Lars Tjelta Westlye's publications PDF Print E-mail
Papers in peer-reviewed journals 2006-2011
 
2010/2011/in press 
(33) Tamnes CK, Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Østby Y, Walhovd KB. Becoming consistent: Developmental reductions in intraindividual variability in reaction time are related to white matter integrity. Journal of Neuroscience, in press

(32) Bjørnebekk A, Westlye LT, Fjell AM, Grydeland H, Walhovd KB. Social reward dependence and brain white matter microstructure. Cerebral Cortex, in press.   Download

(31) Hope T, Westlye LT, Bjørnerud A. The effect of gradient sampling schemes on diffusion metrics from probabilistic analysis and tract-based spatial statistics. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in press.  

(30) Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Amlien IK, Walhovd KB. Reduced white matter integrity is related to cognitive instability. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 31(49), 18060-18072.   Download
 
(29) Tamnes CK, Fjell AM, Østby Y, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen P, Bjørnerud A, Walhovd KB. The brain dynamics of intellectual development: waxing and waning white and gray matter. Neuropsychologia, 2011, 49(13), 3605-3611.   Download
 
(28) Engvig A, Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Moberget T, Sundseth Ø, Larsen VA, Walhovd KB. Memory training impacts short-term changes in aging white matter: A longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study. Human Brain Mapping, in press   Download

(27) Westlye ET, Lundervold A, Rootwelt H, Lundervold AJ, Westlye LT. Increased hippocampal default mode synchronization during rest in middle-aged and elderly APOE E4-carriers: relationships with memory performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, 25(31), 7775-7783.   Download

(26) Westlye LT, Bjørnebekk A, Grydeland H, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB. Linking an anxiety related personality trait to brain white matter microstructure: diffuson tensor imaging and harm avoidance. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2011, 68(4), 369-377.   Download
 
(25) Grydeland H, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen P, Ormaasen V, Sundseth Ø, Fjell AM. Reduced integrity of normal-appearing white matter in amnesia following herpes simplex encephalitis. Radiology, 2010, 257(3), 774-781.   Download
 
(24) Bjørnebekk A, Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM. Everyday memory: self-perception and structural brain correlates in a healthy elderly population. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2010, 16(6), 1115-1126.   Download
 
(23) Engvig A, Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Moberget T, Sundseth Ø, Larsen VA, Walhovd KB. Effects of memory training on cortical thickness in the elderly. NeuroImage, 2010, 52(4), 1667-1676.   Download
 
(22) Westlye LT, Grydeland H, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM. Associations between regional cortical thickness and attentional networks as measured by the Attention Network Test (ANT). Cerebral Cortex, 2011, 21(2), 345-356.   Download
 
(21) Tamnes CK, Østby Y, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen PD, Fjell AM. Neuroanatomical correlates of executive functions in children and adolescents: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of cortical thickness. Neuropsychologia, 2010, 48(9), 2496-508.   Download
 
(20) Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Dale AM, Bjørnerud A, Due-Tønnessen PD, Engvig A, Grydeland H, Tamnes CK, Østby Y, Fjell AM. Differentiating maturational and aging-related changes of the cerebral cortex by use of thickness and signal intensity. NeuroImage, 2010, 52(1), 172-85.   Download
 
(19) Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Østby Y, Tamnes CK, Jernigan TL, Gamst A, Dale AM. When does brain aging accelerate? Dangers of quadratic fits on cross-sectional studies. NeuroImage, 2010, 50(4), 1376-83.  Download

 

(18) Espeseth T, Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM, Endestad T, Rootwelt H, Reinvang I.  Apolipoprotein E ε4-related thickening of the cerebral cortex modulates selective attention. Neurobiology of Aging, in press.   Download 

 

(17) Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Dale AM, Bjørnerud A, Due-Tønnessen P, Engvig A, Grydeland H, Tamnes CK, Østby Y, Fjell AM. Life span changes of the human brain white matter: diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and volumetry. Cerebral Cortex, 2010, 20(9), 2055-2068.   Download

 

(16) Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Espeseth T, Reinvang I, Dale AM, Holland D, Walhovd KB, The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Cortical gray matter atrophy in healthy aging can not be explained by undetected incipient cognitive disorders. Neuropsychology, 2010, 24(2), 259-63.   Download

 

(15) Tamnes CK, Østby Y, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen P, Fjell AM. Intellectual abilities and white matter microstructure in development: A diffusion tensor imaging study. Human Brain Mapping, 2010, 31(10), 1609-1625.   Download

 

(14) Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Moe V, Slinning K, Due-Tønnessen P, Bjørnerud A, van der Kouwe A, Dale AM, Fjell AM. White Matter Characteristics and Cognition in Prenatally Opiate- and Polysubstance-Exposed Children: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2010, 31(5), 894-900.  Download

 

2009

(13) Fjell AM, Amlien IK, Westlye LT, Stenset V, Fladby T, Skinningsrud A, Eilertsen DE, Bjørnerud A, Walhovd KB. CSF biomarker pathology correlates with a temporo-parietal network affected by Alzheimer's disease but not a fronto-striatal network afffected by healthy aging. NeuroImage, 2009, 49(2), 1820-30.

 

(12) Ystad MA, Lundervold AJ, Wehling E, Espeseth T, Rootwelt H, Westlye LT, Andersson M, Adolfsdottir S, Geitung JT, Fjell AM, Reinvang I, Lundervold A. Hippocampal volumes are important predictors for memory function in elderly women. BMC Medical Imaging, 2009, 9:17.   Download

 
(11) Fjell AM, Amlien I, Westlye LT, Walhovd KB. Mini Mental Status Examination is sensitive to brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2009, 28(3), 252-8.   Download 
 
(10) Østby Y, Tamnes C, Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen P, Walhovd KB. Heterogeneity in subcortical brain development: A structural MRI study of brain maturation from 8-30 years. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 29(38), 11772-82.   Download
 
(9) Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Dale AM, Espeseth T, Reinvang I, Raz N, Agartz I, Greve DN, Fischl B, Fjell AM. Increased sensitivity to effects of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease on cortical thickness by adjustment for local variability in gray/white contrast: A multi-sample MRI study. NeuroImage, 2009, 47(4), 1545-1557.   Download
 
(8) Tamnes CK, Østby, Y, Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Due-Tønnessen P, Walhovd KB. Brain maturation in adolescence and young adulthood: Regional age-related changes in cortical thickness and white matter volume and microstructure. Cerebral Cortex, 2010, 20(3), 534-48.   Download
 
(7) Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Amlien I, Espeseth T, Reinvang I, Raz N, Agartz I, Salat D, Greve DN, Fischl B, Dale AM, Fjell AM. Consistent neuroanatomical age-related volume differences across multiple samples. Neurobiology of Aging, in press.   Download
 
(6) Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Amlien I, Espeseth T, Reinvang I, Raz N, Agartz I, Salat D, Greve DN, Fischl B, Dale AM, Walhovd KB. Minute effects of sex on the aging brain: a multi-sample MRI-study of healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 8: 8774-83.   Download
 
(5) Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Amlien I, Espeseth T, Reinvang I, Raz N, Agartz I, Salat DH, Greve DN, Fischl B, Dale AM, Walhovd KB. High consistency of regional cortical thinning in aging across multiple samples. Cerebral Cortex, 2009,  19(9), 2001-12.   Download
 
(4) Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Bjørnerud A, Due-Tønnessen P, Fjell AM. Error Related Negativity (ERN) is mediated by fractional anisotropy in the posterior cingulate gyrus – A study combining diffusion tensor imaging and electrophysiology in healthy adults. Cerebral Cortex 2009, 19, 293-304.   Download
 
 
2008
(3) Fjell AM, Westlye LT, Fischl B, Due-Tønnessen P, Bjørnerud A, Greve D, Benner T, van der Kouwe AJW, Salat D, Walhovd K. The relationship between diffusion tensor imaging and volumetry as measures of white matter properties. NeuroImage 2008, 42: 1654-1668.   Download 
 
(2) Espeseth T, Westlye LT, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Rootwelt H, Reinvang I. Accelerated age-related cortical thinning in healthy carriers of apolipoprotein E €4. Neurobiology of Aging 2008, 29:329-340.   Download
 
 
2006
(1) Espeseth T, Greenwood PM, Reinvang I, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Westlye LT, Wehling E, Lundervold A, Rootwelt H, Parasuraman R. Interactive effects of APOE and CHRNA4 on attention and white matter volume in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 2006,6(1):31-43.   Download
 
Book chapters
(1) Westlye LT, Walhovd KB, Fjell AM. Structure-function relationships in human cognition: A highly selective review of relationships between individual differences in brain structure, electrophysiology, and cognitive performance. In: Progress in Biological Psychology Research, ed: G.A. Conti. New Science Publisher. 2008, pp 9-47.    Download
 
 
Abstracts/Conference proceedings
(2) Espeseth T, Westlye LT, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Rootwelt H, Greenwood PM, Reinvang I. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) modulates cortical thickness in aging as revealed by MRI. Program No. 409.12. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. 
 
(1) Johansen EB, Catania AC, Soroka E, Westlye LT, Sagvolden T. Slower extinction of previously acquired behavior in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) - an animal model of ADHD. Program No. 716.13. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003.