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Sverre Myren

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Sverre Myren

Consultant Neurologist, Associate Professor
Department of Health Sciences Ålesund
Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science

sverre.myren@ntnu.no
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About

Consultant Neurologist, Ålesund Hospital

Researcher, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU

Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Health Sciences Ålesund, NTNU

Background

MD, NTNU 2012

PhD in Neuroscience, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, and Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU 2022. Thesis is entitled: "Epilepsy as a Network Disorder: From Zebrafish to Humans"

Specialty registrar 2014-21 and specialist in neurology 2021-23 at Dept. of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Olav’s University Hospital

Columnist 2010-12 at Sorgenfri Street Magazine

Current office

Norwegian Professional Network for Functional Neurological Disorder

Coordinating Panel on Functional Neurological Disorders, European Academy of Neurology

Neuroimaging Special Interest Group, Functional Neurological Disorder Society

Editorial Board, The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association

Research

Academic interests

  • Clinical & Translational Epileptology
  • Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
  • Systems Neurology

PhD research

I defended my thesis entitled "Epilepsy as a Network Disorder: From Zebrafish to Humans" in 2022. This research on translational epileptology was conducted at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, and Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU.

In my PhD project, I was exploring epilepsy in fluorescent zebrafish. Since the fish are small and transparent, we can study the activity in the whole brain. We combine two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, electrophysiology and behavioral assays to investigate neural and glial networks in pharmacological and genetic epilepsy models.

Research groups

  • Clinical Brain Systems (CBS)
  • Trondheim Epilepsy Research Group
  • EpilepsiNett
  • Agency, Action and Embodiment (AAE)

Publications

Ultra-high field brain MRI for functional neurological disorder: opportunities and challenges

NeuroImage: Clinical

Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures

Nature Communications

Elevated photic response is followed by a rapid decay and depressed state in ictogenic networks

Epilepsia
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  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • Giorgis, Valentina De; Bernardina, Bernando Dalla; Brambilla, Isabella; Helmstaedter, Christoph; Kotulska, Katarzyna; Lagae, Lieven; Malenica, Maša; Aaberg, Kari Modalsli; Lossius, Morten Ingvar; Myren, Sverre. (2026) Beyond seizures: proceedings of the ERN EpiCARE working group 18 on developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Myren, Sverre; Jungilligens, Johannes; Diez, Ibai; Bøen, Erlend; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Forstmann, Birte; Ziaei, Maryam; Doan, Thanh P.. (2026) Ultra-high field brain MRI for functional neurological disorder: opportunities and challenges. NeuroImage: Clinical
    Academic article
  • Helmstaedter, Christoph; Alfstad, Kristin Åshild; Dahl-Hansen, Eline; Henning, Oliver Johannes; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; Kälviäinen, Reetta; Kyte, Eli B.; Marusic, Petr; Mula, Marco; Myren, Sverre. (2026) Proceedings from ERN EpiCARE “BEYOND SEIZURES” meeting, Aalesund, Norway, May the 27th. Advancing holistic care for rare and complex epilepsies in adults. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article

2025

  • Helgeland, Helene; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Herner, Linn Breen; Bøen, Erlend; Myren, Sverre. (2025) Betegnelsen funksjonelle lidelser bør revitaliseres. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
    Professional article
  • Bøen, Erlend; Myren, Sverre; Wendel-Haga, Marte; Koht, Jeanette; Svalheim, Sigrid; Sveberg, Line; Doan, Thanh Pierre; Andreassen, Ole; Boye, Birgitte; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn. (2025) Funksjonell nevrologisk lidelse. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
    Academic literature review

2023

  • Jamali, Ahmed; Kristensen, Erle; Tangeraas, Trine; Arntsen, Vibeke; Sikric, Alma; Kupliauskiene, Guste; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Berland, Siren; Sejersted, Yngve; Gerstner, Thorsten Alfons. (2023) The spectrum of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy across the age span: A nationwide retrospective observational study. Epilepsy Research
    Academic article

2022

  • Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Jamali, Ahmed; Ophus, Sunniva Sofie; Dgama, Percival Paul Menino; Ostenrath, Anna Maria; Mutlu, Aytac Kadir; Hoffshagen, Helene Homme; Hotz, Adriana L.; Neuhauss, Stephan C. F.; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie. (2022) Elevated photic response is followed by a rapid decay and depressed state in ictogenic networks. Epilepsia
    Academic article

2021

  • Brodtkorb, Eylert; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Knudsen-Baas, Kristin M.; Nakken, Karl Otto; Spigset, Olav. (2021) Precision treatment with nicotine in autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ADSHE): An observational study of clinical outcome and serum cotinine levels in 17 patients. Epilepsy Research
    Academic article
  • Hotz, Adriana L.; Jamali, Ahmed; Rieser, Nicolas N.; Niklaus, Stephanie; Aydin, Ecem; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Lalla, Laetitia Noelle Patricia; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre; Neuhauss, Stephan C.F.. (2021) Loss of glutamate transporter eaat2a leads to aberrant neuronal excitability, recurrent epileptic seizures, and basal hypoactivity. Glia
    Academic article

2020

  • Lossius, Anne Kristine; Martin, Anne de Saint; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Bjørnvold, Marit; Minken, Guro; Seegmuller, Caroline; Hirsch, Maria Paola Valenti; Chelly, Jamel; Steinlein, Ortrud; Picard, Fabienne. (2020) Remarkable effect of transdermal nicotine in children with CHRNA4- related autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article

2019

  • Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Aydin, Ecem; Evelien, Van Hoeymissen; Deneubourg, Celine; van Derhaeghe, Silke; Craeyhest, Julie von; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Casacak, Mehmet Ilyas; Muto, Akira. (2019) Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. Nature Communications
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Giorgis, Valentina De; Bernardina, Bernando Dalla; Brambilla, Isabella; Helmstaedter, Christoph; Kotulska, Katarzyna; Lagae, Lieven; Malenica, Maša; Aaberg, Kari Modalsli; Lossius, Morten Ingvar; Myren, Sverre. (2026) Beyond seizures: proceedings of the ERN EpiCARE working group 18 on developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Myren, Sverre; Jungilligens, Johannes; Diez, Ibai; Bøen, Erlend; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Forstmann, Birte; Ziaei, Maryam; Doan, Thanh P.. (2026) Ultra-high field brain MRI for functional neurological disorder: opportunities and challenges. NeuroImage: Clinical
    Academic article
  • Helmstaedter, Christoph; Alfstad, Kristin Åshild; Dahl-Hansen, Eline; Henning, Oliver Johannes; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; Kälviäinen, Reetta; Kyte, Eli B.; Marusic, Petr; Mula, Marco; Myren, Sverre. (2026) Proceedings from ERN EpiCARE “BEYOND SEIZURES” meeting, Aalesund, Norway, May the 27th. Advancing holistic care for rare and complex epilepsies in adults. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Jamali, Ahmed; Kristensen, Erle; Tangeraas, Trine; Arntsen, Vibeke; Sikric, Alma; Kupliauskiene, Guste; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Berland, Siren; Sejersted, Yngve; Gerstner, Thorsten Alfons. (2023) The spectrum of pyridoxine dependent epilepsy across the age span: A nationwide retrospective observational study. Epilepsy Research
    Academic article
  • Helgeland, Helene; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Herner, Linn Breen; Bøen, Erlend; Myren, Sverre. (2025) Betegnelsen funksjonelle lidelser bør revitaliseres. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
    Professional article
  • Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Aydin, Ecem; Evelien, Van Hoeymissen; Deneubourg, Celine; van Derhaeghe, Silke; Craeyhest, Julie von; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Casacak, Mehmet Ilyas; Muto, Akira. (2019) Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. Nature Communications
    Academic article
  • Bøen, Erlend; Myren, Sverre; Wendel-Haga, Marte; Koht, Jeanette; Svalheim, Sigrid; Sveberg, Line; Doan, Thanh Pierre; Andreassen, Ole; Boye, Birgitte; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn. (2025) Funksjonell nevrologisk lidelse. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet)
    Academic literature review
  • Lossius, Anne Kristine; Martin, Anne de Saint; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Bjørnvold, Marit; Minken, Guro; Seegmuller, Caroline; Hirsch, Maria Paola Valenti; Chelly, Jamel; Steinlein, Ortrud; Picard, Fabienne. (2020) Remarkable effect of transdermal nicotine in children with CHRNA4- related autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Brodtkorb, Eylert; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Knudsen-Baas, Kristin M.; Nakken, Karl Otto; Spigset, Olav. (2021) Precision treatment with nicotine in autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ADSHE): An observational study of clinical outcome and serum cotinine levels in 17 patients. Epilepsy Research
    Academic article
  • Hotz, Adriana L.; Jamali, Ahmed; Rieser, Nicolas N.; Niklaus, Stephanie; Aydin, Ecem; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Lalla, Laetitia Noelle Patricia; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre; Neuhauss, Stephan C.F.. (2021) Loss of glutamate transporter eaat2a leads to aberrant neuronal excitability, recurrent epileptic seizures, and basal hypoactivity. Glia
    Academic article
  • Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Jamali, Ahmed; Ophus, Sunniva Sofie; Dgama, Percival Paul Menino; Ostenrath, Anna Maria; Mutlu, Aytac Kadir; Hoffshagen, Helene Homme; Hotz, Adriana L.; Neuhauss, Stephan C. F.; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie. (2022) Elevated photic response is followed by a rapid decay and depressed state in ictogenic networks. Epilepsia
    Academic article

Teaching

Coordinator neurology education for medical students (NTNU Link Ålesund). Clinical teaching, practical clinical skills training, team-based learning (TBL) and simulation in acute neurology

Outreach

Functional Neurological Disorder Symposium: Beyond Reductionism

Ålesund & Alnes Lighthouse. Featured on NRK Radio

Norwegian Neurological Association Conference

State-of-the-Art Session on Functional Neurological Disorder: History, Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

5th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology

Awarded Best presentation in Basic Neurology at the Tournament for Neurologists in Training

2025

  • Lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2025) Hvor mye hjerne trenger man. Gudløs søndag
  • Conference lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2025) Slagimitatorer med funksjonelle utfall. Bergenkonferansen
  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Roaldseth, Sara Lovise; Lindseth, Pål Kristian. (2025) Sykdommer uten synlige tegn.
  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Lossius, Morten Ingvar; Maridal, Ann-Kristin Haram. (2025) Funksjonell nevrologisk liding: Symptoma utan synlege teikn.
  • Lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2025) Behandling av funksjonelle nevrologiske lidelser. Nevrodagene
  • Conference lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2025) Agency and the Brain: A New Understanding of Functional Neurological Disorder. Agents and Worlds: The enacted approach between philosophy and science
  • Conference lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2025) What can we learn from animal models in beyond seizures issues in epilepsy. Beyond Seizures workshop

2024

  • Feature article
    Myren, Sverre; Helgeland, Helene. (2024) Legg vekt på positive tegn ved diagnostisering av funksjonell nevrologisk lidelse.
  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Johansson, Caroline Ulvin. (2024) Podkast: Positiv diagnosestrategi ved funksjonell nevrologisk lidelse.
  • Conference lecture
    Myren, Sverre. (2024) Hva vet vi om hjernenettverk ved funksjonelle lidelser?. Nye perspektiv på funksjonelle lidelser: hjernenettverk, livserfaringer og helse
  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Maridal, Ann-Kristin Haram. (2024) Positiv diagnosestrategi for funksjonell nevrologisk liding.

2022

  • Feature article
    Brodtkorb, Eylert; Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Arntsen, Vibeke; Bjørnvold, Marit; Spigset, Olav; Nakken, Karl Otto. (2022) Nikotin som presisjonsbehandling mot epilepsi.

2021

  • Conference lecture
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre. (2021) Epileptiske anfall i selvlysende sebrafisk. Nevrodagene

2020

  • Interview
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Nordahl, Marianne. (2020) Plutselig får noen mennesker anfall, og forskerne skjønner ikke helt hvorfor.
  • Interview
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Lein, Marthe. (2020) Tap av luktesans.

2019

  • Conference lecture
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Deneubourg, Celine; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Muto, Akira; Kawakami, Koichi; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre. (2019) Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. 5th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology
  • Interview
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre; Brandslet, Steinar. (2019) Hjernens forsvar bryter sammen ved epilepsi.

2018

  • Conference lecture
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Deneubourg, Celine; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre. (2018) Homeostatic interactions within neuron-glia networks underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. The 6th NRSN National PhD Conference in Neuroscience
  • Interview
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Lein, Marthe. (2018) Urin - en historie om smak, lukt og medisin.
  • Conference poster
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Deneubourg, Celine; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre. (2018) Homeostatic interactions within neuron-glia networks underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
  • Conference lecture
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Deneubourg, Celine; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre. (2018) Neuron-glia interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. Norwegian Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting

2017

  • Conference poster
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Diaz Verdugo, Carmen; Pelgrims, Robbrecht; Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie; Yaksi, Emre. (2017) Studying neural circuit activity and connectivity during epileptogenesis in zebrafish brain. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
  • Conference lecture
    Myren-Svelstad, Sverre; Hammer, Tommy Arild; Idicula, Titto. (2017) Tidlig trombektomi av proksimal trombe i a. cerebri media med fullstendig restitusjon uten infarkt. Nevrodagene

2015

  • Feature article
    Myren, Sverre; Julien, Marit; Bråthen, Geir. (2015) Førlighet, semantikk og akuttnevrologi.

2014

  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Juul, Frederik Emil. (2014) Turnuslege.

2011

  • Interview
    Myren, Sverre; Torsvik, Benedicte Midthaug; Lovas, Kaia Holen. (2011) Stigende blodtrykk.

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