Torbjørn Elvsåshagen

Nov 4, 2024 | nature.com | Christoph Abe |Francesco Benedetti |Erlend Bøen |Katharina Brosch |Erick J. Canales-Rodriguez |Torbjørn Elvsåshagen | +34 more

AbstractAlthough specific risk factors for brain alterations in bipolar disorders (BD) are currently unknown, obesity impacts the brain and is highly prevalent in BD. Gray matter correlates of obesity in BD have been well documented, but we know much less about brain white matter abnormalities in people who have both obesity and BD.

Oct 1, 2024 | nature.com | Shahram Bahrami |Kaja Nordengen |Olav B. Smeland |Nadine Staples Parker |Pravesh Parekh |Torbjørn Elvsåshagen | +4 more

AbstractThe basal ganglia are subcortical brain structures involved in motor control, cognition, and emotion regulation. We conducted univariate and multivariate genome-wide association analyses (GWAS) to explore the genetic architecture of basal ganglia volumes using brain scans obtained from 34,794 Europeans with replication in 4,808 white and generalization in 5,220 non-white Europeans.