Associate Professor

Alvhild Alette Bjørkum

Emeritus/emerita
Alvhild Alette Bjørkum
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KRONSTAD, D312
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Field of work

E-mail: Alvhild.Bjorkum@hvl.no and check out in Norwegian Bergen Søvn og Kronobiologisk Nettverk ; https://www.uib.no/fg/sc in English Bergen Sleep and Chronobiology Network; https://www.uib.no/en/rg/sc
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Courses taught
  • Bio171 Anatomy, Physiology and Histology
  • Bio174 Cell Biology
  • Supervise Bachelor on own R&D projects
  • Supervise international Master's students on their own R&D projects
  • Master's supervisor on own and interdisciplinary R&D projects
  • Supervise PhD candidate/scholarship on own and interdisciplinary R&D projects
Research areas
  • Sleep,
  • Sleep deprivation,
  • Simulated night shift work and skewed sleep
  • Stress on cells after altered sleep and other stress phenotypes
  • Physiological and cell biological changes after altered sleep with proteomics and systems biology
Research groups

Publications

  • In-Silico Prediction of Mechanical Behaviour of Uniform Gyroid Scaffolds Affected by Its Design Parameters for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications

    Nazimutheen Musthafa, Haja Sherief, Walker, Jason, Rahman, Talal, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Elnour, Velauthapillai, Dhayalan (2023)
    Computation 2023 ;Volum 11.(9)

  • Scientists Against War: A Plea to World Leaders for Better Governance

    Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu R., Kumar, Velayudhan Mohan, Pandian, Namasivayam Ganesh, de Jong, Joop T., Andiappan, Sudalaikannu, Corlateanu, Alexandru (2022)
    Sleep and Vigilance 2022

  • Human blood serum proteome changes after 6 hours of sleep deprivation at night

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Duran, Ana Carrasco, Berven, Frode Steingrimsen, Roy, Dola Sinha, Rosendahl, Karen, Birkeland, Even (2021)
    Sleep Science and Practice (SSP) 2021 ;Volum 5.(14)

  • Sleep measured by the Oura-ring before, during and after demanding situations/operations in the arctic waters

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Knutsen, Tiril, Lærdal, Kristina (2019)
    Maritimt Forum Nord SA. s. 57-59

  • Changes in human salivary proteome after six hours of sleep deprivation at night

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Frich Meling, Ingjerd, Kluge, Beate, Rosendahl, Karen (2018)

  • Fast hyperbaric decompression after heliox saturation altered the brain proteome in rats

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Oveland, Eystein, Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug, Havnes, Marianne Bjordal, Berven, Frode, Grønning, Marit (2017)
    PLOS ONE 2017 ;Volum 12. s. 1-16

  • Implementering av ny teknologi i offentlige forsknings- og helsemiljø med impedansspektroskopi som eksempel

    Kluge, Beate, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kvitastein, Olav Andreas (2016)
    Høgskulen på Vestlandet.

  • DNA classification of germs and carcinogenic virus using Support Vector Machine

    Kristensen, Terje, Rostad, Kari, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Karlsen, Markus Lippert (2016)
    Universitetet i Bergen.

  • Classification of DNA sequences using support vector machines and autoencoders.

    Kristensen, Terje, Rostad, Kari, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Hestetun, kristian (2016)
    Universitetet i Bergen.

  • Can a Computer Learn to Recognize DNA Sequences?

    Kristensen, Terje, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rostad, Kari, Hestetun, kristian, Karlsen, Markus Lippert (2015)

  • MRI of the central nervous system in rats following heliox saturation decompression

    Hope, Arvid, Stuhr, Linda Elin Birkhaug, Pavlin, Tina, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Grønning, Marit (2015)
    Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 2015 ;Volum 42.(1) s. 57-64

  • Proteomic Changes in Human Blood Serum after Sleep Deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Sinha Roy, Dola, Duran, Ana Carrasco, Kristensen, Terje, Kluge, Beate, Rosendahl, Karen (2014)

  • Data Clustering with Visualization of Proteomics Data

    Kristensen, Terje, Jakobsen, Vemund, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2014)
    Lambert Academic Publishing. Isbn: 978-3-659-31829-0

  • Pedriatic MRI-safety revisited

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rosendahl, Karen, Arthurs, Owen J. (2013)
    Pediatric Radiology 2013 ;Volum 43.

  • Safety in pediatric imaging: an update

    Arthurs, Owen John, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2013)
    Acta Radiologica 2013 ;Volum 54.(9) s. 983-990

  • PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION AND CHANGED PROTEIN LEVELS AFTER SLEEP DEPRIVATION

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Nygård, Irene, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Kristensen, T, Kluge, Beate, Rosendahl, Karen (2012)
    Sleep 2012 ;Volum 35.

  • Søvn påvirker hukommelse og helse. Kan cellene våre bli stresset av søvnmangel? Kan det måles?

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2012)

  • Protein Identification and Changed Protein Levals after Sleep Deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Gurvin, Ingmund, Nygård, Irene, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Kristensen, Terje, Kluge, B (2011)

  • Protein-ID and changed protein levels by proteomics in human blood serum after sleep deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Gurvin, Ingmund, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygård, Irene, Rosendahl, K (2011)

  • Søvnmangel ved skift- og nattarbeid. Hvordan påvirker det kroppen

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2010)

  • Søvnmangel ved skift- og nattarbeid. Hvordan påvirker det kroppen

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2010)

  • Simulation of biological networks - a multiagent (MAS) framework

    Kristensen, Terje, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2010)

  • Data protein clustering - some adaptive algorithms

    Kristensen, Terje, Jakobsen, Vemund, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kluge, B (2010)

  • Protein identification and changed levels by proteomics after sleep deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Gurvin, Ingmund, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygård, Irene, Rosendahl, K (2010)

  • Protein identification of changed protein levels by proteomics after sleep restriction

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Gurvin, Ingmund, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygård, Irene, Kristensen, Terje, Kluge, B (2010)

  • Different visualization schemes of protein data clustering

    Kristensen, Terje, Jakobsen, Vemund, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2010)

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity increased by two different types of epileptic seizures that do not induce neuronal death: A possible role in homeostatic synaptic plasticity

    Takacs, Eszter, Nyilas, Rita, Szepesi, Zsuzsanna, Baracskay, Peter, Karlsen, Bente, Røsvold, Tina (2010)
    Neurochemistry International 2010 ;Volum 56. s. 799-809

  • Proteomic and Genomic Changes after Routine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in children. A Pilot Study

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kluge, B, Myhre, C, Rosendahl, K (2009)

  • Computational Proteomics - a pattern solutions approach

    Kristensen, Terje, Jakobsen, Vemund, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2009)

  • Human serum protein profile and protein identification after sleep restriction

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygaard, Inger, Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, Terje, Nybø, Roar (2009)
    Norwegian National Proteomic Meeting 26th-27th October 2009..

  • Human serum protein profile after sleep

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Nygaard, Inger, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, T, Nybø, Roar (2008)
    Journal of Sleep Research 2008

  • Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep homeostatic regulatory processes in the rat: Changes in the sleep-wake stages and electroencephalographic power spectra

    Shea, JL, Mochizuki, T, Sagvaag, Vivian, Aspevik, Tone, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Datta, S (2008)
    Brain Research 2008 ;Volum 1213. s. 48-56

  • Increased extracellular 5-HT but no change in sleep after perfusion of a 5-HT1A antagonist into the dorsal raphe nucleus of rats

    Fiske, E, Portas, Chiara M, Grønli, J, Sørensen, E, Bjorvatn, B, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2008)
    Acta Physiologica 2008 ;Volum 193.(1) s. 89-97

  • Human serum protein profile after sleep restriction

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Nygaard, Inger, Braseth, Turid Aarhus , Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, Terje, Nybø, Roar (2008)
    Journal of Sleep Research 2008 ;Volum 17. s. 5-5

  • Increased extracellular 5-HT but no change in sleep after perfusion of a 5-HT1A antagonist into the dorsal raphe nucleus of rats

    Fiske, Eldbjørg, Portas, Chiara Maria, Grønli, Janne, Sørensen, Eli, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2008)
    Acta Physiologica 2008 ;Volum 193.(1) s. 89-97

  • In å sove alene

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2007)

  • Søvnløshet er verst for B-mennesker. Kommentar

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2007)

  • Nattarbeid på helsa løs

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2007)

  • Stress på cellenivå. Ukens ugle

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2007)
    Bergens Tidende 2007

  • Changed Protein Profile after Sleep Restriction

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kluge, B, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, Terje, Nybø, Roar (2007)
    Sleep and Biological Rhythms 2007

  • Increased extracellular 5-HT but no change of sleep after perfusion of a 5-HT1A antagonist into the dorsal raphe nucleous of rats

    Fiske, Eldbjørg, Portas, Chiara Maria, Grønli, Janne, Sørensen, Eli, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2007)
    Acta Physiologica 2007

  • Forskning på søvn, skiftarbeid og stressa celler - bioteknologiske muligheter

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Differential expression proteomics after sleep deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rosendahl, K, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygård, Irene, Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, Terje (2006)
    Journal of Sleep Research 2006 s. 238-239

  • Søvn, søvnmangel,skiftarbeid

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Søvn

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • S mye søvn trenger du

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Livsviktig søvn?

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Sunn helse og skiftarbeid

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Skiftarbeid kan gi kreft, kommentar

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2006)

  • Differential expression proteomics after sleep deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rosendahl, Karen, Braseth, Turid Aarhus, Nygård, Irene, Gurvin, Ingmund, Kristensen, Terje (2006)
    Journal of Sleep Research 2006 ;Volum 15. s. 238-239

  • Sleep deprivation changes proteome expression

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rosendahl, K, Ingebrigtsen, H.B., Kolstad, H, Myhr, I M, Alvsvaag, S K (2005)

  • Proteome expression changes in human blood serum after sleep deprivation by a decision tree classification method

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kristensen, Terje, Rosendahl, K, Holm, I, Kirkevoll, M, Kroksveen, AC (2005)

  • Høy pris for skiftarbeid

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Søvn og stressa celler

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Cellular response to MR-procedure

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Helgesen, Carsten (2005)

  • Decision trees indentifying changes in proteome expression induced by sleep deprivation

    Kristensen, Terje, Nybø, Roar, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Decision trees indentifying changes in proteome expression induced by sleep deprivation

    Kristensen, Terje, Nybø, Roar, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)
    Eurosis-ETI. s. 262-269

  • Turnusarbeid - søvn og biologiske rytmer

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Søvn og biologiske rytmer

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Søvnforskerne fra Seljedalen

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2005)

  • Sleep deprivation changes proteome expression

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Rosendahl, Karen, Ingebrigtsen, HB, Kolstad, H, Myhr, IM, Alvsvaag, SE (2005)
    Sleep 2005 ;Volum 28.

  • Innføring i DNA-teknologi for bioingeniører våren 2004

    Daae, Frida Lise, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Søvn og biologiske rytmer

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Skiftarbeid og ulykker

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Søvn, skiftarbeid og helse

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Skiftarbeid og helse

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Søvn - fra stress til sykdom, intervju ved Jill Johannessen

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Uten søvn blir du syk, intervju ved Ingvill Eriksen

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Tropevarme og søvn, intervju i temaartikkel

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Søvnforskere reagerer, intervju

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Sleep deprivation - consequences for proteome expression. Accepted abstract to the 17th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2004)

  • Søvnvansker ved nattarbeid, et problem for offshoreindustrien?

    Pallesen, Ståle, Holsten, Fred, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjorvatn, Bjørn (2004)
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2004 ;Volum 124.(21) s. 2770-2772

  • Skiftarbeid og ulykker - relevans for offshoreindustrien

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Pallesen, Ståle, Holsten, F, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Holsten, Fred (2004)
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2004 ;Volum 124.(21) s. 2773-2775

  • Er søvnvansker ved nattarbeid et problem for offshoreindustrien?

    Pallesen, Ståle, Holsten, Fred, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjorvatn, Bjørn (2004)
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2004 ;Volum 124.(21) s. 2070-2072

  • Skiftarbeid og ulykker - relevans for offshoreindustrien

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Pallesen, Ståle, Holsten, Fred, Bjorvatn, Bjørn (2004)
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2004 ;Volum 124.(21) s. 2773-2775

  • Effect of bicuculline perfused in DRN on 5-HT levels in the DRN and FC

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2003)
    Sleep 2003

  • Poster P4 Proteome Expression after Sleep Deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2003)

  • Change in the Genome and the Proteome after Sleep Deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kanhema, T.T. (2003)

  • Perfusion of a 5-HT1A Antagonist in the Cat DRN Increases Wakefulness and Extracellular 5-HT Level in DRN

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Strecker, Robert E, Portas, Chiara M, Porkka-Heiskanen, Tarja, Thakkar, Mahesh, McCarley, Robert W (2003)
    Sleep Research Online 2003 ;Volum 5.(4) s. 149-154

  • Perfusion of a 5-HT1A antagonist in the cat DRN increases wakefulness and extracellular 5-HT level in DRN

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Strecker, Robert E, Portas, Chiara Maria, Porkka-Heiskanen, Tarja, Thakkar, Mahesh, McCarley, Robert W (2003)
    Sleep Research Online 2003 ;Volum 5.(4) s. 149-154

  • Change in the Genome and the Proteome after Sleep Deprivation

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Kanhema, T.T. (2003)

  • Effect of bicuculline perfused in DRN on 5-HT levels in the DRN and FC

    Fiske, Eldbjørg, Grønli, Janne, Hamre, Frøydis, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, Chiara Maria, Ursin, Reidun (2003)

  • Investigation of the effect of bicuculline perfused in DRN on sleep, waking and 5-HT levels in the DRN and FC

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2002)

  • Effects of sleep deprivation on extracellular serotonin and frontal cortex of the rat : Bjorvatn,B.,Grønli,J.,Hamre,F.,Sørensen,E.,Fiske,,E., Bjørkum,A.A., Portas,C.M., and Ursin,R

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2002)
    Neuroscience 2002 ;Volum 113.(2)

  • Selective activation of extended ventrolateral preoptic nucleus during rapid eye movement sleep : Lu,J.,Bjørkum,A.A.,Xu,M.,Gaus,S.E., Shiromani,P. and Saper,C.B

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2002)
    Journal of Neuroscience 2002 ;Volum 22.(11) s. 4568-4576

  • Afferents to the ventrolateral preotic nucleus : Chou,T., Bjørkum,A.A.,Lu,J.,Scammell, T. and Saper,C.B

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2002)
    ? 2002 ;Volum 22.(3) s. 977-990

  • Effects of sleep deprivation on extracellular serotonin in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of the rat

    Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Grønli, Janne, Hamre, Frøydis, Sørensen, Eli, Fiske, Eldbjørg, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2002)
    Neuroscience 2002 ;Volum 113.(2) s. 323-330

  • Afferents to the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus

    Chou, Thomas C., Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Lu, Jun, Scammell, Thomas E., Saper, Clifford B. (2002)
    Journal of Neuroscience 2002 ;Volum 22.(3) s. 977-990

  • Selective activation of the extended ventrolateral preoptic nucleus during rapid eye movement sleep

    Lu, Jun, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Xu, Man, Gaus, Stephanie E., Shiromani, Priyattam J., Saper, Clifford B. (2002)
    Journal of Neuroscience 2002 ;Volum 22.(11) s. 4568-4576

  • Investigation of the effect of bicuculline perfused in DRN on sleep, waking and 5-HT levels in the DRN and FC

    Fiske, Eldbjørg, Grønli, Janne, Hamre, Frøydis, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, Chiara Maria, Ursin, Reidun (2002)

  • Sleep and waking following microdialysis perfusion of the selective 5-HT 1A receptor antagonist p-MPPI into the dorsal raphe nucleus in the freely moving rat

    Sørensen, Eli, Grønli, Janne, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Ursin, Reidun (2001)
    Brain Research 2001 ;Volum 897. s. 122-130

  • Role of serotonin in REM sleep mechanisms - preclinical evidence

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2001)

  • Effects of sleep deprivation on extracellular serotonin in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of the rat

    Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Grønli, Janne, Hamre, Frøydis, Sørensen, Eli, Fiske, Eldbjørg, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2001)

  • Dialysis perfusion of a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist in dorsal raphe nucleus increases 5-HT levels in sleep and waking

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, CM, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Sørensen, Eli, Grønli, Janne, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • Microdialysis perfusion of a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist in dorsal raphe nucleus change 5-HT levels in sleep and waking

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, CM, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Sørensen, Eli, Grønli, Janne, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • Micodialysis perfusion of 5-HT1A receptor ago- and antagonists in dorsal raphe nucleus - changes in 5-HT levels and behaviorial state

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, CM, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Sørensen, Eli, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • Sleep and waking following perfusion of a selective 5-HT1A antagonist in the dorsal raphe nucleus in rats

    Sørensen, Eli, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • What does c-fos tell us about sleep and wake active areas in the brain - supporting old and creating new hypotheses?

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Saper, Clifford B (2000)

  • What to prefer and why: Microdialysis versus microinjections in in vivo sleep-wake studies

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Saper, Clifford B, McCarley, Robert W (2000)

  • Basic sleep research - Glimpse of past present and future

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2000)

  • Microdialysis perfusion of 5-HT-1a receptor ago- and anagonists in dorsal raphe nucleus - changes in 5-HT levels and behavioral state

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, Chiara Maria, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Sørensen, Eli, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • Long term effects of cholinergic lesion of the nucleus of the diagonal band of broca: Sleep-wake EEG/EMG recordings in rats

    de Lacalle, S, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2000)

  • Sleep and waking following perfusion of a selective 5-HT-1a antagonist in the dorsal raphe nucleus in rats

    Sørensen, Eli, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Ursin, Reidun (2000)

  • A single dose of the adenosine A1 antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-theofylline (CPT) increases hippocampal serotonin during waking in rats as measured by microdialysis

    Ursin, Reidun, Grønli, Janne, Sørensen, Eli, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjorvatn, Bjørn (2000)

  • Basic regulatory mechanisms of the serotonergic system in sleep and depression

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2000)

  • Raphe nuclei and the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (2000)

  • Behavioral state-related changes of extracellular serotonin consentration in the pedunculopintine tegmental nucleus: A microdialysis study in freely moving animals

    Strecker, RE, Thakkar, MM, Porkka-Heiskanen, T, Dauphin, LJ, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, McCarley, RW (1999)
    Sleep 1999 ;Volum 2.(2) s. 21-27

  • Connections between the raphe nucleus and the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Ha, Q H, Saper, Clifford B (1999)

  • Afferents to and efferents from the raphe nuclei to the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Ha, Q H, Saper, Clifford B (1999)

  • Long term sleep-wake EEG/EMG recordings in rats after unilateral intraparenchymal infusion of specific cholinergic toxin 192 IgG-saporin into the diagonal band of broca

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, de Lacalle, S (1999)

  • Perfusion by microdialysis of a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist in dorsal raphe nucleus increases 5-HT levels in sleep and waking

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Portas, CM, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Sørensen, Eli, Grønli, Janne, Ursin, Reidun (1998)

  • A microdialysis study of neurotransmitters/neuromodulators regulating dorsal raphe nucleus activity; serotonin, GABA and adenosine

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (1998)

  • A microdialysis study of neurotransmitters/neuromodulators regulating dorsal raphe nucleus activity: serotonin, GABA and adenosine

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette (1998)

  • Adenosine: A mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness

    Porkka-Heiskanen, Tarja, Strecker, Robert E, Thakkar, Mahesh, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Greene, RW, McCarley, Robert W. (1997)
    Science 1997 ;Volum 276.(5316) s. 1265-1268

  • GABA modulates the dorsal raphe and alters the pattern of sleep-waking

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Strecker, RE, Porkka-Heiskanen, T, Stenberg, D, McCarley, RW (1997)

  • Serotonin and GABA inhibit dorsal raphe nucleus and increase REM sleep as revealed by microdialysis

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Porkka-Heiskanen, T, Portas, CM, Strecker, RE, Stenberg, D, McCarley, RW (1997)

  • Modulatory role of the descending serotonergic system in sleep and waking

    Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Neckelmann, Dag, Ursin, Reidun (1997)

  • Sleep and EEG power spectral effects of the 5-HT(1A) agonist/antagonist NAN-190 alone and in combination with citalopram

    Neckelmann, Dag, Bjørkum, Alvhild Alette, Bjorvatn, Bjørn, Ursin, Reidun (1996)
    Behavioural Brain Research 1996 ;Volum 75. s. 159-168

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