KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

We're addressing mechanisms of normative and aberrant brain development and translating findings to improve clinical practice for neurodevelopmental disorders

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

UiO Young Researcher Award to @dsquintana https://t.co/Pew4NBHnLH

"This recognition is a testament to the hard work of our team and the supportive research environments at @Psykologiskinst, @SFFNORMENT and the KG Jebsen Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New preprint led by @SigrunHope: Bidirectional genetic overlap between autism spectrum disorder and cognitive traits https://t.co/4v3WtYRo6o

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

Very happy to share that our new paper led by @jarekrokicki on oxytocin receptor expression patterns in the human brain across development has been published in @npp_journal https://t.co/0QQcEihbPp

View-only version: https://t.co/lrHTGFCflm

Here’s a thread on what we found… 🧵

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

We have two researcher position vacancies at our center. These researchers will contribute to various research projects in Autism using brain imaging, genetics, clinical trials, registries + more [Fluent Norwegian & English required]

https://t.co/5KrHRvAct3

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New research from our center: Attitudes among parents of persons with autism spectrum disorder towards information about genetic risk and future health

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New work from our team!

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

New paper! 🥳

Prominent health problems, socioeconomic deprivation, and higher brain age in lonely and isolated individuals https://t.co/G9pJRQOIvr

Great work from @AnnMariedeLange + team using a sample of 24867 participants! #OpenAccess 🔓

[UiO - Det medisinske fakultet @UniOslo_MED]

Autisme diagnostiseres på bakgrunn av atferd og utvikling, men vi vet at genetikk også er viktig, skriver forskere ved K.G. Jebsen-senteret for utviklingsforstyrrelser og @Oslounivsykehus #autisme #genetikk @KGJ_ND @TerjeNrland @SigrunHope
https://t.co/PwxUIOZk1y

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New work led by @ISoenderby: 1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans https://t.co/vwZ8yjbVQ9 #OpenAccess

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

A new talk from @ISoenderby—16p11.2 deletion syndrome and neurodevelopmental disorders [in Norwegian] 📺

https://t.co/3o3HIiZoam

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New work from our team: White matter microstructure across the adult lifespan: A mixed longitudinal and cross-sectional study using advanced diffusion models and brain-age prediction https://t.co/MqrMZI5QPg #openaccess

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

A new opinion article from @TerjeNrland and @dsquintana

[Spectrum (Autism Research News) @Spectrum]

"Research in the field must adopt refined theories of oxytocin’s purpose, improved methods for oxytocin delivery, and reproducible research practices," write @TerjeNrland and @dsquintana #SpectrumViewpoint https://t.co/JXCGie2etg

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

Det Kongelig Norske Videnskabers Selskabs vitenskapelige pris til yngre forskere går til @dsquintana, forsker ved K.G. Jebsen senter for utviklingsforstyrrelser https://t.co/D6tSbFiheo

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

The two representatives to the K.G. Jebsen Academy for Young Medical Researchers from our center are Emma Haapaniemi and Alexey Shadrin. Read the full story here [Norwegian] https://t.co/hLe7UzXoMp

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

The K.G. Jebsen Foundation, who financed the establishment of our center, have just launched the K.G. Jebsen Academy for Young Medical Researchers, to promote talented young researchers and collaboration between K.G. Jebsen Centers https://t.co/HYZwKrWaB5

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

I’m honored to have been awarded the 2021 Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters scientific award for young researchers—The I.K. Lykkes Prize

A big thank you to DKNVS, the I.K. Lykke’s fund, and to everyone that has supported my research https://t.co/RjwjIE6ob2

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New paper from our center: Multimodal imaging improves brain age prediction and reveals distinct abnormalities in patients with psychiatric and neurological disorders https://t.co/qQGA3qijJD

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

New work from some of our centre's core team, which provides recommendations on improving intranasal oxytocin research.

Read the paper here: https://t.co/Xj55iYF7Wr

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

I’m delighted to share that our new paper on improving the precision of intranasal oxytocin research, led by @fuyu00, has just been published in @NatureHumBehav https://t.co/3zuXV4NzqV 🎉

Here’s a short backstory and what we propose in this article...

[THREAD]

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

Core Researcher @dsquintana has been awarded funding from @Kavlifondet to conduct a clinical trial of intranasal oxytocin in youth with autism spectrum disorder ⤵️

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a NOK 5.075 million (€477,000) four-year grant from the Kavli Trust to conduct a clinical trial on the impact of oxytocin on cognition and behavior in youth with autism spectrum disorder 🥳 https://t.co/Ia6rAjSxRt @Kavlifondet

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

A new article from our team: Differences in directed functional brain connectivity related to age, sex and mental health https://t.co/vFYaLEBVx8

"Our findings... provide new insight into the shaping of the connectome during aging"

[KGJ Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders @KGJ_ND]

A new preprint from our team using the @uk_biobank dataset suggests that those who report that they're both lonely and depressed have accelerated brain aging

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

New preprint 🎉 https://t.co/XOmOGQuaLs

In this project led by @AnnMariedeLange (n = 101,067), we identified groups of individuals who may be especially vulnerable to loneliness & associated health problems. Those both lonely AND depressed also demonstrated greater brain ageing