Astrid Kristine Bjørnebekk
- Senior researcher; PhD
- +47 94 14 06 25
Research interests:
- Addiction neuroscience, Psychological factors of drug dependence, brain effects of long-term
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence
Research projects:
- Anabolic-androgenic steroid use – impact on brain health and dependence.
Nationwide survey of patients in substance use disorder treatment in Norway - Cycling with anabolic steroids: studying how large fluctuations in sex hormones affect brain chemistry, functional network organization, cognition and emotions.
- Anabolic-androgenic androgen use among females
Long-term anabolic steroid use: effects on brain morphology, cognitive function and emotional processing
International Study of Exercise Addiction
Relevant links:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-8455
Publications 2021
Long-term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Is Associated With Deviant Brain Aging
Biol. Psychiat.-Cogn. Neurosci. Neuroimag., 6 (5), 579-589
DOI 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.01.001
Anabolic androgenic steroids, antisocial personality traits, aggression and violence
Drug Alcohol Depend., 221, 108604
DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108604
Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among women-A qualitative study on experiences of masculinizing, gonadal and sexual effects
Int. J. Drug Policy, 95, 102876
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102876
Androgen abuse and the brain
Curr. Opin. Endocrinol. Diabetes Obes., 28 (6), 604-614
DOI 10.1097/MED.0000000000000675
Publications 2020
Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with executive dysfunction
Drug Alcohol Depend., 208, 107874
DOI 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107874
The Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Treatment Gap: A National Study of Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Subst. Abus.-Res. Treat., 14, 1178221820904150
DOI 10.1177/1178221820904150
EXploreASL: An image processing pipeline for multi-center ASL perfusion MRI studies
Neuroimage, 219, 117031
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117031
Theory of mind in users of anabolic androgenic steroids
Psychopharmacology, 237 (10), 3191-3199
DOI 10.1007/s00213-020-05603-y
Publications 2019
Cognitive Performance and Structural Brain Correlates in Long-Term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Exposed and Nonexposed Weightlifters
Neuropsychology, 33 (4), 547-559
DOI 10.1037/neu0000537
Structural brain characteristics of anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence in men
Addiction, 114 (8), 1405-1415
DOI 10.1111/add.14629
Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with impaired emotion recognition
Psychopharmacology, 236 (9), 2667-2676
DOI 10.1007/s00213-019-05239-7
Publications 2018
COGNITIVE AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AT 41/2 YEARS IN CHILDREN BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PROBLEMS WHILE PREGNANT
Infant Ment. Health J., 39 (5), 581-594
DOI 10.1002/imhj.21733
Publications 2017
Structural Brain Imaging of Long-Term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Users and Nonusing Weightlifters
Biol. Psychiatry, 82 (4), 294-302
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.017
Brain connectivity aberrations in anabolic-androgenic steroid users
NeuroImage-Clin., 13, 62-69
DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.014
Publications 2015
Development of children born to mothers with mental health problems: subcortical volumes and cognitive performance at 4A1/2A years
Eur. Child Adolesc. Psych., 24 (1), 115-118
DOI 10.1007/s00787-014-0625-9
Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis
Subst/ Abus. Treatment Prev. Pol., 10, 12
DOI 10.1186/s13011-015-0006-5
Child Neuroanatomical, Neurocognitive, and Visual Acuity Outcomes With Maternal Opioid and Polysubstance Detoxification
Pediatr. Neurol., 52 (3), 326-332
DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.11.008
Publications 2013
Neuronal correlates of the five factor model (FFM) of human personality: Multimodal imaging in a large healthy sample
Neuroimage, 65, 194-208
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.009
Publications 2012
Social Reward Dependence and Brain White Matter Microstructure
Cereb. Cortex, 22 (11), 2672-2679
DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhr345
Publications 2011
Linking an Anxiety-Related Personality Trait to Brain White Matter Microstructure Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Harm Avoidance
Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 68 (4), 369-377
DOI 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.24
Publications 2010
Everyday memory Self-perception and structural brain correlates in a healthy elderly population
J. Int. Neuropsychol. Soc., 16 (6), 1115-1126
DOI 10.1017/S1355617710001025
Publications 2009
Effects of prenatal opiate exposure on brain development - a call for attention
Nat. Rev. Neurosci., 10 (5), 390
DOI 10.1038/nrn2598-c1