St Olav's University Hospital

Fatigue after ischaemic stroke: A five-year longitudinal study of prevalence and latent trajectory subgroups

Objective To investigate the prevalence and longitudinal course of post-stroke fatigue and identify subgroups with distinct fatigue trajectories up to 5 years post-stroke. Design A prospective, longitudinal, multi-centre cohort study. Setting Hospital stroke units in the Central-...

7 Tesla MRI with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: qualitative grading and quantitative focal measurements of the substantia nigra as a potential biomarker for Parkinson’s disease

PURPOSE: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by dopaminergic neuronal loss in the substantia nigra (SN). Imaging biomarkers sensitive to nigral pathology are limited. This study evaluated susceptibility changes in the SN using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and s...

Effects of maternal and paternal smoking on offspring cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood: a multi-method intergenerational Mendelian randomization study

Abstract Background Parental smoking has been linked to several adverse offspring cardiometabolic outcomes; however, evidence is conflicting regarding the causal and long-term nature of these associations. Methods We investigated the effects of maternal and paternal smoking, capt...