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Silje Alvestad

Researcher
Department of Clinical Medicine
  • E-mailsilje.alvestad@uib.no
  • Visitor Address
    Haukeland Universitetssykehus Laboratoriebygget, 7. etg. Heis øst
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2023). Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication and Incidence of Childhood- and Adolescence-Onset Psychiatric Disorders. JAMA Neurology. 568-577.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Pregnancy, folic acid, and antiseizure medication. Clinical Epileptology. 203-211.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Identification of novel genomic risk loci shared between common epilepsies and psychiatric disorders. Brain. 3392-3403.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Folic Acid and Risk of Preterm Birth, Preeclampsia, and Fetal Growth Restriction among Women with Epilepsy: A Prospective Cohort Study. Neurology. E605-E615.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Comparative Safety of Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy for Major Malformations. Annals of Neurology. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Cardiac Structure and Function in Epilepsy Patients with Drug-Resistant Convulsive Seizures. Case Reports in Neurology. 88-97.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Cancer risk in children of mothers with epilepsy and high-dose folic acid use during pregnancy. JAMA Neurology. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Association of Prenatal Exposure to Antiseizure Medication With Risk of Autism and Intellectual Disability. JAMA Neurology. 672-681.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Assisted reproductive treatment in women with epilepsy. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 5 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Mislocalization of AQP4 precedes chronic seizures in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Research. 30-41.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Comparison of carbamazepine rash in multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 60-63.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Reduced astrocytic contribution to the turnover of glutamate, glutamine, and GABA characterizes the latent phase in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 1675-1686.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Limbic structures show altered glial-neuronal metabolism in the chronic phase of kainate induced epilepsy. Neurochemical Research.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Expression of gluatamine synthetase and glutamate dehydrogenase in the latent phase and chronic phase in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Glia.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Cross-reactivity pattern of rash from current aromatic antiepileptic drugs. Epilepsy Research. 194-200.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Rash from antiepileptic drugs: influence by gender, age, and learning disability. Epilepsia. 1360-1365.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Limbic Structures Show Altered Glial-Neuronal Metabolism in the Chronic Phase of Kainate Induced Epilepsy. Neurochemical Research.
  • Show author(s) (2007). In vivo mapping of temporospatial changes in manganese enhancement in rat brain during epileptogenesis. NeuroImage. 57-66.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2007). Epilepsy models and metabolism.
Reader opinion piece
  • Show author(s) (2019). Valproat fortsatt viktig for kvinner med generalisert epilepsi. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1-2.
Letter to the editor
  • Show author(s) (2023). In reply: Why big data carries big potential rather than big trouble. Seizure. 106-108.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2011). Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions in Experimental Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy A study of underlying mechanisms and possible biomarkers of epileptogenesis.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2007). Knallstart for unge medisinforskere.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2009). THE POLARITY OF AQUAPORIN-4 IN ASTROCYTIC ENDFEET IS ALTERED IN THE KAINATE MODEL OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY. Epilepsia. 182-182.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Decreased turnover of glutamate, glutamine, and GABA precedes the occurrence of spontaneous seizures in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurochemistry. 273-273.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Glial-Neuronal Interactions during the latent and chorinc periods following kainate induced seizures in Rats. Journal of Neurochemistry. 64-128.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Cross sensitivity of skin rash with current antiepileptic drug. Epilepsia. 280.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2008). Decreased turnover of glutamate, glutamine, and GABA precedes the occurrence of spontaneous seizures in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
  • Show author(s) (2007). The cross-reactivity between lamotrigine and other aromatic anticonvulsants.
  • Show author(s) (2007). In vivo mapping of temporospatial changes in rat brain during kainate induced epileptogenesis: a manganese enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) study.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Glial-neuronal interactions during the latent and chronic periods following kainate induced seizures in rats.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Epileptogenesis: Brain Structure and Metabolism During the Latent Period Following Kainate-Induced Seizures in Rats.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Neuronal-Glial interactions during the latent period following kainate induced seizures in rats.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Glial-neuronal interactions during the latent period following kainate induced seizures in rats.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2007). Which clinical and experimental data link temporal lobe epilepsy with depression? Journal of Neurochemistry. 2136-2152.

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