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Atefe Rafiee Tari

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Atefe Rafiee Tari

Post doctor at CERG
Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

atefe.r.tari@ntnu.no
+4748079041 AHL-senteret, Øya
Hjemmeside forskningsgruppe CERG Blogg forskningsgruppe CERG
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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

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2025

  • 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
  • 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
  • Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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

2024

  • Geigenmüller, Joris N.; Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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
  • 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
  • Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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

  • Norevik, Cecilie Skarstad; Huuha, Aleksi Matias; Røsbjørgen, Ragnhild; Bergersen, Linda Hildegard; Jacobsen, Kamilla; Miguel dos Santos, Rodrigo . (2023) Exercised blood plasma promotes hippocampal neurogenesis in the Alzheimer's disease rat brain. Journal of Sport and Health Science
    Academic article

2022

  • 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; 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
  • 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

2021

  • 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
  • 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

2020

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

2017

  • Zisko, Nina; Skjerve, Kjerstin Næss; Tari, Atefe R; Bucher Sandbakk, Silvana; 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

2016

  • Tari, Atefe R. (2016) The future of patient follow-up / Dette er fremtidens måte å følge opp pasienter.
    Website (informational material)

2015

  • Tari, Atefe R. (2015) Stored for the future (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R. (2015) Lagret for fremtiden #NTNUmedicine (blog.medisin.ntnu.no).
    Website (informational material)
  • 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

2014

  • Tari, Atefe R. (2014) The importance of good collaboration (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)

2013

  • Tari, Atefe R; Molden, Guri. (2013) CERG Hurtigruteseminar 2013 – reiseblogg.
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R; Molden, Guri. (2013) Forskningsnytt fra CERG’s Hurtigruteseminar 2013.
    Website (informational material)

2012

  • Tari, Atefe R; Solvang-Garten, Karin. (2012) Gir trening bedre opplevelse av kreftbehandling? (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)

Journal publications

  • 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
  • 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
  • Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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
  • Geigenmüller, Joris N.; Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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
  • 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
  • Rafiee Tari, Atefe; 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; Miguel dos Santos, Rodrigo . (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; 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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; 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
  • 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
  • Zisko, Nina; Skjerve, Kjerstin Næss; Tari, Atefe R; Bucher Sandbakk, Silvana; 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

INFORMASJONSMATR

  • Tari, Atefe R. (2016) The future of patient follow-up / Dette er fremtidens måte å følge opp pasienter.
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R. (2015) Stored for the future (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R. (2015) Lagret for fremtiden #NTNUmedicine (blog.medisin.ntnu.no).
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R. (2014) The importance of good collaboration (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R; Molden, Guri. (2013) CERG Hurtigruteseminar 2013 – reiseblogg.
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R; Molden, Guri. (2013) Forskningsnytt fra CERG’s Hurtigruteseminar 2013.
    Website (informational material)
  • Tari, Atefe R; Solvang-Garten, Karin. (2012) Gir trening bedre opplevelse av kreftbehandling? (cergntnu.wordpress.com).
    Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

  • MDV6026 - Exercise and Brain Health

Outreach

2022

  • Poster
    Tari, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Tari, Atefe R. (2022) Transfusing Molecules of Exercise to Protect Against Alzheimers Disease. Exercise in Medicine 2022 2022-12-14 - 2022-12-15
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Tronvik, Erling Andreas; Olsen, Alexander; Tari, Atefe R; Heuch, Cathrine Ro; Thomlison, Jaya Syltern. (2022) Hjernehelse: Seaside chat NorHEAD and Kavli. NTNU og NorHEAD Hyfer - NTNUs kunnskapsfestival , Havet arena, Trondheim 2022-09-24 -

2020

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Tari, Atefe R. (2020) Kan trent blod bremse utviklingen av Alzheimers sykdom?. Forskningsdagene, Oslo 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-01
  • Academic lecture
    Tari, 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

  • Lecture
    Tari, Atefe R. (2016) Molecular mechanisms of exercise as novel therapies for Alzheimer´s disease. Harvard Medical School Scientific meeting , Harvard Medical School 2016-06-01 - 2016-06-01

2015

  • Programme participation
    Tari, Atefe R. (2015) Ungt blod stanser aldring. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2015-11-12
  • Lecture
    Tari, Atefe R. (2015) The Fitness link to Alzheimer´s disease. CERG, NTNU/ University of Sao Paulo UTFORSK Seminar in Exercise Physiology , University of Sao Paulo 2015-11-26 - 2016-11-27

2014

  • Programme participation
    Tari, Atefe R. (2014) Snarveier til gull. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2014-02-06

2013

  • Interview
    Gaustad, Svein Erik; Tari, Atefe R. (2013) Eksperiment isbading. Schrödingers katt NRK Schrödingers katt NRK [TV] 2013-01-31

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