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Tora Sund Morken

MD, PhD in Neuroscience
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[HTML][HTML] Retinopathy of prematurity: inflammation, choroidal degeneration, and novel promising therapeutic strategies

JC Rivera, M Holm, D Austeng, TS Morken… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of childhood blindness globally, and
the incidence is rising. The disease is characterized by initial arrested retinal vascularization …

Glucose metabolism and astrocyte–neuron interactions in the neonatal brain

E Brekke, TS Morken, U Sonnewald - Neurochemistry international, 2015 - Elsevier
Glucose is essentially the sole fuel for the adult brain and the mapping of its metabolism has
been extensive in the adult but not in the neonatal brain, which is believed to rely mainly on …

Glucose and intermediary metabolism and astrocyte–neuron interactions following neonatal hypoxia–ischemia in rat

E Brekke, HR Berger, M Widerøe, U Sonnewald… - Neurochemical …, 2017 - Springer
Neonatal hypoxia–ischemia (HI) and the delayed injury cascade that follows involve
excitotoxicity, oxidative stress and mitochondrial failure. The susceptibility to excitotoxicity of …

Altered astrocyte–neuronal interactions after hypoxia-ischemia in the neonatal brain in female and male rats

TS Morken, E Brekke, A Håberg, M Widerøe… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Increased susceptibility to excitotoxicity of the neonatal brain
after hypoxia-ischemia (HI) may be caused by limited capacity of astrocytes for glutamate …

[HTML][HTML] Visuopathy of prematurity: is retinopathy just the tip of the iceberg?

SH Ingvaldsen, TS Morken, D Austeng… - Pediatric research, 2022 - nature.com
Research on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) focuses mainly on the abnormal
vascularization patterns that are directly visible for ophthalmologists. However, recent …

Task shifting of intraocular injections from physicians to nurses: a randomized single‐masked noninferiority study

S Bolme, TS Morken, T Follestad… - Acta …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To test if task shifting of intraocular injections to nurses in a real‐world setting can
result in similar visual function outcome with equal safety profile. Method All patients with …

Effects of methylmercury on primary brain cells in mono-and co-culture

TS Morken, U Sonnewald, M Aschner… - Toxicological …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We report on the uptake of MeHg in astrocytes and neurons, as well as specific indicators of
neurotoxicity. Cerebellar granule neurons and astrocytes separately and in co-culture were …

Retinopathy of prematurity, visual and neurodevelopmental outcome, and imaging of the central nervous system

TS Morken, O Dammann, J Skranes, D Austeng - Seminars in Perinatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent findings indicate that retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), presently classified by clinical
examinations of retinal vascular tissue, is associated with structural alterations of the central …

Deep learning identify retinal nerve fibre and choroid layers as markers of age‐related macular degeneration in the classification of macular spectral‐domain optical …

AO Tvenning, SR Hanssen, D Austeng… - Acta …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Deep learning models excel in classifying medical image data but give little insight
into the areas identified as pathology. Visualization of a deep learning model's point of …

[HTML][HTML] Cost consequences of task-shifting intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses in a tertiary hospital in Norway

S Bolme, D Austeng, TS Morken, T Follestad… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor is a medicine administered intravitreally
by an injection to maintain visual acuity in patients with a variety of retinal diseases. The …