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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
I study neurodegenerative disease, especially Lewy body disease. At the moment I investigate the impact of Alzheimer co-pathology in persons with Lewy body disease.
Cooperation and dissemination
My primary collaborations are department of neurology and department of nuclear medicine and PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Teaching
I am a medical doctor with a PhD in dementia research and neuroscience. Currently, I am specializing in neurology with 20% time allocated to research.
Areas of expertise
- Neurology
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Dementia
- Lewy body disease
- Alzheimer's disease
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Cholinergic changes in Lewy body disease: implications for presentation, progression and subtypes
Okkels, N., Grothe, M. J., Taylor, J.-P., Hasselbalch, S. G., Fedorova, T. D., Knudsen, K., van der Zee, S., van Laar, T., Bohnen, N., Borghammer, P. & Horsager, J., 1 Jul 2024, In: Brain. 147, 7, p. 2308-2324 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review
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Correlation between dopaminergic and metabolic asymmetry in Lewy body disease - A dual-imaging study
Horsager, J., Andersen, K. B., Okkels, N., Knudsen, K., Skjærbæk, C., Van Den Berge, N., Pavese, N., Gottrup, H. & Borghammer, P., Oct 2024, In: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 127, p. 107117 107117.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cortical hypometabolism in Parkinson’s disease is linked to cholinergic basal forebrain atrophy
Labrador-Espinosa, M. A., Silva-Rodriguez, J., Okkels, N., Muñoz-Delgado, L., Horsager, J., Castro-Labrador, S., Franco-Rosado, P., Castellano-Guerrero, A. M., Iglesias-Camacho, E., San-Eufrasio, M., Macías-García, D., Jesús, S., Adarmes-Gómez, A., Ojeda-Lepe, E., Carrillo, F., Martín-Rodríguez, J. F., Roldan Lora, F., García-Solís, D., Borghammer, P. & Mir, P. & 1 others, , 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Molecular Psychiatry. 44.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Impaired cholinergic integrity of the colon and pancreas in dementia with Lewy bodies
Okkels, N., Horsager, J., Fedorova, T. D., Knudsen, K., Skjærbæk, C., Andersen, K. B., Labrador-Espinosa, M., Vestergaard, K., Mortensen, J. K., Klit, H., Møller, M., Danielsen, E. H., Johnsen, E. L., Bekan, G., Hansen, K. V., Munk, O. L., Damholdt, M. F., Kjeldsen, P. L., Hansen, A. K. & Gottrup, H. & 2 others, , 4 Jan 2024, In: Brain. 147, 1, p. 255-266 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Jellinger K, 'Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies: One and the Same'
Borghammer, P., Okkels, N. & Weintraub, D., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 14, 5, p. 1073-1074 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Letter › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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The Pharmacological Management of Mood Disorders in Pregnancy and Lactation
Okkels, N. (Participant)
30 Mar 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Understanding Psychosis: A Psychopathological Guide for Clinical Examination
Okkels, N. (Participant)
29 Mar 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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How to manage delirium in the general hospital
Okkels, N. (Participant)
28 Mar 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Ten years of pre-graduate research in medicine and psychiatry
Okkels, N. (Lecturer)
2015Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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23rd European Congress of Psychiatry
Okkels, N. (Participant)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
Prizes
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Award to 'A dedicated and hard-working student': Lector H. Svenssons and Spouse Fund.
Okkels, N. (Recipient), 2004
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Prize for 'Best Oral Presentation': 5th Congress for Medical Student Research
Okkels, N. (Recipient), 2013
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Prize for 'the enthusiastic and quialified work to educate myself and for the initiative to establish a Clinical Psychiatric Research School for medical students at Aarhus University': Eli and Egon Larsens Fund
Okkels, N. (Recipient), 2012
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Press/Media
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Idé: Cykellapper og kaffe skal skaffe forskningsstøtte til studerende
22/10/2013
1 Media contribution
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Videnskabens Verden: Do you have a spare coin? (Giv en skærv)
03/09/2013
1 Media contribution
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Alternativ finansiering kan hjælpe unge forskere
31/05/2013
1 Media contribution
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