
Kristin Ørstavik
- Consultant neurologist; PhD
Primary Investigator and head of the RND groups adult research.
Publications 2020
Kraftige legger ved en sjelden tilstand
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (16)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0505, PubMed 33172251
Powerful attachments in a rare condition
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 140 (16), 1671
Publications 2019
A painful foot with diagnostic and therapeutic consequences
Scand J Pain, 19 (3), 615-618
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0015, PubMed 31120861
Loss of haptic feedback impairs control of hand posture: a study in chronically deafferented individuals when grasping and lifting objects
Exp Brain Res, 237 (9), 2167-2184
DOI 10.1007/s00221-019-05583-2, PubMed 31209510
Oliver Sacks – on regret, the joys of neuroscience literature, and empathy
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (7)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0663, PubMed 30969042
Oliver Sacks- about remorse, neurologist joy and empathy
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (7), 637-640
MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1
BMC Neurol, 19 (1), 135
DOI 10.1186/s12883-019-1357-8, PubMed 31216995
Publications 2018
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C in Norway: Clinical characteristics, mutation spectrum and minimum prevalence
Neuromuscul Disord, 28 (8), 639-645
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.004, PubMed 30001926
Physical exercise in adults with hereditary neuromuscular disease
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (11)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.1024, PubMed 29947206
[Cardiomyopathy in hereditary muscular dystrophies]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0683, PubMed 29313627
Common promises for patients with neuromuscular diseases
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (15), 1408-1409
Felles løft for pasienter med nevromuskulære sykdommer
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (15)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0630, PubMed 30277043
Clinical neurophysiology on suspicion of botulism
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (9), 800
Klinisk nevrofysiologi ved mistanke om botulisme
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (9)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0373, PubMed 29808649
Proprioceptive loss and the perception, control and learning of arm movements in humans: evidence from sensory neuronopathy
Exp Brain Res, 236 (8), 2137-2155
DOI 10.1007/s00221-018-5289-0, PubMed 29779050
Økt behov for fysioterapeuter med nevromuskulær kompetanse
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (14)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0580, PubMed 30234257
Long-term neurotoxicity and Raynaud's phenomenon in patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy for malignant ovarian germ cell tumor
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 98 (2), 240-249
DOI 10.1111/aogs.13477, PubMed 30289161
Publications 2017
A 50 year old man with proximal power failure and heart disease
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 137 (16), 1206-1209
[A 50-year-old man with proximal pareses and heart disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (16)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0789, PubMed 28871726
Publications 2016
[Together for patients with hereditary neuromuscular conditions]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (14-15), 1198-9
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0502, PubMed 27554555
SCN10A Mutation in a Patient with Erythromelalgia Enhances C-Fiber Activity Dependent Slowing
PLoS One, 11 (9), e0161789
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0161789, PubMed 27598514
OBITUARY Torberg Torbergsen, has works published, Neurologist
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 136 (1), 62
Clinical and molecular characteristics in three families with biallelic mutations in IGHMBP2
Neuromuscul Disord, 26 (9), 570-5
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.457, PubMed 27450922
Major involvement of trunk muscles in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Acta Neurol Scand, 134 (6), 467-473
DOI 10.1111/ane.12565, PubMed 26984572
Major involvement of trunk muscles in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 1, 1-7
DOI 10.1111/ane.12565, PublikaID 229
Publications 2015
[A woman in her 60s with itching arms]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (16), 1459-61
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.0223, PubMed 26356457
[J.A. Halvorsen & K. Ørstavik reply]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (20), 1816
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.1077, PubMed 26534802
Specific changes in conduction velocity recovery cycles of single nociceptors in a patient with erythromelalgia with the I848T gain-of-function mutation of Nav1.7
Pain, 156 (9), 1637-1646
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000229, PubMed 25993546
A de novo Mutation in the SCN4A Gene Causing Sodium Channel Myotonia
J Neuromuscul Dis, 2 (2), 181-184
DOI 10.3233/JND-150069, PubMed 27858731
Publications 2014
Differential sensitization of silent nociceptors to low pH stimulation by prostaglandin E2 in human volunteers
Eur J Pain, 19 (2), 159-66
DOI 10.1002/ejp.532, PubMed 24890616
Exonic mutations in SCN9A (NaV1.7) are found in a minority of patients with erythromelalgia
Scand J Pain, 5 (4), 217-225
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.09.002, PubMed 29911575
Publications 2013
[Small-fibre neuropathy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 133 (2), 179-83
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0160, PubMed 23344604
[Microneurography and research on peripheral neuropathic pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 133 (3), 302-5
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0098, PubMed 23381167
Publications 2012
High spontaneous activity of C-nociceptors in painful polyneuropathy
Pain, 153 (10), 2040-2047
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.017, PubMed 22986070
[A seriously ill patient who does not wake up after mechanical ventilation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (7), 822-5
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0357, PubMed 22511094
Hereditary motor neuron disease in a large Norwegian family with a "H46R" substitution in the superoxide dismutase 1 gene
Neuromuscul Disord, 22 (6), 511-21
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.01.011, PubMed 22475618
Publications 2009
Microneurographic findings of relevance to pain in patients with erythromelalgia and patients with diabetic neuropathy
Neurosci Lett, 470 (3), 180-4
DOI 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.061, PubMed 19481586
Publications 2008
Microneurographic assessment of C-fibre function in aged healthy subjects
J Physiol, 587 (2), 419-28
DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.162941, PubMed 19064617
Publications 2007
Endothelin 1 activates and sensitizes human C-nociceptors
Pain, 137 (1), 41-49
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.008, PubMed 17884295
Small-fiber dysfunction in patients with chronic painful conditions: assessment of function through clinical, psychophysical and neurophysiological methods including direct microneurographic recordings
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 464, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 070104646
Publications 2006
Catecholamine-induced excitation of nociceptors in sympathetically maintained pain
Pain, 127 (3), 296-301
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.08.022, PubMed 16997471
Abnormal function of C-fibers in patients with diabetic neuropathy
J Neurosci, 26 (44), 11287-94
DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2659-06.2006, PubMed 17079656
Pain and small-fiber neuropathy in patients with hypothyroidism
Neurology, 67 (5), 786-91
DOI 10.1212/01.wnl.0000234035.13779.4a, PubMed 16966538
Publications 2004
Diabetesnevropati
In Diabeteshåndboken, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, s. 276-283
BIBSYS 041965361
Pain in primary erythromelalgia--a neuropathic component?
Pain, 110 (3), 531-538
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2004.03.030, PubMed 15288393