Atefe Rafiee Tari
About
Post doctor, Department of Circulation and Imaging, NTNU
Molecular mechanisms of exercise as novel therapies for neurodegenation and Alzheimer´s disease
Education Biomedical scientist (Bioingeniør) and Master of Science in Molecular Molecule (NTNU), PhD in Medicine (NTNU)
Research My projects utilizes data from both the Generation 100-study and HUNT - the Trøndelag Health Study to study how exercise and fitness are important for brain function and the development of dementia. In a study with rats with Alzheimer's disease, we also investigate whether injections with blood from healthy, trained rats can slow the development of the disease. In the fall of 2021, we initiated a clinical study; ExPlas, a clinical treatment study for Alzheimer's patients where we will investigate whether trained blood plasma transfusions can slow or reverse disease progression. Read more about the ExPlas study here: The ExPlas study
Publications
2025
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Bakken, Jenny;
Brissach, Daniel Estil;
Ingeström, Emma Maria Lovisa;
Midttun, Sindre;
Walker, Tara L.;
Stensvold, Dorthe.
(2025)
Effects of 5-Year Exercise Training on Cognition in Older Adults: 10-Years Follow-Up from the Generation 100 Study.
Sports Medicine - Open
Academic article
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Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Wisløff, Ulrik.
(2025)
Therapeutic Potential of Exercise-Conditioned Plasma in Alzheimer’s Disease.
NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Doctoral dissertation
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Bekkos, Carolin Haberstroh;
Sujan, Md Abu Jafar;
Stunes, Astrid Kamilla;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Aagård, Norun;
Brobakken, Cathrine Langlie.
(2025)
Acute effects of a single bout of high-intensity strength and endurance exercise on cognitive biomarkers in young adults and elderly men: a within-subjects crossover study.
Journal of Translational Medicine
Academic article
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Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Walker, Tara L;
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Sando, Sigrid Botne;
Wisløff, Ulrik.
(2025)
Neuroprotective mechanisms of exercise and the importance of fitness for healthy brain ageing.
The Lancet
Academic literature review
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Wen, Chi Pang;
Chen, Chien Hua;
Nauman, Javaid;
Wai, Jackson Pui Man;
Tsai, Min Kuang;
Lee, Jun-Han.
(2025)
Resting heart rate – The forgotten risk factor? Comparison of resting heart rate and hypertension as predictors of all-cause mortality in 692,217 adults in Asia and Europe.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
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Wai, Jackson Pui Man;
Wen, Chi Pang;
Tsai, Min Kuang;
Chen, Chien Hua;
Lee, Jun-Han;
Chu, Ta-Wei David.
(2025)
Association between Activity Quotient and cause-specific mortality – A prospective cohort study of 0.5 million participants in Asia.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic literature review
2024
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Nauman, Javaid;
Mirzaamin, Tania;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Nes, Bjarne Martens;
Lavie, Carl J.;
Dunn, Patrick.
(2024)
Bolstering the Prognostic Utility of Coronary Risk Assessments with PAI: A Physical Activity Metric.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Academic article
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Geigenmüller, Joris N.;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Walker, Tara L..
(2024)
The relationship between adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Academic literature review
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Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Brissach, Daniel Estil;
Ingeström, Emma Maria Lovisa;
Nauman, Javaid;
Tyrell, Tristan;
Foster, Carl.
(2024)
Survival of the fittest? Peak oxygen uptake and all-cause mortality among older adults in Norway.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
2023
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Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Røsbjørgen, Ragnhild;
Bergersen, Linda Hildegard;
Jacobsen, Kamilla;
Santos, Rodrigo Miguel dos.
(2023)
Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain.
Journal of Sport and Health Science
Academic article
2022
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Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Moreira, Jose Bianco Nascimento;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kivipelto, Miia.
(2022)
Can exercise training teach us how to treat Alzheimer's disease?.
Ageing Research Reviews
Academic literature review
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Tari, Atefe R;
Selbæk, Geir;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Bergh, Sverre;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Sallis, Robert E..
(2022)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and the risk of incident dementia and dementia related mortality: A prospective cohort study (HUNT).
EClinicalMedicine
Academic article
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Hammer, Pål;
Tari, Atefe R;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Wen, Chi-Pang;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Nauman, Javaid.
(2022)
Personal Activity Intelligence and Ischemic Heart Disease in a Healthy Population: China Kadoorie Biobank Study.
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Academic article
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Tari, Atefe R;
Berg, Helene Haugen;
Videm, Vibeke;
Bråthen, Geir;
White, Linda Rosemary;
Røsbjørgen, Ragnhild.
(2022)
Safety and efficacy of plasma transfusion from exercise - trained donors in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for the ExPlas study.
BMJ Open
Article in business/trade/industry journal
2021
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Nauman, Javaid;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Nes, Bjarne;
Sallis, Robert E.;
Sawada, Susumu S.;
Marinović, Jasna.
(2021)
Association Between Personal Activity Intelligence and Mortality: Population-Based China Kadoorie Biobank Study.
Mayo Clinic proceedings
Academic article
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Letnes, Jon Magne;
Berglund, Ida Johnsen;
Johnson, Kristin Espolin;
Dalen, Håvard;
Nes, Bjarne;
Lydersen, Stian.
(2021)
Effect of 5 years of exercise training on the cardiovascular risk profile of older adults: the Generation 100 randomized trial.
European Heart Journal
Academic article
2020
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Stensvold, Dorthe;
Viken, Hallgeir;
Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe;
Dalen, Håvard;
Støylen, Asbjørn;
Loennechen, Jan Pål.
(2020)
Effect of exercise training for five years on all cause mortality in older adults-The Generation 100 study: Randomised controlled trial.
The BMJ
Academic article
-
Nauman, Javaid;
Arena, Ross;
Zisko, Nina;
Sui, Xuemei;
Lavie, Carl J.;
Laukkanen, Jari A..
(2020)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and mortality: Data from the aerobics center longitudinal study.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
2019
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Tari, Atefe R;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Storm-Mathisen, Jon;
Bergersen, Linda Hildegard.
(2019)
Are the Neuroprotective Effects of Exercise Training Systemically Mediated?.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic literature review
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Nauman, Javaid;
Zisko, Nina;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Bosnes, Ingunn;
Bergh, Sverre.
(2019)
Temporal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of dementia incidence and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
The Lancet Public Health
Academic article
2017
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Zisko, Nina;
Skjerve, Kjerstin Næss;
Tari, Atefe R;
Sandbakk, Silvana Bucher;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Nes, Bjarne.
(2017)
Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI), sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk factor clustering - the HUNT study.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
2015
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Karlsen, Trine;
Leinan, Ingeborg Megård;
Bækkerud, Fredrik Hjulstad;
Lundgren, Kari Margrethe;
Tari, Atefe R;
Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe.
(2015)
How to Be 80 Year Old and Have a VO2max of a 35 Year Old.
Case Reports in Medicine
Academic article
Journal publications
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Bakken, Jenny;
Brissach, Daniel Estil;
Ingeström, Emma Maria Lovisa;
Midttun, Sindre;
Walker, Tara L.;
Stensvold, Dorthe.
(2025)
Effects of 5-Year Exercise Training on Cognition in Older Adults: 10-Years Follow-Up from the Generation 100 Study.
Sports Medicine - Open
Academic article
-
Bekkos, Carolin Haberstroh;
Sujan, Md Abu Jafar;
Stunes, Astrid Kamilla;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Aagård, Norun;
Brobakken, Cathrine Langlie.
(2025)
Acute effects of a single bout of high-intensity strength and endurance exercise on cognitive biomarkers in young adults and elderly men: a within-subjects crossover study.
Journal of Translational Medicine
Academic article
-
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Walker, Tara L;
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Sando, Sigrid Botne;
Wisløff, Ulrik.
(2025)
Neuroprotective mechanisms of exercise and the importance of fitness for healthy brain ageing.
The Lancet
Academic literature review
-
Wen, Chi Pang;
Chen, Chien Hua;
Nauman, Javaid;
Wai, Jackson Pui Man;
Tsai, Min Kuang;
Lee, Jun-Han.
(2025)
Resting heart rate – The forgotten risk factor? Comparison of resting heart rate and hypertension as predictors of all-cause mortality in 692,217 adults in Asia and Europe.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
-
Wai, Jackson Pui Man;
Wen, Chi Pang;
Tsai, Min Kuang;
Chen, Chien Hua;
Lee, Jun-Han;
Chu, Ta-Wei David.
(2025)
Association between Activity Quotient and cause-specific mortality – A prospective cohort study of 0.5 million participants in Asia.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic literature review
-
Nauman, Javaid;
Mirzaamin, Tania;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Nes, Bjarne Martens;
Lavie, Carl J.;
Dunn, Patrick.
(2024)
Bolstering the Prognostic Utility of Coronary Risk Assessments with PAI: A Physical Activity Metric.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Academic article
-
Geigenmüller, Joris N.;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Walker, Tara L..
(2024)
The relationship between adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Academic literature review
-
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Brissach, Daniel Estil;
Ingeström, Emma Maria Lovisa;
Nauman, Javaid;
Tyrell, Tristan;
Foster, Carl.
(2024)
Survival of the fittest? Peak oxygen uptake and all-cause mortality among older adults in Norway.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
-
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Røsbjørgen, Ragnhild;
Bergersen, Linda Hildegard;
Jacobsen, Kamilla;
Santos, Rodrigo Miguel dos.
(2023)
Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain.
Journal of Sport and Health Science
Academic article
-
Huuha, Aleksi Matias;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Moreira, Jose Bianco Nascimento;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kivipelto, Miia.
(2022)
Can exercise training teach us how to treat Alzheimer's disease?.
Ageing Research Reviews
Academic literature review
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Selbæk, Geir;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Bergh, Sverre;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Sallis, Robert E..
(2022)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and the risk of incident dementia and dementia related mortality: A prospective cohort study (HUNT).
EClinicalMedicine
Academic article
-
Hammer, Pål;
Tari, Atefe R;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Wen, Chi-Pang;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Nauman, Javaid.
(2022)
Personal Activity Intelligence and Ischemic Heart Disease in a Healthy Population: China Kadoorie Biobank Study.
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Academic article
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Berg, Helene Haugen;
Videm, Vibeke;
Bråthen, Geir;
White, Linda Rosemary;
Røsbjørgen, Ragnhild.
(2022)
Safety and efficacy of plasma transfusion from exercise - trained donors in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease: protocol for the ExPlas study.
BMJ Open
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Nauman, Javaid;
Franklin, Barry A.;
Nes, Bjarne;
Sallis, Robert E.;
Sawada, Susumu S.;
Marinović, Jasna.
(2021)
Association Between Personal Activity Intelligence and Mortality: Population-Based China Kadoorie Biobank Study.
Mayo Clinic proceedings
Academic article
-
Letnes, Jon Magne;
Berglund, Ida Johnsen;
Johnson, Kristin Espolin;
Dalen, Håvard;
Nes, Bjarne;
Lydersen, Stian.
(2021)
Effect of 5 years of exercise training on the cardiovascular risk profile of older adults: the Generation 100 randomized trial.
European Heart Journal
Academic article
-
Stensvold, Dorthe;
Viken, Hallgeir;
Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe;
Dalen, Håvard;
Støylen, Asbjørn;
Loennechen, Jan Pål.
(2020)
Effect of exercise training for five years on all cause mortality in older adults-The Generation 100 study: Randomised controlled trial.
The BMJ
Academic article
-
Nauman, Javaid;
Arena, Ross;
Zisko, Nina;
Sui, Xuemei;
Lavie, Carl J.;
Laukkanen, Jari A..
(2020)
Temporal changes in personal activity intelligence and mortality: Data from the aerobics center longitudinal study.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Storm-Mathisen, Jon;
Bergersen, Linda Hildegard.
(2019)
Are the Neuroprotective Effects of Exercise Training Systemically Mediated?.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic literature review
-
Tari, Atefe R;
Nauman, Javaid;
Zisko, Nina;
Skjellegrind, Håvard;
Bosnes, Ingunn;
Bergh, Sverre.
(2019)
Temporal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of dementia incidence and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
The Lancet Public Health
Academic article
-
Zisko, Nina;
Skjerve, Kjerstin Næss;
Tari, Atefe R;
Sandbakk, Silvana Bucher;
Wisløff, Ulrik;
Nes, Bjarne.
(2017)
Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI), sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk factor clustering - the HUNT study.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Academic article
-
Karlsen, Trine;
Leinan, Ingeborg Megård;
Bækkerud, Fredrik Hjulstad;
Lundgren, Kari Margrethe;
Tari, Atefe R;
Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe.
(2015)
How to Be 80 Year Old and Have a VO2max of a 35 Year Old.
Case Reports in Medicine
Academic article
Report
-
Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad;
Tari, Atefe Rafiee;
Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir;
Wisløff, Ulrik.
(2025)
Therapeutic Potential of Exercise-Conditioned Plasma in Alzheimer’s Disease.
NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
NTNU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2022
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PosterTari, Atefe R. (2022) Temporal Changes in Personal Activity Intelligence and the Risk of Incident Dementia and Dementia Related Mortality: Results from the HUNT Study. International Conference on Alzheimer´s and Parkinsons Disease and related neurological disorders 2022-03-15 - 2022-03-20
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Academic lectureTari, Atefe R. (2022) Transfusing Molecules of Exercise to Protect Against Alzheimers Disease. Exercise in Medicine 2022 2022-12-14 - 2022-12-15
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LectureTronvik, Erling Andreas; Olsen, Alexander; Tari, Atefe R; Heuch, Cathrine Ro; Thomlison, Jaya Syltern. (2022) Hjernehelse: Seaside chat NorHEAD and Kavli. Hyfer - NTNUs kunnskapsfestival , Havet arena, Trondheim 2022-09-24 -
2020
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LectureTari, Atefe R. (2020) Kan trent blod bremse utviklingen av Alzheimers sykdom?. Forskningsdagene, Oslo 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-01
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Academic lectureTari, Atefe R. (2020) Exercised Plasma - The Key to Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease. Exercise in Medicine 2020 2020-12-14 - 2020-12-16
2016
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LectureTari, Atefe R. (2016) Molecular mechanisms of exercise as novel therapies for Alzheimer´s disease. Scientific meeting , Harvard Medical School 2016-06-01 - 2016-06-01
2015
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LectureTari, Atefe R. (2015) The Fitness link to Alzheimer´s disease. UTFORSK Seminar in Exercise Physiology , University of Sao Paulo 2015-11-26 - 2016-11-27
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Programme participationTari, Atefe R. (2015) Ungt blod stanser aldring. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2015-11-12
2014
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Programme participationTari, Atefe R. (2014) Snarveier til gull. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2014-02-06
2013
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InterviewGaustad, Svein Erik; Tari, Atefe R. (2013) Eksperiment isbading. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2013-01-31