubMed 37866253
  33. Hlauschek G, Lossius MI, Schwartz DL, Silbert LC, Hicks AJ, Ponsford JL, Vivash L, Sinclair B, Kwan P, O'Brien TJ, Shultz SR, Law M, Spitz G (2023)
    Reduced total number of enlarged perivascular spaces in post-traumatic epilepsy patients with unilateral lesions - a feasibility study
    Seizure, 113, 1-5
    DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.10.006, PubMed 37847935
  34. Matre D, Sallinen M, Phillips AJK, Moen LV, Nilsen KB, Haugen F (2023)
    Night work, season and alertness as occupational safety hazards in the Arctic: protocol for the Noralert observational crossover study among Norwegian process operators
    BMJ Open, 13 (10), e075107
    DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075107, PubMed 37793926
  35. Shamli Oghli Y, Grippe T, Arora T, Hoque T, Darmani G, Chen R (2023)
    Mechanisms of theta burst transcranial ultrasound induced plasticity in the human motor cortex
    Brain Stimul, 16 (4), 1135-1143
    DOI 10.1016/j.brs.2023.07.056, PubMed 37524296
  36. Sørensen DM, Bostock H, Abrahao A, Alaamel A, Alaydin HC, Ballegaard M, Boran E, Cengiz B, de Carvalho M, Dunker Ø, Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, Graffe CC, Jones KE, Kallio M, Kalra S, Krarup C, Krøigård T, Liguori R, Lupescu T, Maitland S, Matamala JM, Moldovan M, Moreno-Roco J, Nilsen KB, Phung L et al. (2023)
    Estimating motor unit numbers from a CMAP scan: Repeatability study on three muscles at 15 centres
    Clin Neurophysiol, 151, 92-99
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.04.008, PubMed 37236129
  37. Dunker Ø, Grotle M, Nilsen KB (2023)
    Validating clinical tools for neuropathic pain: should negative studies be thrown out? Reply to Attal and Bouhassira
    Pain, 164 (5), e261
    DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002908, PubMed 37058694
  38. Andries A, Ørstavik K, Rueegg CS, Eng S, Edvardsen E, Allen SM, Torsvik IK, Raastad T, Ruud E, Nilsen KB (2022)
    Polyneuropathy in Adolescent Childhood Cancer Survivors: The PACCS Study
    Pediatr Neurol, 140, 9-17
    DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.11.012, PubMed 36586183
  39. Schulze DG, Nilsen KB, Clemm T, Grotle M, Zwart JA, Ulvestad B, Nordby KC (2023)
    Influence of ergonomic factors on peripheral neuropathy under HAV exposure
    Occup Med (Lond), 73 (1), 13-18
    DOI 10.1093/occmed/kqac118, PubMed 36480225
  40. Dunker Ø, Grotle M, Bu Kvaløy M, Uglem M, Løseth S, Hjelland IE, Kleggetveit IP, Allen SM, Dehli Vigeland M, Munk Killingmo R, Sand T, Nilsen KB (2022)
    Accuracy of neuropathic pain measurements in patients with symptoms of polyneuropathy: validation of painDETECT, Self-Completed Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs, and Douleur Neuropathique 4
    Pain, 164 (5), 991-1001
    DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002793, PubMed 36240023
  41. Nilsen KB, Kleggetveit IP, Hoven S (2022)
    [Can we distinguish between hereditary and inflammatory neuropathies?]
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (13)
    DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0559, PubMed 36164793
  42. Ho KKN, Skarpsno ES, Nilsen KB, Ferreira PH, Pinheiro MB, Hopstock LA, Johnsen MB, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Nielsen CS, Stubhaug A, Simic M (2022)
    A bidirectional study of the association between insomnia, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and comorbid low back pain and lower limb pain
    Scand J Pain, 23 (1), 110-125
    DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2021-0197, PubMed 35420264
  43. Lie MU, Pedersen LM, Heuch I, Winsvold B, Gjerstad J, Hasvik E, Nygaard ØP, Grotle M, Matre D, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2022)
    Low Back Pain With Persistent Radiculopathy; the Clinical Role of Genetic Variants in the Genes SOX5, CCDC26/GSDMC and DCC
    Front Genet, 12, 757632
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2021.757632, PubMed 35140737
  44. Verdugo RJ, Matamala JM, Inui K, Kakigi R, Valls-Solé J, Hansson P, Nilsen KB, Lombardi R, Lauria G, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA, Treede RD, Baumgärtner U, Jara PA, Campero M (2022)
    Review of techniques useful for the assessment of sensory small fiber neuropathies: Report from an IFCN expert group
    Clin Neurophysiol, 136, 13-38
    DOI 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.01.002, PubMed 35131635
  45. Yu N, Sinclair B, Posada LMG, Chen Z, Di Q, Lin X, Kolbe S, Hlauschek G, Kwan P, Law M (2022)
    Asymmetric distribution of enlarged perivascular spaces in centrum semiovale may be associated with epilepsy after acute ischemic stroke
    CNS Neurosci Ther, 28 (3), 343-353
    DOI 10.1111/cns.13786, PubMed 34981639
  46. Winsvold BS, Kitsos I, Thomas LF, Skogholt AH, Gabrielsen ME, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2021)
    Genome-Wide Association Study of 2,093 Cases With Idiopathic Polyneuropathy and 445,256 Controls Identifies First Susceptibility Loci
    Front Neurol, 12, 789093
    DOI 10.3389/fneur.2021.789093, PubMed 34975738
  47. Sørensen DM, Bostock H, Ballegaard M, Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, Graffe CC, Grötting A, Jones K, Kallio M, Krarup C, Krøigård T, Lupescu T, Maitland S, Moldovan M, Nilsen KB, Pugdahl K, Santos MO, Themistocleous AC, Zlateva SS, Ööpik M, Tankisi H (2021)
    Assessing inter-rater reproducibility in MScanFit MUNE in a 6-subject, 12-rater "Round Robin" setup
    Neurophysiol Clin, 52 (2), 157-169
    DOI 10.1016/j.neucli.2021.11.002, PubMed 34906430
  48. Aamodt AH, Taubøll E, Eichele T, Romundstad L, Sorteberg A, Wallace S, Fromm A, Raastad MF, Sand T, Skagen K, Eltoft A, Kefaloykos C, Frisvold SK, Nilsen KB, Carlsson M, Bråthen G, Bakke I, Horn MA, Wiedmann M, Tennøe B, Totland JA, Rønning OM, Kurz M, Storstein A (2021)
    Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141
    DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0412, PubMed 34726044
  49. Dunker Ø, Nilsen KB, Olsen SE, Åsvold BO, Bjørgaas MRR, Sand T (2021)
    Which combined nerve conduction study scores are best suited for polyneuropathy in diabetic patients?
    Muscle Nerve, 65 (2), 171-179
    DOI 10.1002/mus.27445, PubMed 34687224
  50. Matre D, Christensen JO, Mork PJ, Ferreira P, Sand T, Nilsen KB (2021)
    Shift work, inflammation and musculoskeletal pain-The HUNT Study
    Occup Med (Lond), 71 (9), 422-427
    DOI 10.1093/occmed/kqab133, PubMed 34551112
  51. Ragnum HB, De Bortoli AM, Elsais A, Nilsen KB, Hammarström C, Nyakas M (2021)
    A man in his sixties with dyspnoea following immunotherapy
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141 (2021-12)
    DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0139, PubMed 34505469
  52. Schulze DG, Nilsen KB, Killingmo RM, Zwart JA, Grotle M (2021)
    Clinical Utility of the 6-Item CTS, Boston-CTS, and Hand-Diagram for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    Front Neurol, 12, 683807
    DOI 10.3389/fneur.2021.683807, PubMed 34385969
  53. Hlauschek G, Sinclair B, Brinkmann B, Fuge J, Kwan P, O'Brien TJ, Vivash L (2021)
    The effect of injection time on rates of epileptogenic zone localization using SISCOM and STATISCOM
    Epilepsy Behav, 118, 107945
    DOI 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107945, PubMed 33845344
  54. Dunker Ø, Lie MU, Nilsen KB (2021)
    Can within-subject comparisons of thermal thresholds be used for diagnostic purposes?
    Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 6, 63-71
    DOI 10.1016/j.cnp.2021.01.002, PubMed 33665518
  55. Hansen JO, Omland PM, Nilsen KB, Sand T, Matre D (2021)
    Experimental sleep restriction increases latency jitter in pain elicited cortical responses
    Heliyon, 7 (2), e06188
    DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06188, PubMed 33659735
  56. Christensen JO, Nilsen KB, Hopstock LA, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Nielsen CS, Zwart JA, Matre D (2021)
    Shift work, low-grade inflammation, and chronic pain: a 7-year prospective study
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 94 (5), 1013-1022
    DOI 10.1007/s00420-020-01626-2, PubMed 33550437
  57. Lie MU, Winsvold B, Gjerstad J, Matre D, Pedersen LM, Heuch I, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2020)
    The association between selected genetic variants and individual differences in experimental pain
    Scand J Pain, 21 (1), 163-173
    DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2020-0091, PubMed 33108341
  58. Katsifaraki M, Nilsen KB, Christensen JO, Wærsted M, Knardahl S, Bjorvatn B, Härmä M, Matre D (2020)
    Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study
    BMJ Open, 10 (9), e035533
    DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035533, PubMed 32912941
  59. Hansen BH, Juvodden HT, Nordstrand SH, Viste R, Thorsby PM, Swanson D, Nilsen KB, Nærland T, Knudsen-Heier S (2020)
    High prevalence of ADHD symptoms in unmedicated youths with post-H1N1 narcolepsy type 1
    Sleep Med, 75, 171-180
    DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.06.014, PubMed 32858357
  60. Sivertsen B, Pallesen S, Friborg O, Nilsen KB, Bakke ØK, Goll JB, Hopstock LA (2020)
    Sleep patterns and insomnia in a large population-based study of middle-aged and older adults: The Tromsø study 2015-2016
    J Sleep Res, 30 (1), e13095
    DOI 10.1111/jsr.13095, PubMed 32469116
  61. Schulze DG, Nordby KC, Cvancarova Småstuen M, Clemm T, Grotle M, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2019)
    Impact of technical variations on the ring-finger test for carpal tunnel syndrome
    Clin Neurophysiol Pract, 5, 23-29
    DOI 10.1016/j.cnp.2019.11.005, PubMed 31909307
  62. Nordstrand SEH, Juvodden HT, Viste R, Rootwelt T, Karlsen TI, Thorsby PM, Swanson D, Nilsen KB, Hansen BH, Knudsen-Heier S (2020)
    Obesity and other medical comorbidities among NT1 patients after the Norwegian H1N1 influenza epidemic and vaccination campaign
    Sleep, 43 (5)
    DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsz277, PubMed 31724727
  63. Matre D, Nilsen KB, Katsifaraki M, Waage S, Pallesen S, Bjorvatn B (2019)
    Pain complaints are associated with quick returns and insomnia among Norwegian nurses, but do not differ between shift workers and day only workers
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 93 (3), 291-299
    DOI 10.1007/s00420-019-01481-w, PubMed 31691014
  64. Hagen K, Stovner LJ, Nilsen KB, Kristoffersen ES, Winsvold BS (2019)
    The impact of C-reactive protein levels on headache frequency in the HUNT study 2006-2008
    BMC Neurol, 19 (1), 229
    DOI 10.1186/s12883-019-1462-8, PubMed 31558164
  65. Fjeld OR, Grotle M, Matre D, Pedersen LM, Lie MU, Småstuen MC, Storheim K, Heuch I, Stubhaug A, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2019)
    Predicting the outcome of persistent sciatica using conditioned pain modulation: 1-year results from a prospective cohort study
    Scand J Pain, 20 (1), 69-75
    DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0112, PubMed 31527299
  66. Ree A, Nilsen KB, Knardahl S, Sand T, Matre D (2019)
    Sleep restriction does not potentiate nocebo-induced changes in pain and cortical potentials
    Eur J Pain, 24 (1), 110-121
    DOI 10.1002/ejp.1466, PubMed 31385378
  67. Lie MU, Petriu E, Matre D, Hansson P, Andersen OK, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2019)
    Psychophysical or spinal reflex measures when assessing conditioned pain modulation?
    Eur J Pain, 23 (10), 1879-1889
    DOI 10.1002/ejp.1462, PubMed 31359580
  68. Ho KKN, Simic M, Cvancarova Småstuen M, de Barros Pinheiro M, Ferreira PH, Bakke Johnsen M, Heuch I, Grotle M, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2019)
    The association between insomnia, c-reactive protein, and chronic low back pain: cross-sectional analysis of the HUNT study, Norway
    Scand J Pain, 19 (4), 765-777
    DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0033, PubMed 31287802
  69. de Rodez Benavent SA, Nygaard GO, Nilsen KB, Etholm L, Sowa P, Wendel-Haga M, Harbo HF, Drolsum L, Laeng B, Kerty E, Celius EG (2019)
    Neurodegenerative Interplay of Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysregulation and the Retina in Early Multiple Sclerosis
    Front Neurol, 10, 507
    DOI 10.3389/fneur.2019.00507, PubMed 31156539
  70. Skarpsno ES, Mork PJ, Nilsen TIL, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, Zwart JA, Nilsen KB (2019)
    The interplay between sleeplessness and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein on risk of chronic musculoskeletal pain: longitudinal data from the Tromsø Study
    Sleep, 42 (9)
    DOI 10.1093/sleep/zsz127, PubMed 31135903
  71. Hagen K, Hopstock LA, Elise Eggen A, Mathiesen EB, Nilsen KB (2019)
    Does insomnia modify the association between C-reactive protein and migraine? The Tromsø Study 2015-2016
    Cephalalgia, 39 (8), 1022-1029
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    [A man in his 50s with dizziness, double vision and walking difficulties]
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    Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 4 (5), e389
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    Fatigue and cognition: Pupillary responses to problem-solving in early multiple sclerosis patients
    Brain Behav, 7 (7), e00717
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    Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 42 (5), E272-E279
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    Does pain sensitivity change by migraine phase? A blinded longitudinal study
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    Increased frontal electroencephalogram theta amplitude in patients with anorexia nervosa compared to healthy controls
    Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat, 12, 2419-2423
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    Diabetes Care, 39 (3), 426-33
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    Experimental Sleep Restriction Facilitates Pain and Electrically Induced Cortical Responses
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    Conditioned pain modulation is not decreased after partial sleep restriction
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    Clin Neurophysiol, 126 (10), 1979-87
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    Recommendations on practice of conditioned pain modulation (CPM) testing
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    Patients with chronic pain lack somatic markers during decision-making
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    Small nerve fiber involvement is frequent in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
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    A large conditioned pain modulation response is not related to a large blood pressure response: a study in healthy men
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    Visual evoked potentials in interictal migraine: no confirmation of abnormal habituation
    Headache, 53 (7), 1071-86
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    [A man with debilitating orthostatic hypotension]
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    The effects of long-term oral benfotiamine supplementation on peripheral nerve function and inflammatory markers in patients with type 1 diabetes: a 24-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
    Diabetes Care, 35 (5), 1095-7
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    Habituation measured by pattern reversal visual evoked potentials depends more on check size than reversal rate
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    [Mechanisms for pain inhibiton in the central nervous system]
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    Repeatability of cold pain and heat pain thresholds: The application of sensory testing in migraine research
    Cephalalgia, 30 (8), 904-9
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    Seizure, 19 (5), 291-5
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    The validity of questionnaire-based diagnoses: the third Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 2006-2008
    J Headache Pain, 11 (1), 67-73
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    Increased baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in migraine patients
    Acta Neurol Scand, 120 (6), 418-23
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    Two novel SCN9A mutations causing insensitivity to pain
    Pain, 143 (1-2), 155-8
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    Thermal pain thresholds are decreased in the migraine preattack phase
    Eur J Neurol, 15 (11), 1199-205
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    Similarities in stress physiology among patients with chronic pain and headache disorders: evidence for a common pathophysiological mechanism?
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    Scand J Rheumatol, 37 (1), 53-61
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    BMC Neurol, 7, 23
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    Stress-induced pain and muscle activity in patients with migraine and tension-type headache
    Cephalalgia, 26 (1), 64-73
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    [Prescription of central nervous system stimulants]
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    Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened
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    The association of sleepiness, insomnia, sleep disturbance and pain: a study amongst shiftworking nurses
    Sleep Biol. Rhythms, 16 (1), 133-140
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    Two novel SCN9A mutations causing insensitivity to pain (vol 143, pg 155, 2009)
    Pain, 145 (1-2), 264
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    New recommendations for objective examination of sleep and sleep disorders
    Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (19), 1805-1806
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    Response to Comment on: Fraser et al. The Effects of Long-Term Oral Benfotiamine Supplementation on Peripheral Nerve Function and Inflammatory Markers in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: A 24-Month, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1095-1097
    Diabetes Care, 35 (11), E80
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    A man in his sixties with dyspnoea following immunotherapy
    Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 141 (12), 1190-1194
  125. Bajwa SK, Nilsen KB, Erichsen EAS, Berg-Hansen P, Harbo HF (2018)
    A man in the 50s with dizziness, double vision and walking difficulties
    Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (3), 253-256

 
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