Background and activities

Medical doctor by education and PhD in medicine (dr.med.). Head of Trondheim fMRI group at NTNU, and the Norwegian National Advisory Unit for functional MRI at Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olav’s University Hospital. Head of Center of Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS), a Norwegian Research Council appointed Center for Research-based Innovation (SFI). Research interests: Medical imaging and spectroscopy  plus cognition across the lifespan and in a variety of neurological/neurosurgical conditions. 

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

  • Saksvik, Simen Berg; Karaliute, Migle; Kallestad, Håvard; Follestad, Turid; Asarnow, Robert; Vik, Anne; Håberg, Asta; Skandsen, Toril; Olsen, Alexander. (2020) The prevalence and stability of sleep-wake disturbance and fatigue throughout the first year after mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma.
  • Stenberg, Jonas; Karr, Justin E.; Terry, Douglas P.; Håberg, Asta; Vik, Anne; Skandsen, Toril; Iverson, Grant L.. (2020) Change in Self-Reported Cognitive Symptoms After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated With Changes in Emotional and Somatic Symptoms and Not Changes in Cognitive Performance. Neuropsychology.
  • Aanes, Synne; Bjuland, Knut Jørgen; Sripada, Kam; Sølsnes, Anne Elisabeth; Grunewaldt, Kristine Hermansen; Håberg, Asta; Løhaugen, Gro; Skranes, Jon Sverre. (2019) Reduced hippocampal subfield volumes and memory function in school-aged children born preterm with very low birthweight (VLBW). NeuroImage: Clinical. vol. 23.
  • Aker, Karoline; Støen, Ragnhild; Eikenes, Live; Martinez-Biarge, Miriam; Nakken, Ingeborg Elise; Håberg, Asta; Gibikote, Sridhar; Thomas, Niranjan. (2019) Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in India (THIN study): a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition.
  • Einarsen, Cathrine Elisabeth; Moen, Kent Gøran; Håberg, Asta; Eikenes, Live; Kvistad, Kjell Arne; Xu, Jian; Moe, Hans Kristian; Hexeberg, Marie; Vik, Anne; Skandsen, Toril. (2019) Patients with mild traumatic brain injury recruited from both hospital and primary care settings: A controlled longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Neurotrauma. vol. 36 (22).
  • Fjell, Anders Martin; Chen, Chi-Hua Chen; Sederevicius, Donatas; Sneve, Markus Handal; Grydeland, Håkon; Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Ferschmann, Lia; Ness, Hedda; Folvik, Line; Beck, Dani; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Westerhausen, René; Håberg, Asta; Dale, Anders M; Walhovd, Kristine B. (2019) Continuity and discontinuity in human cortical development and change from embryonic stages to old age. Cerebral Cortex. vol. 29 (9).
  • Husøy, Andreas Kattem; Eikenes, Live; Håberg, Asta; Hagen, Knut; Stovner, Lars Jacob. (2019) Diffusion tensor imaging in middle-aged headache sufferers in the general population: A cross-sectional population-based imaging study in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT-MRI). The Journal of Headache and Pain. vol. 20:78.
  • Husøy, Andreas Kattem; Håberg, Asta Kristine; Rimol, Lars Morten; Hagen, Knut; Vangberg, Torgil Riise; Stovner, Lars Jacob. (2019) Cerebral cortical dimensions in headache sufferers aged 50-66 years: a population-based imaging study in the Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT-MRI). Pain. vol. 160 (7).
  • Karlsen, Rune Hatlestad; Einarsen, Cathrine Elisabeth; Moe, Hans Kristian; Håberg, Asta; Vik, Anne; Skandsen, Toril; Eikenes, Live. (2019) Diffusion kurtosis imaging in mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussional syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience Research. vol. 97 (5).
  • Kaufmann, Tobias; van der Meer, Dennis; Doan, Nhat Trung; Schwarz, Emanuel; Lund, Martina Jonette; Agartz, Ingrid; Alnæs, Dag; Barch, Deanna M.; Baur-Streubel, Ramona; Bertolino, Alessandro; Bettella, Francesco; Beyer, Mona K.; Bøen, Erlend; Borgwardt, Stefan; Brandt, Christine Lycke; Buitelaar, Jan; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Cervenka, Simon; Conzelmann, Annette; Còrdova Palomera, Aldo; Dale, Anders; de Quervain, Dominique J.F.; di Carlo, Pasquale; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dørum, Erlend Solberg; Eisenacher, Sarah; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Espeseth, Thomas; Fatouros-Bergman, Helena; Flyckt, Lena; Franke, Barbara; Frei, Oleksandr; Haatveit, Beathe; Håberg, Asta; Harbo, Hanne Flinstad; Hartman, Catharina A; Heslenfeld, Dirk J; Hoekstra, Pieter J; Høgestøl, Einar August; Jernigan, Terry L.; Jonassen, Rune; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Kirsch, Peter; Kłoszewska, Iwona; Kolskår, Knut-Kristian; Landrø, Nils Inge; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Lesch, Klaus-Peter; Lovestone, Simon; Lundervold, Arvid; Lundervold, Astri; Maglanoc, Luigi Angelo; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Mecocci, Patrizia; Melle, Ingrid; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas; Moberget, Torgeir; Norbom, Linn Christin Bonaventure; Nordvik, Jan Egil; Nyberg, Lars; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Papalino, Marco; Papassotiropoulos, Andreas; Pauli, Paul; Pergola, Giulio; Persson, Karin Ester Torun; Richard, Geneviève; Rokicki, Jaroslav; Sanders, Anne-Marthe; Selbæk, Geir; Shadrin, Alexey A.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Soininen, Hilkka; Sowa, Piotr; Steen, Vidar Martin; Tsolaki, Magda; Ulrichsen, Kristine Moe; Vellas, Bruno; Wang, Lei; Westman, Eric; Ziegler, Georg C.; Zink, Mathias; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Westlye, Lars Tjelta. (2019) Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain. Nature Neuroscience. vol. 22 (10).
  • Moe, Hans Kristian; Myhr, Janne Limandvik; Moen, Kent Gøran; Håberg, Asta; Skandsen, Toril; Vik, Anne. (2019) Association of cause of injury and traumatic axonal injury: a clinical MRI study of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurosurgery.
  • Rimol, Lars Morten; Botellero, Violeta L.; Bjuland, Knut Jørgen; Løhaugen, Gro; Lydersen, Stian; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik; Brubakk, Ann-Mari; Eikenes, Live; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Martinussen, Marit; Yendiki, Anastasia; Håberg, Asta; Skranes, Jon Sverre. (2019) Reduced white matter fractional anisotropy mediates cortical thickening in adults born preterm with very low birthweight. NeuroImage. vol. 188.
  • Satizabal, Claudia L.; Adams, Hieab H.H.; Hibar, Derrek; White, Charles C.; Knol, Maria J.; Stein, Jason L.; Scholz, Markus; Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan; Jahanshad, Neda; Roshchupkin, Gennady V.; Smith, Albert V.; Bis, Joshua C.; Jian, Xueqiu; Luciano, Michelle; Hofer, Edith; Teumer, Alexander; van der Lee, Sven J.; Yang, Jingyun; Yanek, Lisa R.; Lee, Tom V.; Li, Shuo; Hu, Yanhui; Koh, Jia Yu; Eicher, John D.; Desrivières, Sylvane; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Chauhan, Ganesh; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Rentería, Miguel E.; Kim, Sungeun; Hoehn, David; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Chen, Qiang; Holmes, Avram J.; den Braber, Anouk; Kloszewska, Iwona; Andersson, Micael; Espeseth, Thomas; Grimm, Oliver; Abramovic, Lucija; Alhusaini, Saud; Milaneschi, Yuri; Papmeyer, Martina; Axelsson, Tomas; Ehrlich, Stefan; Roiz-Santiáñez, Roberto; Kraemer, Bernd; Håberg, Asta; Jones, Hannah J; Pike, G. Bruce; Stein, Dan J.; Stevens, Allison; Bralten, Janita; Vernooij, Meike W.; Harris, Tamara B.; Filippi, Irina; Witte, A Veronica; Guadalupe, Tulio; Wittfeld, Katharina; Mosley, Thomas H.; Becker, James T.; Hagenaars, Saskia P.; Saba, Yasaman; Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel; Amin, Najaf; Hilal, Saima; Nho, Kwangsik; Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin; Arfanakis, Konstantinos; Becker, Diane M.; Ames, David; Goldman, Aaron L.; Lee, Phil H.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Lovestone, Simon; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Mattheisen, Manuel; Bohlken, Marc M.; Kasperaviciute, Dalia; Schmaal, Lianne; Lawrie, Stephen M.; Agartz, Ingrid; Walton, Esther; Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Diana; Davies, Gareth E.; Shin, Jean; Ipser, Jonathan C.; Vinke, Louis N.; Hoogman, Martine; Jia, Tianye; Burkhardt, Ralph; Klein, Marieke; Crivello, Fabrice; Janowitz, Deborah; Carmichael, Owen; Haukvik, Unn Kristin H.; Aribisala, Benjamin S.; Schmidt, Helena; Strike, Lachlan T.; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Risacher, Shannon L.; Putz, Benno; Fleischman, Debra A.; Assareh, Amelia A.; Mattay, Venkata S.; Buckner, Randy L.; Mecocci, Patrizia; Dale, Anders; Cichon, Sven; Boks, Marco P.; Matarin, Mar; Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.; Calhoun, Vince D.; Chakravarty, M. Mallar; Marquand, André F.; Macare, Christine; Kharabian Masouleh, Shahrzad; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Amouyel, Philippe; Hegenscheid, Katrin; Rotter, Jerome I.; Schork, Andrew J.; Liewald, David C.M.; de Zubicaray, Greig I.; Wong, Tien Yin; Shen, Li; Sämann, Philipp G.; Brodaty, Henry; Roffman, Joshua L.; de Geus, Eco J.C.; Tsolaki, Magda; Erk, Susanne; van Eijk, Kristel R.; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Van Der Wee, Nic J.A.; McIntosh, Andrew M.; Gollub, Randy L.; Bulayeva, Kazima B.; Bernard, Manon; Richards, Jennifer S.; Himali, Jayandra J.; Loeffler, Markus; Rommelse, Nanda; Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Valdés Hernández, Maria C.; Hansell, Narelle K.; van Erp, Theo G.M.; Wolf, Christiane; Kwok, John B.J.; Vellas, Bruno; Heinz, Andreas; Olde Loohuis, Loes M.; Delanty, Norman; Ho, Beng-Choon; Ching, Christopher R.K.; Shumskaya, Elena; Singh, Baljeet; Hofman, Albert; Homuth, Georg; Psaty, Bruce M.; Bastin, Mark E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Foroud, Tatiana M.; Reppermund, Simone; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Simmons, Andrew; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas; Cahn, Wiepke; Whelan, Christopher D; van Donkelaar, Marjolein M.J.; Yang, Qiong; Hosten, Norbert; Green, Robert C.; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam; Mohnke, Sebastian; Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E.; Lin, Honghuang; Jack, Clifford R.; Schofield, Peter R.; Mühleisen, Thomas W.; Maillard, Pauline; Potkin, Steven G.; Wen, Wei; Fletcher, Evan; Toga, Arthur W.; Gruber, Oliver; Huentelman, Matthew; Davey Smith, George; Launer, Lenore J.; Nyberg, Lars; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto; Koen, Nastassja; Greve, Douglas N.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Steen, Vidar Martin; Fedko, Iryna O.; Groenewold, Nynke A.; Niessen, Wiro J.; Toro, Roberto; Tzourio, Christophe; Longstreth, William T.; Ikram, M. Kamran; Smoller, Jordan W.; van Tol, Marie-Jose; Sussmann, Jessika E.; Paus, Tomáš; Lemaître, Hervé; Schroeter, Matthias L.; Mazoyer, Bernard; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Holsboer, Florian; Depondt, Chantal; Veltman, Dick J.; Turner, Jessica A.; Pausova, Zdenka; Schumann, Gunter; van Rooij, Daan; Djurovic, Srdjan; Deary, Ian J.; McMahon, Katie L; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Brouwer, Rachel M.; Soininen, Hilkka; Pandolfo, Massimo; Wassink, Thomas H.; Cheung, Joshua W.; Wolfers, Thomas; Martinot, Jean-Luc; Zwiers, Marcel P.; Nauck, Matthias; Melle, Ingrid; Martin, Nicholas G.; Kanai, Ryota; Westman, Eric; Kahn, René S.; Sisodiya, Sanjay M.; White, Tonya; Saremi, Arvin; van Bokhoven, Hans; Brunner, Han G.; Völzke, Henry; Wright, Margaret J.; van `t Ent, Dennis; Nöthen, Markus M.; Ophoff, Roel A.; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Fernandéz, Guillén; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Rietschel, Marcella; van Haren, Neeltje E.M.; Fisher, Simon E.; Beiser, Alexa S.; Francks, Clyde; Saykin, Andrew J.; Mather, Karen A.; Romanczuk-Seiferth, Nina; Hartman, Catharina A.; DeStefano, Anita L; Heslenfeld, Dirk J.; Weiner, Michael W.; Walter, Henrik; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Nyquist, Paul A.; Franke, Barbara; Bennett, David A.; Grabe, Hans J.; Johnson, Andrew D.; Chen, Christopher; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Lopez, Oscar L.; Fornage, Myriam; Wardlaw, Joanna M.; Schmidt, Reinhold; DeCarli, Charles; De Jager, Philip L.; Villringer, Arno; Debette, Stéphanie; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Medland, Sarah E.; Shulman, Joshua M.; Thompson, Paul M.; Seshadri, Sudha; Ikram, M. Arfan; Doan, Nhat Trung; van der Meer, Dennis. (2019) Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals. Nature Genetics. vol. 51.
  • Schou, Morten Brix; Sæther, Sverre Georg; Drange, Ole Kristian; Brenner, Eiliv; Crespi, Joan Vidal; Eikenes, Live; Mykland, Martin Syvertsen; Pintzka, Carl Wolfgang Schøyen; Håberg, Asta; Sand, Trond; Vaaler, Arne; Kondziella, Daniel. (2019) A prospective three-year follow-up study on the clinical significance of anti-neuronal antibodies in acute psychiatric disorders. Scientific Reports. vol. 10:35.
  • Skandsen, Toril; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Einarsen, Cathrine Elisabeth; Normann, Ingunn; McDonagh, David; Håberg, Asta; Vik, Anne. (2019) Incidence of mild traumatic brain injury: A prospective hospital, emergency room and general practitioner-based study. Frontiers in Neurology. vol. 10.
  • Stenberg, Jonas; Håberg, Asta; Follestad, Turid; Olsen, Alexander; Iverson, Grant L.; Terry P., Douglas; Karlsen, Rune Hatlestad; Saksvik, Simen Berg; Karaliute, Migle; Ek, John Andre Nebb; Skandsen, Toril; Vik, Anne. (2019) Cognitive Reserve Moderates Cognitive Outcome After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. vol. 101 (1).
  • Talboom, JS; Håberg, Asta; De Both, MD; Naymik, MA; Schrauwen, Isabelle; Lewis, CR; Bertinelli, SF; Hammersland, C; Fritz, MA; Myers, AJ; Hay, M; Barnes, Carol A; Glisky, Elisabeth L; Ryan, L; Huentelman, MJ. (2019) Family history of Alzheimer's disease alters cognition and is modified by medical and genetic factors. eLIFE. vol. 8.
  • van der Meer, Dennis; Sønderby, Ida Elken; Kaufmann, Tobias; Walters, G. Bragi; Abdellaoui, Abdel; Ames, David; Amunts, Katrin; Andersson, Micael; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Bernard, Manon; Blackburn, Nicholas B.; Blangero, John; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Brodaty, Henry; Brouwer, Rachel M.; Bülow, Robin; Cahn, Wiepke; Calhoun, Vince D.; Caspers, Svenja; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Ching, Christopher R.K.; Cichon, Sven; Ciufolini, Simone; Corvin, Aiden; Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto; Curran, Joanne E.; Dalvie, Shareefa; Dazzan, Paola; de Geus, Eco J.C.; de Zubicaray, Greig I.; de Zwarte, Sonja M.C.; Delanty, Norman; den Braber, Anouk; Desrivieres, Sylvane; di Forti, Marta; Doherty, Joanne L.; Donohoe, Gary; Ehrlich, Stefan; Eising, Else; Espeseth, Thomas; Fisher, Simon E.; Fladby, Tormod; Frei, Oleksandr; Frouin, Vincent; Fukunaga, Masaki; Gareau, Thomas; Glahn, David C.; Grabe, Hans J.; Groenewold, Nynke A.; Gustafsson, Omar; Haavik, Jan; Håberg, Asta; Hashimoto, Ryota; Hehir-Kwa, Jayne Y.; Hibar, Derrek; Hillegers, Manon H.J.; Hoffmann, Per; Holleran, Laurena; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E.; Ikeda, Masashi; Jacquemont, Sébastien; Jahanshad, Neda; Jockwitz, Christiane; Johansson, Stefan; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Kikuchi, Masataka; Knowles, Emma E.M.; Kwok, John B.; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Linden, David E.J.; Liu, Jingyu; Lundervold, Arvid; Lundervold, Astri; Martin, Nicholas G.; Mather, Karen A.; Mathias, Samuel R.; McMahon, Katie L.; McRae, Allan F.; Medland, Sarah E.; Moberget, Torgeir; Moreau, Clara; Morris, Derek W.; Mühleisen, Thomas W.; Murray, Robin M.; Nordvik, Jan Egil; Nyberg, Lars; Olde Loohuis, Loes M.; Ophoff, Roel A.; Owen, Michael J.; Paus, Tomáš; Pausova, Zdenka; Peralta, Juan M.; Pike, Bruce; Prieto, Carlos; Quinlan, Erin Burke; Reinbold, Céline Sonja; Reis Marques, Tiago; Rucker, James J.H.; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Schofield, Peter R.; Schork, Andrew J.; Schumann, Gunter; Shin, Jean; Shumskaya, Elena; Silva, Ana I.; Sisodiya, Sanjay M.; Steen, Vidar Martin; Stein, Dan J.; Strike, Lachlan T.; Tamnes, Christian Krog; Teumer, Alexander; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam; Tordesillas-Gutiérrez, Diana; Uhlmann, Anne; Ülfarsson, Magnús Ö; van 't Ent, Dennis; van den Bree, Marianne B.M.; Vassos, Evangelos; Wen, Wei; Wittfeld, Katharina; Wright, Margaret J.; Zayats, Tetyana; Dale, Anders; Djurovic, Srdjan; Agartz, Ingrid; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefánsson, Kári; Thompson, Paul M.; Andreassen, Ole Andreas. (2019) Association of copy number variation of the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 region with cortical and subcortical morphology and cognition. JAMA psychiatry.
  • Vangberg, Torgil Riise; Eikenes, Live; Håberg, Asta. (2019) The effect of white matter hyperintensities on regional brain volumes and white matter microstructure, a population-based study in HUNT. NeuroImage. vol. 203.
  • Zotcheva, Ekaterina; Pintzka, Carl Wolfgang Schøyen; Salvesen, Øyvind; Selbæk, Geir; Håberg, Asta; Ernstsen, Linda. (2019) Associations of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression With Brain Volumes: The HUNT Study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. vol. 13.