Silje Alvestad
- MD, PhD, Senior researcher (post.doc)
Publications 2024
Risk of Major Congenital Malformations and Exposure to Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy
JAMA Neurol, 81 (5), 481-489
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.0258, PubMed 38497990
Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications and fetal growth: a population-based cohort study from the Nordic countries
Lancet Reg Health Eur, 38, 100849
DOI 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100849, PubMed 38476755
Socioeconomic differences in use of antiseizure medication in pregnancies with maternal epilepsy: A population-based study from Nordic universal health care systems
Epilepsia, 65 (8), 2397-2411
DOI 10.1111/epi.18022, PubMed 38804650
Risk of Perinatal and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With Epilepsy
JAMA Neurol, 81 (9), 985-995
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2375, PubMed 39102246
Prescribing patterns for higher dose folic acid in pregnant women with epilepsy treated with antiseizure medication
Epilepsia, 65 (6), 1698-1708
DOI 10.1111/epi.17969, PubMed 38554037
Publications 2023
High-dose folic acid and cancer risk; unjustified concerns by von Wrede and colleagues regarding our paper
Epilepsia, 64 (9), 2244-2248
DOI 10.1111/epi.17717, PubMed 37452793
Comparative Risk of Major Congenital Malformations With Antiseizure Medication Combinations vs Valproate Monotherapy in Pregnancy
Neurology, 102 (2), e207996
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207996, PubMed 38165339
Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication and Incidence of Childhood- and Adolescence-Onset Psychiatric Disorders
JAMA Neurol, 80 (6), 568-577
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.0674, PubMed 37067807
In reply: Why big data carries big potential rather than big trouble
Seizure, 111, 106-108
DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.08.007, PubMed 37597398
Identification of novel genomic risk loci shared between common epilepsies and psychiatric disorders
Brain, 146 (8), 3392-3403
DOI 10.1093/brain/awad038, PubMed 36757824
Publications 2022
Folic Acid and Risk of Preterm Birth, Preeclampsia, and Fetal Growth Restriction Among Women With Epilepsy: A Prospective Cohort Study
Neurology, 99 (6), e605-e615
DOI 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200669, PubMed 35577577
Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication With Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability
JAMA Neurol, 79 (7), 672-681
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1269, PubMed 35639399
Comparative Safety of Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy for Major Malformations
Ann Neurol, 93 (3), 551-562
DOI 10.1002/ana.26561, PubMed 36433783
Cardiac Structure and Function in Epilepsy Patients with Drug-Resistant Convulsive Seizures
Case Rep Neurol, 14 (1), 88-97
DOI 10.1159/000522237, PubMed 35431877
Cancer Risk in Children of Mothers With Epilepsy and High-Dose Folic Acid Use During Pregnancy
JAMA Neurol, 79 (11), 1130-1138
DOI 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2977, PubMed 36156660
Publications 2020
[Assisted reproductive treatment in women with epilepsy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0253, PubMed 31948216
[Correction: Assisted reproductive technology among women with epilepsy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (3)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0063, PubMed 32105046
Publications 2019
Valproate remains important for women with generalized epilepsy
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (7), 585
[Continued importance of valproate for women with generalised epilepsy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (7)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0220, PubMed 30969058
Publications 2013
Mislocalization of AQP4 precedes chronic seizures in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Epilepsy Res, 105 (1-2), 30-41
DOI 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.01.006, PubMed 23357720
Publications 2011
Reduced astrocytic contribution to the turnover of glutamate, glutamine, and GABA characterizes the latent phase in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 31 (8), 1675-86
DOI 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.36, PubMed 21522161
Comparison of carbamazepine rash in multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
Acta Neurol Scand, 125 (1), 60-3
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01553.x, PubMed 21668415
Publications 2008
Cross-reactivity pattern of rash from current aromatic antiepileptic drugs
Epilepsy Res, 80 (2-3), 194-200
DOI 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.04.003, PubMed 18490142
Expression of glutamine synthetase and glutamate dehydrogenase in the latent phase and chronic phase in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Glia, 56 (8), 856-68
DOI 10.1002/glia.20659, PubMed 18381650
Publications 2007
In vivo mapping of temporospatial changes in manganese enhancement in rat brain during epileptogenesis
Neuroimage, 38 (1), 57-66
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.07.027, PubMed 17822925
Limbic structures show altered glial-neuronal metabolism in the chronic phase of kainate induced epilepsy
Neurochem Res, 33 (2), 257-66
DOI 10.1007/s11064-007-9435-5, PubMed 17710539
Rash from antiepileptic drugs: influence by gender, age, and learning disability
Epilepsia, 48 (7), 1360-5
DOI 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01109.x, PubMed 17484761
Which clinical and experimental data link temporal lobe epilepsy with depression?
J Neurochem, 103 (6), 2136-52
DOI 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04926.x, PubMed 17887964
Publications 2005
Glial-neuronal interactions during the latent and chronicperiods following kainate induced seizures in rats
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