Publications 2025

Villagrán A, Hessen E, Torgersen H, Alfstad KÅ, Duncan R, Hauger LE, Lossius MI (2025)
Negative impact of self-reported executive problems in patients with functional/dissociative seizures: Results from a prospective long-term observational study
Seizure, 125, 44-49
DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.01.010, PubMed 39798508

Publications 2024

Abdullah R, Bjørnebekk A, Hauger LE, Hullstein IR, Edvardsen T, Haugaa KH, Almaas VM (2024)
Severe biventricular cardiomyopathy in both current and former long-term users of anabolic-androgenic steroids
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 31 (5), 599-608
DOI 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad362, PubMed 37992194

Gregersen I, Scarth ME, Abdullah R, Thorsby PM, Hauger LE, Haugaa KH, Sagen EL, Michelsen AE, Ueland T, Edvardsen T, Aukrust P, Almaas VM, Bjørnebekk AK, Halvorsen B (2024)
Elevated interleukin 8 and matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels are associated with myocardial pathology in users of anabolic-androgenic steroids
Eur J Prev Cardiol, 31 (12), 1469-1476
DOI 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae126, PubMed 38573232

Henriksen HCB, Havnes IA, Jørstad ML, Abdullah R, Thorsby PM, Hauger LE, Edvardsen T, Haugaa KH, Almaas VM, Bjørnebekk A (2024)
Treatment-seeking behavior and cardiovascular morbidity among men with anabolic-androgenic steroid use: A cross-sectional study
Scand J Med Sci Sports, 34 (1), e14554
DOI 10.1111/sms.14554, PubMed 38268076

Publications 2023

Hauger LE, Lossius MI, Aaberg KM, Helmstaedter C, Lossius J, Skogan AH (2023)
Screening of attention and executive functions in pediatric patients at a tertiary epilepsy center
Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 46, 35-41
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpn.2023.06.006, PubMed 37418997

Scarth M, Hauger LE, Thorsby PM, Leknes S, Hullstein IR, Westlye LT, Bjørnebekk A (2023)
Supraphysiological testosterone levels from anabolic steroid use and reduced sensitivity to negative facial expressions in men
Psychopharmacology (Berl), 241 (4), 701-715
DOI 10.1007/s00213-023-06497-2, PubMed 37993638

Publications 2021

Bjørnebekk A, Kaufmann T, Hauger LE, Klonteig S, Hullstein IR, Westlye LT (2021)
Long-term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Is Associated With Deviant Brain Aging
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 6 (5), 579-589
DOI 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.01.001, PubMed 33811018

Hauger LE, Havnes IA, Jørstad ML, Bjørnebekk A (2021)
Anabolic androgenic steroids, antisocial personality traits, aggression and violence
Drug Alcohol Depend, 221, 108604
DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108604, PubMed 33621808

Publications 2020

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

Vaskinn A, Hauger LE, Bjørnebekk A (2020)
Theory of mind in users of anabolic androgenic steroids
Psychopharmacology (Berl), 237 (10), 3191-3199
DOI 10.1007/s00213-020-05603-y, PubMed 32623552

Publications 2019

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

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