Catharina Lavebratt
Principal Researcher
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E-mail: catharina.lavebratt@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482760
Visiting address: CMM, Karolinska universitetssjukhuset L8:00, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Translationell psykiatri, 171 76 Stockholm
About me
- I was born in 1967, grew up in Värmland Sweden, started studying in Stockholm in 1986, am since 2003 an Associate Professor of medical genetics at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and lead the research group Translational Psychiatry with activities in the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) at Karolinska University Hospital, Solna. My research focus is on early risk factors and treatment effects in psychiatric disorder. We have a particular focus on the connection between psychiatric disorder and metabolic factors. Both epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies are used. I have been the main supervisor of 10 PhD students now graduated, most of have embarked on a research career, and she has authored ~155 international original peer-reviewed articles, being first or senior author on more than half of those (h-index 35 [Web of science]). The research group Translational Psychiatry has 28 members. I am currently supervising 8 PhD students (main supervisor of 3) and 2 postdoctoral fellows. I am member of the Steering groups of Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, as well as Director of postgraduate studies [1] at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery.- Alvarengas Award (best medical publication) Swedish Soc. Med. 2002- Young Promising Researcher award from KI Foundations 2001- Junior Researcher position from Swedish Research Council (VR) 2001- Postdoc Fellowship from the Swedish Soc for Med Res (SSMF) 2000- Innovation stipend from the Foundation Innovationscentrum 1999Catharina, with a MSc degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, received her PhD degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from KTH in 1996. She was a Swedish Research Council Medicine-postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, Canada, and thereafter a Swedish Research Council Medicine-Junior researcher (Forskarassistent) at Karolinska Institutet until 2006, and has since then a senior researcher position at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet. She became docent (Associate professor) at Karolinska Institutet in 2003. [1] http://ki.se/en/mmk/postgraduate-studies-at-mmk
Research
- Research group leader for Translational Psychiatry [1]My research is focused on early risk factors and treatment response particularly studying the link between psychiatric disorders and metabolic risk using clinical and population-based naturalistic cohorts and experimental models. In nation-wide registries we study pre- and perinatal metabolic risk factors, and possible protective factors, for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. In clinical studies we test adjuvant treatments, i.e. probiotics and physical exercise, to improve symptoms and reduce comorbidity in ADHD and psychosis. For example, I led a large RCT in ADHD with 182 patients fulfilling 9 weeks daily intake of a probiotic. We also look for early biomarkers of lithium response, and lithium’s longterm effects on metabolic comorbidity, and plasma markers of metabolic risk in relation to psychiatric profile, pharmacological treatment and metabolic comorbidity in psychosis. We collaborate within large international consortia for genome-wide genetic association studies.I am also responsible for molecular studies in clinical or naturalistic population-based studies of primarily mood and anxiety (www.REGASSA.se, www.kupolstudien.se, PART).[1] https://ki.se/en/mmk/translational-psychiatry
Teaching
- Organization of KI-courses at advanced and research level: Several week-long courses on master and doctoral levels run annually in genetics.Lecturing at advanced and research level courses mainly in psychiatric genetics.Supervisorship of PhD students: Main supervisor of 9 graduated and 3 current. Co-supervisor of 7 graduated and 5 current.Supervision of 25 master student theses. Own education in teaching in higher education, corresponding to 10 full-time weeks.Director of postgraduate studies at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery.
Articles
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Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2024;117:298-309
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;14(1):37
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2023;56(12):2232-2249
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION OPEN. 2023;2023(4):hoad048
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Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2023;25(5):391-401
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2023;:1-11
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Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;110:310-321
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Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2023;148:106001
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Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2023;13:928008
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Article: NUTRIENTS. 2022;14(24):5247
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Article: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;272(8):1611-1620
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2022;156:36-43
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Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2022;9(6):447-457
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2022;37(6):1311-1323
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Article: ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA. 2022;34(2):86-92
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):4963
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2022;:1-10
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2022;11(5):1291
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;91(3):313-327
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(1):e2145719
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0263173
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(12):e0275999
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;91(1):102-117
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Article: COMPLEX PSYCHIATRY. 2021;7(3-4):80-89
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):606
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):477
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):17823
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(8):4179-4190
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2021;36(8):2345-2357
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2021;301:113968
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Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2021;53(6):817-829
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(6):2457-2470
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Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2021;68(4):758-764
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(4):1286-1298
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):1155
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2021;132:38-43
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Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2020;41:118-131
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Article: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2020;35(10):2336-2347
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Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2020;89:9-19
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Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 2020;154(6):635-646
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;88(2):169-184
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Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2020;22(3):255-265
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2020;286:112865
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2020;3(2):e1920787
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2020;284:112677
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2020;260:597-603
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):340
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Article: CELL. 2019;179(7):1469-1482.e11
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):18142
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):317
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2019;117:45-54
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):150
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):149
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2019;76(5):516-525
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Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2019;51(5):793-803
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Article: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2019;173(4):371-378
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2019;245:597-601
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Article: MOL NEUROPSYCHIATRY. 2019;4(4):196-203
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Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2019;21(1):68-75
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Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13:220
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2018;142(3):e20180776
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018;8(1):12743
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Article: BMC MEDICAL GENETICS. 2018;19(1):126
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2018;8(1):121
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2018;263:48-53
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2018;75(1):52-58
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Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:729-738
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2018;9:207
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Article: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2017;27(6):210-218
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2017;222:138-145
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2017;257:322-326
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Article: SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;12(10):1658-1667
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2017;93:50-58
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7(1):7906
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2017;252:270-276
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2017;250:217-220
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Article: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT. 2017;13:967-972
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Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;11:244
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;19(12):pyw069
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Article: ANNALS OF HEMATOLOGY. 2016;95(11):1825-1832
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Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(39):63640-63650
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;6(8):e869
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Article: HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. 2016;25(15):3383-3394
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2016;16:243
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2016;70(5):380-391
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Article: PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;26(3):136-139
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2016;237:55-59
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Article: LANCET. 2016;387(10023):1085-1093
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2016;189:62-69
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Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;8:34
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Article: TRIALS. 2015;16:553
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Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17(6):645-652
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Article: CARCINOGENESIS. 2015;36(8):876-882
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Article: MOL NEUROPSYCHIATRY. 2015;1(2):76-81
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Article: CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2015;32(4):579-584
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2015;18(7):pyv002
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(8):e0136436
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Article: THE PRIMARY CARE COMPANION FOR CNS DISORDERS. 2015;17(1)
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Article: ANNALS OF MEDICINE. 2014;46(7):539-546
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2014;18(2):pyu032
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Journal article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2014;370(19):1859-1860
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Article: OBESITY. 2014;22(3):895-900
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2014;19(3):334-341
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Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY. 2013;106:274-282
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2013;151(2):652-659
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2013;16(7):1513-1528
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;3(5):e261
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;3(5):e255
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Article: NEURON. 2013;77(5):899-914
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2013;144(3):216-224
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(11):e79015
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e67450
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(6):e65636
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Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2012;26(6):2712-2718
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2012;15(5):669-679
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(7):e41652
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(8):e43057
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;34(7):1121-1130
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(4):e18213
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2011;129(1-3):158-166
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(9):e12632
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2010;125(1-3):249-255
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2010;153B(2):570-581
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(2):e9407
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Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS. 2010;36(2):93-98
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Article: JOURNAL OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. 2010;8:1
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Article: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY. 2009;18(10):672-675
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2009;118(1-3):124-130
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2009;113(1-2):66-76
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Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2008;32(3):364-376
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Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2007;26(1):221-228
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Article: CLINICAL LIPIDOLOGY. 2007;2(2):147-151
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Article: BMC NEUROSCIENCE. 2007;8:10
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Article: HIPPOCAMPUS. 2007;17(4):292-304
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Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2006;24(2):374-383
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2006;30(3):453-459
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Article: NATURE PROTOCOLS. 2006;1(6):2573-2582
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2005;29(12):1422-1428
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Article: BMC NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;6:65
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Article: JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH. 2005;46(10):2278-2281
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Article: GENES AND IMMUNITY. 2005;6(7):620-627
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Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 2005;117(1):54-60
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Article: HUMAN MUTATION. 2004;23(1):92-97
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2003;18(12):3218-3230
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2003;18(12):3231-3240
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Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2003;103(2):244-252
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Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2003;6(2):162-169
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Article: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 2003;71(1):126-131
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2002;32(12):938-942
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Article: HUMAN MUTATION. 2002;19(4):395-401
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2002;34(8):583-590
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Article: DIABETES. 2001;50(10):2410-2413
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Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2000;84(1-2):97-105
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Article: TUBERCLE AND LUNG DISEASE. 2000;80(1):15-25
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Article: NEUROLOGY. 1999;53(6):1254-1259
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Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1999;72(1):80-88
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Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1999;180(1):150-155
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE. 1998;25(2):53-58
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1997;29(1):65-70
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Article: ACTA TROPICA. 1997;63(1):15-31
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1996;28(1):75-81
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All other publications
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Preprint: RES SQ. 2023;RES SQ
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Preprint: RES SQ. 2023;RES SQ
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Corrigendum: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2022;221(2):494
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Corrigendum: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):278
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Letter: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2021;37(1):193-194
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Letter: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2021;228:316-318
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Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2020;44(10):1981-2000
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Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2020;11:586083
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Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):16377
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Letter: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2019;173(9):889-890
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Other: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2019;24(4):484-490
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Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(10):e0165249
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Corrigendum: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2015;18(6):pyv026
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Letter: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2015;226(1):405-406
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Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2014;370(19):1857-1859
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Editorial comment: EPIGENOMICS. 2012;4(4):359-362
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Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2012;36(6):757-765
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Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2011;21:S48-S49
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Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY. 2008;12(6):438-445
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Review: NEUROSCIENCE. 2000;100(2):297-317
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Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2003