Publications 2019

Gjerde PB, Simonsen CE, Lagerberg TV, Steen NE, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Steen VM, Melle I (2019)
Improvement in verbal learning over the first year of antipsychotic treatment is associated with serum HDL levels in a cohort of first episode psychosis patients
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (in press)
DOI 10.1007/s00406-019-01017-w, PubMed 31028479

Gohar SM, Dieset I, Steen NE, Mørch RH, Vedal TSJ, Reponen EJ, Steen VM, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2019)
Association between leptin levels and severity of suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 139 (5), 464-471
DOI 10.1111/acps.13019, PubMed 30848483

O'Connell KS, Shadrin A, Bahrami S, Smeland OB, Bettella F, Frei O, Krull F, Askeland RB, Walters GB, Davíðsdóttir K, Haraldsdóttir GS, Guðmundsson ÓÓ, Stefánsson H, Fan CC, Steen NE, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Dale AM, Stefánsson K, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA (2019)
Identification of genetic overlap and novel risk loci for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder
Mol Psychiatry (in press)
DOI 10.1038/s41380-019-0613-z, PubMed 31792363

Ringen PA, Reponen EJ, Vedal TSJ, Andreassen OA, Steen NE, Melle I (2019)
Predictors for Antipsychotic Dosage Change in the First Year of Treatment in Schizophrenia Spectrum and Bipolar Disorders
Front Psychiatry, 10, 649
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00649, PubMed 31551838

Rødevand L, Steen NE, Elvsåshagen T, Quintana DS, Reponen EJ, Mørch RH, Lunding SH, Vedal TSJ, Dieset I, Melle I, Lagerberg TV, Andreassen OA (2019)
Cardiovascular risk remains high in schizophrenia with modest improvements in bipolar disorder during past decade
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 139 (4), 348-360
DOI 10.1111/acps.13008, PubMed 30697685

Scott J, Hidalgo-Mazzei D, Strawbridge R, Young A, Resche-Rigon M, Etain B, Andreassen OA, Bauer M, Bennabi D, Blamire AM, Boumezbeur F, Brambilla P, Cattane N, Cattaneo A, Chupin M, Coello K, Cointepas Y, Colom F, Cousins DA, Dubertret C, Duchesnay E, Ferro A, Garcia-Estela A, Goikolea J, Grigis A et al. (2019)
Prospective cohort study of early biosignatures of response to lithium in bipolar-I-disorders: overview of the H2020-funded R-LiNK initiative
Int J Bipolar Disord, 7 (1), 20
DOI 10.1186/s40345-019-0156-x, PubMed 31552554

Smeland OB, Bahrami S, Frei O, Shadrin A, O'Connell K, Savage J, Watanabe K, Krull F, Bettella F, Steen NE, Ueland T, Posthuma D, Djurovic S, Dale AM, Andreassen OA (2019)
Genome-wide analysis reveals extensive genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and intelligence
Mol Psychiatry (in press)
DOI 10.1038/s41380-018-0332-x, PubMed 30610197

Smeland OB, Bahrami S, Frei O, Shadrin A, O'Connell K, Savage J, Watanabe K, Krull F, Bettella F, Steen NE, Ueland T, Posthuma D, Djurovic S, Dale AM, Andreassen OA (2019)
Correction: Genome-wide analysis reveals extensive genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and intelligence
Mol Psychiatry (in press)
DOI 10.1038/s41380-019-0456-7, PubMed 31308466

Steen NE, Dieset I, Hope S, Vedal TSJ, Smeland OB, Matson W, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Agartz I, Melle I, Djurovic S, Jönsson EG, Bogdanov M, Andreassen OA (2019)
Metabolic dysfunctions in the kynurenine pathway, noradrenergic and purine metabolism in schizophrenia and bipolar disorders
Psychol Med, 1-12 (in press)
DOI 10.1017/S0033291719000400, PubMed 30867076

Vedal TSJ, Steen NE, Birkeland KI, Dieset I, Reponen EJ, Laskemoen JF, Rødevand L, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Molden E, Jönsson EG (2019)
Adipokine levels are associated with insulin resistance in antipsychotics users independently of BMI
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 103, 87-95
DOI 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.01.001, PubMed 30659986

Aas M, Elvsåshagen T, Westlye LT, Kaufmann T, Athanasiu L, Djurovic S, Melle I, van der Meer D, Martin-Ruiz C, Steen NE, Agartz I, Andreassen OA (2019)
Telomere length is associated with childhood trauma in patients with severe mental disorders
Transl Psychiatry, 9 (1), 97
DOI 10.1038/s41398-019-0432-7, PubMed 30898995

Aas M, Pizzagalli DA, Laskemoen JF, Reponen EJ, Ueland T, Melle I, Agartz I, Steen NE, Andreassen OA (2019)
Elevated hair cortisol is associated with childhood maltreatment and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia and in bipolar disorders
Schizophr Res, 213, 65-71
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2019.01.011, PubMed 30660575

Publications 2018

Gjerde PB, Jørgensen KN, Steen NE, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Steen VM, Agartz I (2018)
Association between olanzapine treatment and brain cortical thickness and gray/white matter contrast is moderated by cholesterol in psychotic disorders
Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 282, 55-63
DOI 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.10.001, PubMed 30415175

Gohar SM, Dieset I, Steen NE, Mørch RH, Iversen TS, Steen VM, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2018)
Association between serum lipid levels, osteoprotegerin and depressive symptomatology in psychotic disorders
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 269 (7), 795-802
DOI 10.1007/s00406-018-0897-z, PubMed 29721726

Hoseth EZ, Krull F, Dieset I, Mørch RH, Hope S, Gardsjord ES, Steen NE, Melle I, Brattbakk HR, Steen VM, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2018)
Exploring the Wnt signaling pathway in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Transl Psychiatry, 8 (1), 55
DOI 10.1038/s41398-018-0102-1, PubMed 29507296

Hoseth EZ, Krull F, Dieset I, Mørch RH, Hope S, Gardsjord ES, Steen NE, Melle I, Brattbakk HR, Steen VM, Aukrust P, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Ueland T (2018)
Attenuated Notch signaling in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 5349
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-23703-w, PubMed 29593239

Quintana DS, Steen NE, Andreassen OA (2018)
The Promise of Intranasal Esketamine as a Novel and Effective Antidepressant
JAMA Psychiatry, 75 (2), 123-124
DOI 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3738, PubMed 29282452

Vedal TSJ, Steen NE, Birkeland KI, Dieset I, Reponen EJ, Laskemoen JF, Rødevand L, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Molden E, Jönsson EG (2018)
Response: Are thyroid abnormalities only related to antipsychotic treatment in patients with severe mental disorders?
J Psychiatr Res, 117, 150
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.11.012, PubMed 30454945

Vedal TSJ, Steen NE, Birkeland KI, Dieset I, Reponen EJ, Laskemoen JF, Rødevand L, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Molden E, Jönsson EG (2018)
Free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone in severe mental disorders: A naturalistic study with focus on antipsychotic medication
J Psychiatr Res, 106, 74-81
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.09.014, PubMed 30292780

Aas M, Dieset I, Mørch R, Steen NE, Hope S, Reponen EJ, Laskemoen JF, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Melle I, Agartz I, Andreassen OA (2018)
Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with childhood trauma experiences and number of depressive episodes in severe mental disorders
Schizophr Res, 205, 45-50
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2018.08.007, PubMed 30126813

Publications 2017

Fjukstad KK, Engum A, Lydersen S, Dieset I, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Spigset O (2017)
Metabolic risk factors in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: The effect of comedication with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and antipsychotics
Eur Psychiatry, 48, 71-78
DOI 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.04.001, PubMed 29331603

Iversen TSJ, Steen NE, Dieset I, Hope S, Mørch R, Gardsjord ES, Jørgensen KN, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Molden E, Jönsson EG (2017)
Side effect burden of antipsychotic drugs in real life - Impact of gender and polypharmacy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 82, 263-271
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.11.004, PubMed 29122637

Aas M, Dieset I, Hope S, Hoseth E, Mørch R, Reponen E, Steen NE, Laskemoen JF, Ueland T, Aukrust P, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2017)
Childhood maltreatment severity is associated with elevated C-reactive protein and body mass index in adults with schizophrenia and bipolar diagnoses
Brain Behav Immun, 65, 342-349
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.06.005, PubMed 28619247

Publications 2016

Fjukstad KK, Engum A, Lydersen S, Dieset I, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Spigset O (2016)
Metabolic Abnormalities Related to Treatment With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Patients With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder
J Clin Psychopharmacol, 36 (6), 615-620
DOI 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000582, PubMed 27749681

Steen NE, Aas M, Simonsen C, Dieset I, Tesli M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord E, Mørch R, Agartz I, Melle I, Ueland T, Spigset O, Andreassen OA (2016)
Serum levels of second-generation antipsychotics are associated with cognitive function in psychotic disorders
World J Biol Psychiatry, 18 (6), 471-482
DOI 10.1080/15622975.2016.1245441, PubMed 27712130

Steen NE, Aas M, Simonsen C, Dieset I, Tesli M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord E, Mørch R, Agartz I, Melle I, Vaskinn A, Spigset O, Andreassen OA (2016)
Serum concentrations of mood stabilizers are associated with memory, but not other cognitive domains in psychosis spectrum disorders; explorative analyses in a naturalistic setting
Int J Bipolar Disord, 4 (1), 24
DOI 10.1186/s40345-016-0067-z, PubMed 27858347

Tesli M, Wirgenes KV, Hughes T, Bettella F, Athanasiu L, Hoseth ES, Nerhus M, Lagerberg TV, Steen NE, Agartz I, Melle I, Dieset I, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA (2016)
VRK2 gene expression in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and healthy controls
Br J Psychiatry, 209 (2), 114-20
DOI 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.161950, PubMed 26941264

Aas M, Kauppi K, Brandt CL, Tesli M, Kaufmann T, Steen NE, Agartz I, Westlye LT, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2016)
Childhood trauma is associated with increased brain responses to emotionally negative as compared with positive faces in patients with psychotic disorders
Psychol Med, 47 (4), 669-679
DOI 10.1017/S0033291716002762, PubMed 27834153

Publications 2015

Quintana DS, Westlye LT, Kaufmann T, Rustan ØG, Brandt CL, Haatveit B, Steen NE, Andreassen OA (2015)
Reduced heart rate variability in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 133 (1), 44-52
DOI 10.1111/acps.12498, PubMed 26371411

Steen NE, Aas M, Simonsen C, Dieset I, Tesli M, Nerhus M, Gardsjord E, Mørch R, Agartz I, Melle I, Vaskinn A, Spigset O, Andreassen OA (2015)
Serum level of venlafaxine is associated with better memory in psychotic disorders
Schizophr Res, 169 (1-3), 386-392
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2015.10.021, PubMed 26516101

Publications 2014

Haram M, Tesli M, Dieset I, Steen NE, Røssberg JI, Djurovic S, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2014)
An attempt to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms contributing to possible relationships between personality traits and oxytocin-related genes
Neuropsychobiology, 69 (1), 25-30
DOI 10.1159/000356965, PubMed 24458227

Steen NE, Methlie P, Lorentzen S, Dieset I, Aas M, Nerhus M, Haram M, Agartz I, Melle I, Berg JP, Andreassen OA (2014)
Altered systemic cortisol metabolism in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorders
J Psychiatr Res, 52, 57-62
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.01.017, PubMed 24534618

Publications 2013

Hope S, Ueland T, Steen NE, Dieset I, Lorentzen S, Berg AO, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA (2013)
Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with general severity and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Schizophr Res, 145 (1-3), 36-42
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2012.12.023, PubMed 23403415

Larsson S, Aas M, Klungsøyr O, Agartz I, Mork E, Steen NE, Barrett EA, Lagerberg TV, Røssberg JI, Melle I, Andreassen OA, Lorentzen S (2013)
Patterns of childhood adverse events are associated with clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder
BMC Psychiatry, 13, 97
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-13-97, PubMed 23522391

Mork E, Walby FA, Harkavy-Friedman JM, Barrett EA, Steen NE, Lorentzen S, Andreassen OA, Melle I, Mehlum L (2013)
Clinical characteristics in schizophrenia patients with or without suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm--a cross-sectional study
BMC Psychiatry, 13, 255
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-13-255, PubMed 24106884

Aas M, Haukvik UK, Djurovic S, Bergmann Ø, Athanasiu L, Tesli MS, Hellvin T, Steen NE, Agartz I, Lorentzen S, Sundet K, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2013)
BDNF val66met modulates the association between childhood trauma, cognitive and brain abnormalities in psychoses
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 46, 181-8
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.07.008, PubMed 23876786

Publications 2012

Larsson S, Andreassen OA, Aas M, Røssberg JI, Mork E, Steen NE, Barrett EA, Lagerberg TV, Peleikis D, Agartz I, Melle I, Lorentzen S (2012)
High prevalence of childhood trauma in patients with schizophrenia spectrum and affective disorder
Compr Psychiatry, 54 (2), 123-7
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.06.009, PubMed 22901835

Aas M, Steen NE, Agartz I, Aminoff SR, Lorentzen S, Sundet K, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2012)
Is cognitive impairment following early life stress in severe mental disorders based on specific or general cognitive functioning?
Psychiatry Res, 198 (3), 495-500
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.045, PubMed 22472845

Publications 2011

Hope S, Dieset I, Agartz I, Steen NE, Ueland T, Melle I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA (2011)
Affective symptoms are associated with markers of inflammation and immune activation in bipolar disorders but not in schizophrenia
J Psychiatr Res, 45 (12), 1608-16
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.08.003, PubMed 21889167

Steen NE, Lorentzen S, Barrett EA, Lagerberg TV, Hope S, Larsson S, Berg AO, Agartz I, Melle I, Berg JP, Andreassen OA (2011)
Sex-specific cortisol levels in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia during mental challenge--relationship to clinical characteristics and medication
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 35 (4), 1100-7
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.03.008, PubMed 21420462

Steen NE, Methlie P, Lorentzen S, Hope S, Barrett EA, Larsson S, Mork E, Almås B, Løvås K, Agartz I, Melle I, Berg JP, Andreassen OA (2011)
Increased systemic cortisol metabolism in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a mechanism for increased stress vulnerability?
J Clin Psychiatry, 72 (11), 1515-21
DOI 10.4088/JCP.10m06068yel, PubMed 21367348

Aas M, Djurovic S, Athanasiu L, Steen NE, Agartz I, Lorentzen S, Sundet K, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2011)
Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism, childhood trauma, and cognition in patients with psychotic disorders
Schizophr Bull, 38 (1), 15-22
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbr113, PubMed 21908796

Publications 2010

Barrett EA, Sundet K, Faerden A, Agartz I, Bratlien U, Romm KL, Mork E, Rossberg JI, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2010)
Suicidality in first episode psychosis is associated with insight and negative beliefs about psychosis
Schizophr Res, 123 (2-3), 257-62
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2010.07.018, PubMed 20685083

Barrett EA, Sundet K, Faerden A, Nesvåg R, Agartz I, Fosse R, Mork E, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2010)
Suicidality before and in the early phases of first episode psychosis
Schizophr Res, 119 (1-3), 11-7
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.022, PubMed 20399077

Hope S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Agartz I, Lorentzen S, Steen NE, Djurovic S, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2010)
Osteoprotegerin levels in patients with severe mental disorders
J Psychiatry Neurosci, 35 (5), 304-10
DOI 10.1503/jpn.090088, PubMed 20569643

Steen NE, Tesli M, Kähler AK, Methlie P, Hope S, Barrett EA, Larsson S, Mork E, Løvås K, Røssberg JI, Agartz I, Melle I, Djurovic S, Lorentzen S, Berg JP, Andreassen OA (2010)
SRD5A2 is associated with increased cortisol metabolism in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 34 (8), 1500-6
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.08.013, PubMed 20800085

Publications 2009

Hope S, Melle I, Aukrust P, Steen NE, Birkenaes AB, Lorentzen S, Agartz I, Ueland T, Andreassen OA (2009)
Similar immune profile in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: selective increase in soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor I and von Willebrand factor
Bipolar Disord, 11 (7), 726-34
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00757.x, PubMed 19839997

Larsson S, Lorentzen S, Mork E, Barrett EA, Steen NE, Lagerberg TV, Berg AO, Aminoff SR, Agartz I, Melle I, Andreassen OA (2009)
Age at onset of bipolar disorder in a Norwegian catchment area sample
J Affect Disord, 124 (1-2), 174-7
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2009.10.031, PubMed 19931918