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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen

@asgeirkf.bsky.social
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Director at Nasjonalforeningens Demensforskningssenter. Works on Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and has a strong interest in brain anatomy and function, and neuroscience in general.

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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen @asgeirkf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why are some neurons hit so early in Alzheimer’s disease? Our new study suggests that exceptionally high reelin levels may help explain the onset of the disease. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... @kavlintnu.bsky.social @nasjonalforeningen.no
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High reelin expression may explain why a subgroup of entorhinal cortex neurons functions as an initial nucleation site of Alzheimer’s disease
Author summary Why the entorhinal cortex, located adjacent to the hippocampus in the medial temporal lobe, is a major cradle of the onset of Alzheimer’s disease still eludes us. In contrast to most ot...
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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen @asgeirkf.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
San Diego by night.
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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen @asgeirkf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In collaboration with Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen, I am happy to announce the Alzheimer's Disease Translational Conference in Trondheim (ADTC), from 10-12th of September, 2025! Registration is free and is now open! Visit www.adtc.no for more information, including registration.
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ADTC
Join us in Trondheim for a conference on Alzheimer’s disease state-of-the-art research, and explore translational breakthroughs with international experts.
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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen @asgeirkf.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Our recent publication: an explanation for why the typical form of Alzheimer's disease tends to start in the entorhinal cortex. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Intraneuronal binding of amyloid beta with reelin—Implications for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Author summary Amyloid-β is a small peptide that is widely recognized as one of the main culprits involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. It was recently shown that in a subset of neurons ...
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Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen @asgeirkf.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Dear all, I am now on Bluesky.
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