2025

• Takamiya, Akihiro; Riemer, Frank; Erchinger, Vera Jane et al. (2025). Acute and transient change in brain water content induced by a single electroconvulsive therapy session. (external link)
• Erchinger, Vera Jane; Sørhaug, Ole Johan Evjenth; Aukland, Stein Magnus et al. (2025). Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Brain Structure: A Neuroradiological Investigation Into White Matter Hyperintensities, Atrophy, and Microbleeds. (external link)

2024

• Kiebs, Maximilian; Farrar, Danielle C.; Yrondi, Antoine et al. (2024). Electroconvulsive therapy and cognitive performance from the Global ECT MRI Research Collaboration. (external link)
• Sellevåg, Kjersti; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim et al. (2024). Electroconvulsive therapy for depression: Patient- and clinician-rated short-term effects on depressive symptoms and cognition. (external link)
• Hammar, Åsa Karin; Ronold, Eivind Haga; Spurkeland, Malene Alden et al. (2024). Improvement of persistent impairments in executive functions and attention following electroconvulsive therapy in a case control longitudinal follow up study. (external link)
• Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Rekkedal, Guro Årdal et al. (2024). Traumatic experiences and the effectiveness of eating disorder treatment. (external link)
• Laroy, Maarten; Bouckaert, Filip; Ousdal, Olga Therese et al. (2024). Characterization of gray matter volume changes from one week to 6 months after termination of electroconvulsive therapy in depressed patients. (external link)
• Sellevåg, Kjersti; Bartz-Johannessen, Christoffer; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim et al. (2024). Unmasking Patient Diversity: Exploring Cognitive and Antidepressive Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy. (external link)
• Sellevåg, Kjersti; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim et al. (2024). Electroconvulsive therapy for depression: Patient- and clinician rated short-term effects on depressive symptoms and cognition. (external link)

2023

• Argyelan, Miklos; Deng, Zhi-De; Ousdal, Olga Therese et al. (2023). Electroconvulsive therapy-induced volumetric brain changes converge on a common causal circuit in depression. (external link)
• Kleppe, Malin Mandelid; Kessler, Ute; Rekkedal, Guro Årdal et al. (2023). Differences in sleep patterns between patients with anorexia nervosa and healthy controls: a cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Rekkedal, Guro; Kessler, Ute (2023). Psychotherapy for eating disorders in public mental health: The challenge of engagement in and drop-out from treatment. (external link)
• Frid, Leila Marie; Kessler, Ute; Ousdal, Olga Therese et al. (2023). Neurobiological mechanisms of ECT and TMS treatment in depression: study protocol of a multimodal magnetic resonance investigation. (external link)
• Blanken, M.A.J.T.; Oudega, M.L.; Hoogendoorn, A.W. et al. (2023). Sex-specifics of ECT outcome. (external link)
• Erchinger, Vera Jane; Craven, Alexander R.; Ersland, Lars et al. (2023). Electroconvulsive therapy triggers a reversible decrease in brain N-acetylaspartate. (external link)
• Aarsland, Tore Ivar Malmei; Haavik, Jan; Ulvik, Arve et al. (2023). The effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on serum kynurenine pathway metabolites in late-life depression. (external link)
• Schreiner, Jakob Emil; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim et al. (2023). Exploring New Electroencephalogram Parameters in Electroconvulsive Therapy. (external link)
• Sellevåg, Kjersti; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim et al. (2023). Electroconvulsive therapy for depression: patient and clinician rated short term effects on depressive symptoms and cognition. (external link)
• Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Mohn, Hanne Christine et al. (2023). Elektrokonvulsiv behandling for depresjon: Kortidseffekter i en uselektert pasientkohort. (external link)

2022

• Aarsland, Tore Ivar Malmei; Instanes, Johanne Telnes; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio et al. (2022). Changes in tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism in patients with depression undergoing ECT-A systematic review. (external link)
• Kleppe, Malin Mandelid; Brønstad, Ingeborg; Lied, Gülen Arslan et al. (2022). Intestinal barrier integrity in anorexia nervosa (a pilot study). (external link)
• Kleppe, Malin M.; Kessler, Ute; Rekkedal, Guro et al. (2022). Sleep habits in patients with anorexia nervosa assessed in their natural environment. (external link)
• Kessler, Ute; Kleppe, Malin Mandelid; Rekkedal, Guro Årdal et al. (2022). Experiences when implementing enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy as a standard treatment for anorexia nervosa in outpatients at a public specialized eating-disorder treatment unit. (external link)

2021

• Ousdal, Olga Therese; Brancati, Giulio E.; Kessler, Ute et al. (2021). The Neurobiological Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy Studied Through Magnetic Resonance: What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go?. (external link)
• Wagner, Lucia; Nygaard, Gyrid; Kessler, Ute et al. (2021). ECT’s Effects on the Brain’s Motor Coordination. (external link)
• Brancati, Giulio Emilio; Brekke, Njål; Bartsch, Hauke et al. (2021). Short and long-term effects of single and multiple sessions of electroconvulsive therapy on brain gray matter volumes. (external link)
• Opel, Nils; Narr, Katherine L; Abbott, Christopher et al. (2021). Elevated body weight modulates subcortical volume change and associated clinical response following electroconvulsive therapy. (external link)
• Takamiya, Akihiro; Dols, Annemiek; Emsell, Louise et al. (2021). Neural Substrates of Psychotic Depression: Findings From the Global ECT-MRI Research Collaboration. (external link)

2020

• Mulders, Peter C. R.; Llera, Alberto; Beckmann, Christian F. et al. (2020). Structural changes induced by electroconvulsive therapy are associated with clinical outcome. (external link)
• Blomberg, Malin Ovat; Semkovska, Maria; Kessler, Ute et al. (2020). A Longitudinal Comparison Between Depressed Patients Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy and Healthy Controls on Specific Memory Functions. (external link)
• Erchinger, Vera Jane; Miller, Jeremy; Jones, Thomas et al. (2020). Anterior cingulate gamma-aminobutyric acid concentrations and electroconvulsive therapy. (external link)
• Kessler, Ute; Rekkedal, Guro Årdal; Rø, Øyvind et al. (2020). Association between gastrointestinal complaints and psychopathology in patients with anorexia nervosa. (external link)

2019

• Stautland, Andrea; Nievergelt, Caroline M.; Maihofer, Adam X. et al. (2019). Bipolar Disorder with Comorbid Migraine May Respond Poorly to Lithium Treatment. (external link)
• Aarsland, Tore Ivar Malmei; Leskauskaite, Ieva; Midttun, Øivind et al. (2019). The effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on serum tryptophan metabolites. (external link)
• Argyelan, Miklos; Oltedal, Leif; Deng, Zhi-De et al. (2019). Electric field causes volumetric changes in the human brain. (external link)
• Ousdal, Olga Therese; Argyelan, Miklos; Narr, Katherine L. et al. (2019). Brain changes induced by electroconvulsive therapy are broadly distributed. (external link)
• Soda, Takahiro; McLoughlin, Declan M.; Clark, Scott R. et al. (2019). International Consortium on the Genetics of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Severe Depressive Disorders (Gen-ECT-ic). (external link)

2018

• Kessler, Ute; Bjørke-Bertheussen, Janette; Søreide, Eldar et al. (2018). Remifentanil as an adjunct to anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy fails to confer long-term benefits. (external link)
• Oltedal, Leif; Narr, Katherine L.; Abbott, Christopher et al. (2018). Volume of the Human Hippocampus and Clinical Response Following Electroconvulsive Therapy. (external link)
• Biringer, Eva Aaker; Kessler, Ute; Howard, Louise M. et al. (2018). Anxiety, depression and probability of live birth in a cohort of women with self-reported infertility in the HUNT 2 Study and Medical Birth Registry of Norway. (external link)

2017

• Oltedal, Leif; Bartsch, Hauke; Sørhaug, Ole Johan Evjenth et al. (2017). The Global ECT-MRI Research Collaboration (GEMRIC): Establishing a multi-site investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying response to electroconvulsive therapy. (external link)
• Bjørke-Bertheussen, Janette; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Andreassen, Ole Andreas et al. (2017). Right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy does not cause more cognitive impairment than pharmacologic treatment in treatment-resistant bipolar depression: A 6-month randomized controlled trial follow-up study. (external link)
• Stautland, Andrea; Kessler, Ute; Oltedal, Leif et al. (2017). Lipidomics in Patients Receiving ECT. (external link)

2016

• Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Rekkedal, Guro Årdal; Frostad, Stein et al. (2016). Effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: a prospective multidisciplinary study. (external link)

2015

• Oltedal, Leif; Kessler, Ute; Ersland, Lars et al. (2015). Effects of ECT in treatment of depression: Study protocol for a prospective neuroradiological study of acute and longitudinal effects on brain structure and function. (external link)
• Biringer, Eva Aaker; Howard, Louise Michele; Kessler, Ute et al. (2015). Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trondelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. (external link)

2014

• Kessler, Ute; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Andreassen, Ole Andreas et al. (2014). The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on neurocognitive function in treatment-resistant bipolar disorder depression. (external link)
• Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Kessler, Ute; Andreassen, Ole Andreas et al. (2014). Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Electroconvulsive Therapy Versus Algorithm-Based Pharmacological Treatment. (external link)
• Kessler, Ute (2014). Electroconvulsive therapy for bipolar disorder depression. (external link)

2013

• Kessler, Ute; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Andreassen, Ole Andreas et al. (2013). Neurocognitive profiles in treatment-resistant bipolar I and bipolar II disorder depression. (external link)
• Oltedal, Leif; Kessler, Ute; Ersland, Lars et al. (2013). Project outline: Effects of ECT in treatment of major depression. A prospective neuroradiological study of acute and longitudinal effects on brain structure and function. (external link)
• Oltedal, Leif; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil J (2013). ECT og kognitive bivirkninger. (external link)

2012

• Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Kessler, Ute (2012). ECT og andre nevrostimulerende behandlingsformer. (external link)

2011

• Biringer, Eva; Howard, Louise M.; Kessler, Ute et al. (2011). Anxiety and/or depression do not predict fertility problems in the normal female population: Results from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Studies (HUNT 1 and HUNT 2). (external link)

2010

• Kessler, Ute; Vaaler, Arne E.; Schøyen, Helle et al. (2010). The study protocol of the Norwegian randomized controlled trial of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment resistant depression in bipolar disorder. (external link)

2009

• Kessler, Ute (2009). The Norwegian randomized controlled trial of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment resistant depression in bipolar disorder. (external link)

2008

• Kessler, Ute (2008). Terapiresistent depresjon ved bipolar lidelse. (external link)

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