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Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Addiction, Anabolic androgenic steroids, Mental health, Substance misuse, Brain health

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Employment (4)

Oslo University Hospital: Oslo, Oslo, NO

2016-05-10 to present | Head of the Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Research Group (The Division of Mental Health and Addiction, The Section for Clinical Drug and Addiction Research)
Employment
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Oslo University Hospital: Oslo, Oslo, NO

2013-05 to 2016-04 | Postdoc (Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

University of Oslo: Oslo, NO

2009 to 2013 | Postdoc, Center For the Study of Human Cognition (Department of Psychology)
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

University of Oslo: Oslo, Oslo, NO

2008 to 2009 | Fellow (Department of Psychology)
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Education and qualifications (1)

Karolinska Institutet: Stockholm, Stockholm, SE

2001 to 2007-06-15 | PhD (Department of Neuroscience)
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Funding (5)

Anabolic-androgenic steroid use – impact on brain health and dependence

2020-08 to 2024-08 | Grant
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Norway (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2020088
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Hooked on hormones – Applying computational approaches to identify mechanisms for anabolic steroid dependence on longitudinal brain, health and behavioral data

2018-01 to 2020-01 | Grant
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Oslo, MP)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2018075
Source: Self-asserted source
Astrid Bjørnebekk

Cycling with anabolic steroids: studying how large fluctuations in sex hormones affect brain chemistry, functional network organization, cognition and emotions

2017-04 to 2020-03 | Grant
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2017025
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Anabolic steroid effects on brain morphology, cognitive functioning, and emotional processing: a follow-up of long-term steroid users

2016-05 to 2020-05 | Grant
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2016049
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Long-term anabolic steroid use: effects on brain morphology, cognitive function and emotional processing

2013 to 2016 | Grant
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2013087
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Astrid Bjørnebekk

Works (40)

Comment on ‘Anabolic–androgenic steroids and cardiac function’

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2024-09-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae183
Contributors: Vibeke M Almaas; Rang Abdullah; Thor Edvardsen; Kristina H Haugaa; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Severe biventricular cardiomyopathy in both current and former long-term users of anabolic–androgenic steroids

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2024-03-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad362
Contributors: Rang Abdullah; Astrid Bjørnebekk; Lisa E Hauger; Ingunn R Hullstein; Thor Edvardsen; Kristina H Haugaa; Vibeke M Almaas
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Use of High-Dose Androgens Is Associated with Reduced Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Male Weightlifters

Neuroendocrinology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000526418
Contributors: Astrid Bjørnebekk; Morgan Scarth; Sudan Prasad Neupane; Lars T. Westlye; Ingunn R. Hullstein; Per Medbøe Thorsby; Bente Halvorsen
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Psychological traits associated with anabolic androgenic steroid use and dependence among female athletes

2023-06-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/jwbdu
Contributors: Morgan Scarth; Ingrid Amalia Havnes; Marie Lindvik Jørstad; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Sleep pathology and use of anabolic androgen steroids among male weightlifters in Norway

2023-06-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ntdsu
Contributors: Sandra Klonteig; Morgan Scarth; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Supraphysiological testosterone levels from anabolic steroid use and reduced sensitivity to negative facial expressions in men

2023-06-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/h854w
Contributors: Morgan Scarth; Lisa Evju Hauger; Per Medbøe Thorsby; Siri Leknes; Inngunn R. Hullstein; Lars T. Westlye; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Investigating anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence and muscle dysmorphia with network analysis

2022-05-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/rja6b
Contributors: Morgan Scarth; Lars T. Westlye; Ingrid Amalia Havnes; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Psychopathology among anabolic-androgenic steroid users and non-using female athletes in Norway

2022-05-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/xrwgs
Contributors: Morgan Scarth; Marie L. Jørstad; Amund Reierstad; Sandra Klonteig; Svenn Torgersen; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Use of high-dose androgens is associated with reduced brain derived neurotrophic factor in male weightlifters

2022-03-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/kj2s9
Contributors: Astrid Bjørnebekk; Morgan Scarth; Sudan Prasad Neupane; Lars T. Westlye; Inngunn R. Hullstein; Per Medbøe Thorsby; Bente Halvorsen
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Severity of anabolic steroid dependence, executive function, and personality traits in substance use disorder patients in Norway

2021-10-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/r76qj
Contributors: Morgan Scarth; Ingrid Amalia Havnes; Marie L. Jørstad; Jim McVeigh; Marie-Claire Van Hout; Lars T. Westlye; Svenn Torgersen; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Long-term Anabolic–Androgenic Steroid Use Is Associated With Deviant Brain Aging

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.01.001
Contributors: Astrid Bjørnebekk; Tobias Kaufmann; Lisa E. Hauger; Sandra Klonteig; Ingunn R. Hullstein; Lars T. Westlye
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Anabolic androgenic steroids, antisocial personality traits, aggression and violence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108604
Contributors: Lisa E. Hauger; Ingrid A. Havnes; Marie L. Jørstad; Astrid Bjørnebekk
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Long-term anabolic androgenic steroid use is associated with deviant brain aging

2020-08 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.19.20177832
OTHER-ID:

PPR204628
Contributors: Bjornebekk AK; Kaufmann TK; Hauger LE; Westlye LT
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Anabolic-androgenic steroid use among women - A qualitative study on experiences of masculinizing, gonadal and sexual effects.

The International journal on drug policy
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102876
PMID: 32736958
Contributors: Havnes IA; Jørstad ML; Innerdal I; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Theory of mind in users of anabolic androgenic steroids.

Psychopharmacology
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05603-y
PMID: 32623552
Contributors: Vaskinn A; Hauger LE; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

ExploreASL: An image processing pipeline for multi-center ASL perfusion MRI studies.

NeuroImage
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117031
PMID: 32526385
Contributors: Mutsaerts HJMM; Petr J; Groot P; Vandemaele P; Ingala S; Robertson AD; Václavů L; Groote I; Kuijf H; Zelaya F et al.
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

The Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Treatment Gap: A National Study of Substance Use Disorder Treatment.

Substance abuse : research and treatment
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1178221820904150
PMID: 32127749
PMC: PMC7031794
Contributors: Havnes IA; Jørstad ML; McVeigh J; Van Hout MC; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with executive dysfunction.

Drug and alcohol dependence
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107874
PMID: 31972519
Contributors: Hauger LE; Westlye LT; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

ExploreASL: an image processing pipeline for multi-center ASL perfusion MRI studies

2019-11 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/845842
OTHER-ID:

PPR102502
Contributors: Mutsaerts H; Petr J; Groot P; Vandemaele P; Ingala S; Robertson AD; Václavů L; Groote I; Kuijf H; Zelaya F et al.
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Cognitive performance and structural brain correlates in long-term anabolic-androgenic steroid exposed and nonexposed weightlifters.

Neuropsychology
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000537
PMID: 31033318
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Westlye LT; Walhovd KB; Jørstad ML; Sundseth ØØ; Fjell AM
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central
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Structural brain characteristics of anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence in men.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/add.14629
PMID: 30955206
PMC: PMC6767448
Contributors: Hauger LE; Westlye LT; Fjell AM; Walhovd KB; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Anabolic androgenic steroid dependence is associated with impaired emotion recognition.

Psychopharmacology
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-019-05239-7
PMID: 30941469
Contributors: Hauger LE; Sagoe D; Vaskinn A; Arnevik EA; Leknes S; Jørstad ML; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

COGNITIVE AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AT 4½ YEARS IN CHILDREN BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE-ABUSE PROBLEMS WHILE PREGNANT.

Infant mental health journal
2018-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21733
PMID: 30084491
Contributors: Haabrekke K; Siqveland T; Nygaaard E; Bjornebekk A; Slinning K; Wentzel-Larsen T; Walhovd KB; Smith L; Moe V
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Brain connectivity aberrations in anabolic-androgenic steroid users.

NeuroImage. Clinical
2016-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.014
PMID: 27942448
PMC: PMC5133655
Contributors: Westlye LT; Kaufmann T; Alnæs D; Hullstein IR; Bjørnebekk A
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Structural Brain Imaging of Long-Term Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Users and Nonusing Weightlifters.

Biological psychiatry
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.017
PMID: 27616036
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Walhovd KB; Jørstad ML; Due-Tønnessen P; Hullstein IR; Fjell AM
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: a descriptive metasynthesis.

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-015-0006-5
PMID: 25888931
PMC: PMC4377045
Contributors: Sagoe D; McVeigh J; Bjørnebekk A; Essilfie MS; Andreassen CS; Pallesen S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Child neuroanatomical, neurocognitive, and visual acuity outcomes with maternal opioid and polysubstance detoxification.

Pediatric Neurology
2014-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.11.008
PMID: 25595574
Contributors: Walhovd KB; Bjørnebekk A; Haabrekke K; Siqveland T; Slinning K; Nygaard E; Fjell AM; Due-Tønnessen P; Bjørnerud A; Moe V
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Development of children born to mothers with mental health problems: subcortical volumes and cognitive performance at 4½ years.

European child & adolescent psychiatry
2014-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0625-9
PMID: 25304292
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Siqveland TS; Haabrekke K; Moe V; Slinning K; Fjell AM; Walhovd KB
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Neuronal correlates of the five factor model (FFM) of human personality: Multimodal imaging in a large healthy sample.

NeuroImage
2012-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.009
PMID: 23063449
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Fjell AM; Walhovd KB; Grydeland H; Torgersen S; Westlye LT
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Social reward dependence and brain white matter microstructure.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
2011-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr345
PMID: 22156472
PMC: PMC4705342
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Westlye LT; Fjell AM; Grydeland H; Walhovd KB
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Linking an anxiety-related personality trait to brain white matter microstructure: diffusion tensor imaging and harm avoidance.

Archives of general psychiatry
2011-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.24
PMID: 21464361
Contributors: Westlye LT; Bjørnebekk A; Grydeland H; Fjell AM; Walhovd KB
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Everyday memory: self-perception and structural brain correlates in a healthy elderly population.

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
2010-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617710001025
PMID: 20946708
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Westlye LT; Walhovd KB; Fjell AM
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

The antidepressant effects of running and escitalopram are associated with levels of hippocampal NPY and Y1 receptor but not cell proliferation in a rat model of depression.

Hippocampus
2010-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20683
PMID: 19623606
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Effects of prenatal opiate exposure on brain development--a call for attention.

Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2009-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2598-c1
PMID: 19377504
Contributors: Walhovd KB; Moe V; Slinning K; Siqveland T; Fjell AM; Bjørnebekk A; Smith L
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Housing conditions modulate escitalopram effects on antidepressive-like behaviour and brain neurochemistry.

The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
2008-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s1461145708008912
PMID: 18570703
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Gruber SH; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Isolated Flinders Sensitive Line rats have decreased dopamine D2 receptor mRNA.

Neuroreport
2007-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0b013e3281668bf7
PMID: 17558292
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Running is rewarding and antidepressive.

Physiology & behavior
2007-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.015
PMID: 17561174
PMC: PMC2040025
Contributors: Brené S; Bjørnebekk A; Aberg E; Mathé AA; Olson L; Werme M
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Social isolation increases number of newly proliferated cells in hippocampus in female flinders sensitive line rats.

Hippocampus
2007-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20352
PMID: 17879375
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Gruber SH; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

Running has differential effects on NPY, opiates, and cell proliferation in an animal model of depression and controls.

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2006-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300820
PMID: 16034445
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

The antidepressant effect of running is associated with increased hippocampal cell proliferation.

The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
2005-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s1461145705005122
PMID: 15769301
Contributors: Bjørnebekk A; Mathé AA; Brené S
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Astrid Bjørnebekk via Europe PubMed Central

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