Publikationer
List of Publications Kerstin Jessica Plessen March 2017
Original articles (Peer-reviewed; *first-and last author)
In Press
*Burton BK, Thorup A.A.E., Jepsen JR, Poulsen G, Ellersgaard D, Spang KS, Christiani CJ,
Hemager N, Gantriis D, Greve A, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Plessen KJ (2016) Impairments of
Motor Function among Children with a Familial Risk of Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder at 7
Years Old – an observational cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry (in press)
*Bentz M, Jepsen JR, Pedersen T, Bulik CM, Pedersen L, Pagsberg AK, Plessen KJ Impairment
of social function in young females with recent onset anorexia nervosa and recovered
individuals. Journal of Adolescent Health (in press)
*Meier SM, Dalsgaard S, Mortensen PB, Leckman JF, Plessen KJ. Mortality Risk in a
Nationwide Cohort of Individuals with Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome. Movement
Disorders (in press).
*Bentz M, Jepsen JR, Kjaersdam Telléus G, Moslet U, Pedersen T, Bulik CM, Plessen KJ.
Neurocognitive functions and social functioning in young females with recent onset anorexia
nervosa and recovered individuals. Journal of Eating Disorders (in press).
2017 Hoogman M, Bralten J, ……Plessen KJ,…… Durston S, Buitelaar JK, Faraone SV, Shaw P,
Thompson P, Franke, B (a total of 82 coauthors) (2017) Subcortical brain volume differences of
participants with ADHD across the lifespan: an ENIGMA collaboration. Lancet Psychiatry.
PMID: 28219628
Meier SM, Plessen KJ, Verhulst, FC, Mors O, Mortensen PB, Pedersen CB, Agerbo E (2017)
Familial Confounding of the Association between Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and
Internalizing Disorders in Offspring. Psychological Medicine 2017 Jan 19:1-10. doi:
10.1017/S0033291716003627
Bentz M, Guldberg J, Vangkilde S, Pedersen T, Plessen KJ, Jepsen JR (2017) Heightened
olfactory sensitivity in young females with recent onset anorexia nervosa and recovered
individuals. PLOS one Jan 6;12(1):e0169183.
2016 *Sørensen L, Sonuga-Barke E, Eichele H, Wageningen Hv, Wollschlaeger D, Plessen KJ
(2016) Suboptimal decision making by children with ADHD in the face of risk: Poor Risk
Adjustment rather than General Proneness to taking Risks. Neuropsychology (in press).
*Bentz M, Jepsen JR, Pedersen T, Bulik CM, Pedersen L, Pagsberg, Plessen KJ. Impairment of
social function in young females with recent onset anorexia nervosa and recovered
individuals. Journal of Adolescent Health (in press).
Sørensen L, Eichele T, Wageningen Hv, Plessen KJ, Stevens M (2016) Amplitude variability
over trials in hemodynamic responses in adolescents with ADHD: The role of the anterior
default mode network and the non-specific role of the striatum. Neuroimage Clinical (in press)
*Plessen KJ, Allen EA, Eichele H, Wageningen Hv, Høvik MF, Sørensen L,Worren MK, Hugdahl
K, Eichele T. (2016) Reduced Error Signaling in Medication-Naïve Children with ADHD:
Relationships to Behavioral Variability and Post-Error Adaptations. J Psychiatry Neurosci.
41(2):77-87.
*Eichele H, Eichele T, Bjelland I, Høvik MF, Sørensen L, van Wageningen H, Worren MK,
Hugdahl K, Plessen KJ. (2016) Performance Monitoring in Medication-Naïve Children with
Tourette Syndrome. Front Neurosci. Mar 1;10:50.
*Burton BK, Hjorthøj C, Jepsen JR, Thorup A, Nordentoft M, Plessen KJ. (2016) Research
Review: Do motor deficits during development represent an endophenotype for
schizophrenia? A meta-analysis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 57(4):446-56.
*Meier SM, Mattheisen M, Mors O, Schendel DE, Mortensen PB, Plessen KJ. (2016) Mortality
Among Persons With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Denmark. JAMA Psychiatry.
1;73(3):268-74.
Abdulkadir M, Tischfield JA, King RA, Fernandez TV, Brown LW, Cheon KA, Coffey BJ, de
Bruijn SF, Elzerman L, Garcia-Delgar B, Gilbert DL, Grice DE, Hagstrøm J, Hedderly T,
Heyman I, Hong HJ, Huyser C, Ibanez-Gomez L, Kim YK, Kim YS, Koh YJ, Kook S, Kuperman
S, Lamerz A, Leventhal B, Ludolph AG, Madruga-Garrido M, Maras A, Messchendorp MD, Mir
P, Morer A, Münchau A, Murphy TL, Openneer TJ, Plessen KJ, Rath JJ, Roessner V, Fründt O,
Shin EY, Sival DA, Song DH, Song J, Stolte AM, Tübing J, van den Ban E, Visscher F, Wanderer
S, Woods M, Zinner SH, State MW, Heiman GA, Hoekstra PJ, Dietrich A (2016) Pre- and
perinatal complications in relation to Tourette syndrome and co-occurring obsessive-
compulsive disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jul
22;82:126-135.
2015 *Koch SV, Larsen JT, Mouridsen SE, Bentz M, Petersen L., Bulik C. Mortensen PB, Plessen KJ
(2015). Autism spectrum disorder in probands with anorexia nervosa and in their first- and
second-degree relatives—a Danish nationwide register-based cohort-study. British Journal of
Psychiatry 206(5):401-7.
Rasmussen HB, Bjerre D, Linnet K, Jürgens G, Dalhoff K, Stefansson H, Hankemeier T,
Kaddurah-Daouk R, Taboureau O, Brunak S, Houmann T, Jeppesen P, Pagsberg AK, Plessen
KJ, Dyrborg J, Hansen PR, Hansen PE, Hughes T, Werge T; INDICES Consortium (2015).
Individualization of treatments with drugs metabolized by CES1: combining genetics and
metabolomics. Pharmacogenomics Apr;16(6):649-65.
Svahn MF, Hargreave M, Nielsen TSS, Plessen KJ, Jensen SM, Kjaer S, Jensen A. Mental
disorders in childhood and young adulthood among children born to women with fertility
problems. (2015). Human Reproduction 30(9):2129-37.
Schmock H, Vangkilde A, Larsen KM, Fischer E, Birknow MR, Jepsen JR, Olesen C, Skovby F,
Plessen KJ, Mørup M, Hulme O, Baaré WF, Didriksen M, Siebner HR, Werge T, Olsen L. (2015).
The Danish 22q11 research initiative. BMC Psychiatry. 15(1):220.
Thorup AA, Jepsen JR, Ellersgaard DV, Burton BK, Christiani CJ, Hemager N, Skjærbæk M,
Ranning A, Spang KS, Gantriis DL, Greve AN, Zahle KK, Mors O, Plessen KJ, Nordentoft M.
(2015). The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 7 - a cohort study of 520 7-year-old
children born of parents diagnosed with either schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or neither of
these two mental disorders. BMC Psychiatry 15(1):233.
Hovik KT, Plessen KJ, Cavanna AE, Skogli EW, Andersen PN, Øie M. (2015) Cognition,
Emotion and Behavior in Children with Tourette's Syndrome and Children with ADHD-
Combined Subtype-A Two-Year Follow-Up Study. PLoS One.10(12):e0144874. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0144874.
Hovik KT, Plessen KJ, Skogli EW, Andersen PN, Øie M. Dissociable response inhibition in
children with Tourette's Syndrome compared with children with Attention-
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. J Attention Disorders (PMID: 24276800).
Dietrich A, Fernandez TV, King RA, State MW, Tischfield JA, Hoekstra PJ, Heiman GA; TIC
Genetics Collaborative Group (2015). The Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC
Genetics) study, finding the genes causing Tourette syndrome: objectives and methods. Eur
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Feb;24(2):141-51.
2014 *Plessen KJ, Hugdahl K, Bansal R., Hao X., Peterson BS (2014) Sex, age, and cognitive
correlates of asymmetries in thickness of the cortical mantle across the life span. J
Neuroscience 34(18):6294–6302.
Thomsen R, Rasmussen HB, Linnet K; INDICES Consortium: Rasmussen HB, Bjerre D, Linnet
K, Thomsen R, Jürgens G, Dalhoff K, Stage C, Stefansson H, Hankemeier T, Kaddurah-Daouk
R, Brunak S, Taboureau O, Shema Nzabonimpa G, Houmann T, Jeppesen P, Kaalund-
Jørgesen K, Hansen PR, Kristensen KE, Pagsberg AK, Plessen KJ, Hansen PE, Zhang W, Werge
T, Dyrborg J, Lauritzen MB. In vitro drug metabolism by human carboxylesterase 1: focus on
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Drug Metab Dispos. 2014 Jan;42(1):126-33.
Sørensen L, Plessen KJ, Adolfsdottir S, Lundervold AJ (2014) The Specificity of the Stroop
Interference Score of Errors to an ADHD Diagnosis in Boys. J Child Neuropsychology 20(6),
677-691.
Posserud MB, Ullebø AK, Plessen KJ, Stormark KM, Gillberg C, Lundervold AJ (2014) Influence
of assessment instrument on ADHD diagnosis. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 23(4), 197-205.
2013 *Hoekstra PJ, Lundervold AJ, Lie SA, Gillberg C, Plessen KJ (2013) Emotional development in
children with tics: a longitudinal population-based study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013
.Mar;22(3):185-92.
*Kolsås, Ersland, Hugdahl, Plessen KJ (2013) Hvordan oppleves MR-undersøkelser av barn? En
spørreundersøkelse. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, Vol 50, nummer 3, 2013, 208-213.
2012 Thomsen R, Rasmussen HB, Linnet K; INDICES Consortium Rasmussen HB, Bjerre D, Linnet K,
Thomsen R, Jürgens G, Dalhoff K, Stage C, Stefansson H, Hankemeier T, Kaddurah-Daouk R,
Brunak S, Taboureau O, Shema Nzabonimpa G, Houmann T, Jeppesen P, Kaalund-Jørgesen
K, Hansen PR, Kristensen KE, Pagsberg AK, Plessen KJ, Hansen PE, Zhang W, Werge T,
Dyrborg J, Lauritzen MB. (2012) Enantioselective determination of methylphenidate and
ritalinic acid in whole blood from forensic cases using automated solid-phase extraction and
liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Anal Toxicol. 2012 Oct; 36 (8):560-8.
*Dramsdahl M, Westerhausen R, Haavik J, Hugdahl K, Plessen KJ (2012). Adults with ADHD –
a Diffusion-Tensor Imaging study of the Corpus Callosum. Journal of Psychiatric Research-
Neuroimaging. 2012 Feb 28;201(2):168-73.
Sørensen L, Plessen KJ, Lundervold AJ (2012) The Impact of Inattention and Emotional
Problems on Cognitive Control in Primary School Children. Journal of Attention Disorder.
6(7):589-99.
2011 Westerhausen R, Kompus K, Dramsdahl M, Falkenberg L, Grüner R, Hjelmervik H, Specht K,
Plessen KJ, Hugdahl K (2011) A critical re-examination of sexual dimorphism in corpus
callosum microstructure. Neuroimage 1;56(3):874-80.
Aukland SM, Westerhausen R, Plessen KJ, Odberg M, Elgen I, Peterson BS, Ersland L, Eide GE,
Rosendahl K (2011) Selectively reduced posterior corpus callosum size in a population-based
sample of young adults born with low birth weight. American Journal of Neuroradiology.
May;32(5):970-5.
Dramsdahl M, Ersland L, Plessen KJ, Haavik J, Hugdahl K, Specht K (2011) Adults with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
Front Psychiatry. 2011;2:65.
*Dramsdahl M, Westerhausen R, Hugdahl K, Haavik J, Plessen KJ (2011) Cognitive control in
adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2011
Aug 15;188(3):406-10.
Lundervold AJ, Halleland H, Adolfsdottir S, Halmøy A, Plessen KJ, Haavik KJ (2011) Network
Test in adults with ADHD - the impact of emotional problems. Behavioral and Brain Functions.
Jul 27;7(1):27.
Sørensen L, Plessen KJ, Nicholas J, Lundervold AJ (2011) Is behavioural dysregulation in
children with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder is aggravated by comorbid anxiety
disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders Jan;15(1):56-66.
2010 Miller AM, Bansal R, Hao, X, Sanchez-Pena JP, Chakravarty M, Miller L, Liu J, Xu D, Zhu H,
Plessen KJ, Durkin K, Ivanov I, Peterson BS (2010) Enlargement of Thalamic Nuclei in Persons
with Tourette Syndrome. Arch Gen Psychiatry ;67(9):955-64.
Gorman DA, Thompson N, Plessen KJ, Robertson MM, Leckman JF, Peterson BS (2010) A
controlled follow-up study of psychosocial outcome and psychiatric comorbidity in young
adults with Tourette Syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry 97(1):36-44.
*Eichele H, Eichele T, Hammar A, Freyberger HJ, Hugdahl K, Plessen KJ (2010) Go/NoGo
Performance in Boys with Tourette Syndrome. Child Neuropsychol. 16(2):162-8.
2009 Ribasés M, Bosch R, Hervás A, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Sánchez-Mora C, Bielsa A, Gastaminza X,
Guijarro-Domingo S, Nogueira M, Gómez-Barros N, Kreiker S, Gross-Lesch S, Jacob CP, Lesch
KP, Reif A, Johansson S, Plessen KJ, Knappskog PM, Haavik J, Estivill X, Casas M, Bayés M,
Cormand B. (2009) Case-control study of six genes asymmetrically expressed in the two
cerebral hemispheres: association of BAIAP2 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Biol Psychiatry. Nov 15;66(10):926-34.
Peterson BS, Potenza MN, Wang Z, Zhu H, Martin A, Marsh R, Plessen KJ, Yu S. (2009) An
FMRI study of the effects of psychostimulants on default-mode processing during Stroop task
performance in youths with ADHD. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;166(11):1286-94.
2008 Xu D, Bansal R, Plessen KJ, Peterson BS (2008) Seamless Spatial Normalization of Diffusion
Tensor Fields. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 27(3):285-99.
2007 Bansal R, Staib LH, Plessen KJ, Xu D, Peterson BS (2007) Statistical Analysis of Voxelwise
Group Differences Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging
15;156(3):225-45.
Xu D, Hao X, Bansal R, Plessen KJ, Geng W, Hugdahl K, Peterson BS (2007) Unifying the
Analyses of Anatomical and Diffusion Tensor Images Using Volume-Preserved Warping.
Journal of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25(3):612-24.
Heiervang E, Stormark KM, Lundervold AJ, Heimann M, Goodman R, Posserud MB, Ullebø
AK, Plessen KJ, Bjelland I, Sanne B, Lie SA and Gillberg C (2007) The Bergen Child Study of
Mental Health: Prevalence, risk factors and service use for disorders in Norwegian children
according to the Development and Well-Being Assessment. Journal of the American Academy
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46(4):438-47.
*Plessen KJ, Lundervold A, Grüner R, Hammar A, Lundervold AJ, Peterson BS, Hugdahl K
(2007) Functional brain asymmetry, attentional modulation and interhemispheric transfer in
boys with Tourette Syndrome. Neuropsychologia 45(4):767-74.
2006 *Plessen KJ, Grüner R, Lundervold A, Xu D, Hirsch J, Hammar A, Lundervold AJ, Wentzel-
Larsen T, Lie SA, Bansal R, Gass A, Peterson BS, Hugdahl K (2006) Reduced white matter
connectivity in the Corpus Callosum of children with Tourette syndrome. Journal of Child
Psychology and Psychiatry 47(10):1013-22.
*Plessen KJ, Bansal R, Zhu H, Whiteman R, Amat J, Quackenbush GA, Martin L, Durkin K,
Blair C, Royal J, Hugdahl K, Peterson BS (2006) Hippocampus and amygdala morphology in
attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry 63(7):795-807.
2004 *Plessen KJ, Wentzel-Larsen T, Hugdahl K, Feineigle P, Klein J, Staib LH, Leckman JF, Bansal
R, Peterson BS (2004) Altered interhemispheral connectivity in individuals with Tourette
Syndrome. American Journal of Psychiatry 161:2028-2037.
2002 *Plessen KJ, Lundervold A, Duta N, Heiervang E, Klauschen F, Smievoll AI; Ersland L,Hugdahl
K (2002) Less developed corpus callosum in dyslexic subjects: a structural MRI.
Neuropsychologia 40(7):1035-1044.
Review articles (Peer-reviewed)
2013 Plessen KJ (2013) Tic disorders and Tourette's syndrome. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. Feb;22
Suppl 1:S55-60.
Eichele H & Plessen KJ (2013) Neural plasticity in functional and anatomical MRI studies of
children with Tourette syndrome. Behav Neurol. PMID: 23187150.
2011 Roessner V, Plessen KJ, Rizzo R, Skov L, Strand G, Stern J, Termine C, Hoekstra P (2011)
Pharmacological treatment of tic disorders: A systematic review and European treatment
guideline. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Apr;20(4):173-96.
2009 Plessen KJ, Bansal R, Peterson BS (2009). Imaging evidence for anatomical disturbances and
neuroplastic compensation in persons with Tourette syndrome. J Psychosom Res. 2009
Dec;67(6):559-73.
2007 Plessen KJ, Royal JM, Peterson BS (2007) Neuroimaging of comorbid Tourette Syndrome and
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. European Journal of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry 16 (Suppl 1):60-70.
2004 Spessot AL, Plessen KJ, Peterson BS (2004) Neuroimaging of Developmental
Psychopathologies. The importance of self-regulatory neuroplastic processes in adolescence.
Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1021:86-104.
Bookchapters
2008 Plessen KJ & Peterson BS (2008) The Neurobiology of Impulsivity and Self-Regulatory Control
in Children with ADHD. In: Neurobiology of Mental Illness, 3rd Edition. Charney D.& Nestler
(Eds). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK; pp 1129-1152
2007 Bansal R, Chung Y, Dong Z, Duan Y, Gerber A, Hao X, Kangarlu A, Liu F, Marsh R, Plessen KJ,
Royal J, Wang Z, Peterson BS (The MRI Unit at Columbia University and New York State
Psychiatric Institute) (2007) Neuroimaging Methods in the Study of Childhood Psychiatric
Disorders. In Martin A, Volkmar F, Lewis (Eds): Lewis' Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A
Comprehensive Textbook, Fourth Edition. Pp 214-234. New York: Williams and Wilkins.
2003 Hugdahl K, Lundervold A, Plessen KJ, Heiervang E, Rimol LM. (2003) The effect of attention
on information transfer across the corpus callosum. In: Reinvang I, Greenlee MW, Herrmann
M (eds.) The cognitive Neuroscience of Individual Differences – New Perspectives. Pp.13-26.
Oldenburg: BIS Verlag.
Letters to the editor
2012 Cavanna AE, Rickards H, Worrall R, Hoekstra PJ, Plessen KJ, Roessner V. (2012) From ipse dixit
to evidence-based guidelines: On the optimal management of Tourette syndrome. Eur J
Paediatr Neurol (Letter to the editor) 16(3):310-1.
Bilenberg N, Gillberg C, Houmann T, Kadesjø B, Lensing M, Plessen KJ, Strand G, Thomsen
PH, Worning A (2012). Prescriptionrates of ADHD Medication in the Scandinavian Countries
and National Guidelines. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (Letter to the editor) 2012 Feb;66(1):70-1
Other publications (national journals & books)
2014 Thomsen PH, Plessen KJ, Houman T. ADHD hos børn og voksne (in Press Ugeskrift for læger).
Skytt N, Plessen KJ (2014) Det syge barn–mental og somatisk sundhed i samspil i Fysisk
helbred blandt psykisk syge i "Forebyggelse, diagnostik og behandling" FADL Redigeret af
Per Jørgensen & Claus Thomsen
Plessen KJ (2013) Adfærdsterapeutisk behandling ved tics og Tourette syndrom BestPractice.
8, p. 8-9.
2012 Sund AM, Bjelland I, Holgersen H, Israel P, Plessen KJ (2012). Depresjon hos barn og unge–
med vækt på biologiske modeller. In Press Norsk Psykolog Tidskrift; 49; 1: 30-39
Plessen KJ (2012) "Tourette syndrom" in Per Hove Thomsen & Anne Mette Skovgaard (red):
Børne- og ungdomspsykiatri København: FADL
Plessen KJ (2012) "Spiseforstyrrelser" in Per Hove Thomsen & Anne Mette Skovgaard (red):
Børne- og ungdomspsykiatri København: FADL
2011 Nissen J & Plessen KJ (2011) Medikamentel behandling ved TS in Per Hove Thomsen &
Plessen KJ (red): Tics, grimasser, sære ord. En rådgiver for forældre, pedagoger, behandlere,
og børn med TS. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag
Plessen KJ & Thomsen PH (2011) Klinisk billede ved TS in Per Hove Thomsen & Plessen KJ
(red): Tics, grimasser, sære ord. En rådgiver for forældre, pedagoger, behandlere, og børn
med TS. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag
Plessen KJ (2011) Ætiologi af Tourettes syndrom målt med Magnetic Resonance Imaging in
Per Hove Thomsen & Plessen KJ (red): Tics, grimasser, sære ord. En rådgiver for forældre,
pedagoger, behandlere, og børn med TS. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag
Plessen KJ Betydning af neurobiologi for klinikken ved ADHD in Steinhausen, H-C (red) (2011)
ADHD – livslange perspektiver og specielle behov (ADHD – life-long perspectives and special
needs). København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag.
2010 Weidle B & Plessen KJ (2010) Utredning og behandling av barn med OCD. Veileder i barne- og ungdomspsykiatri, Den norske legeforening
Plessen KJ & Weidle B (2010) Utredning og behandling av Tourette syndrom. Veileder i barne-
og ungdomspsykiatri, Den norske legeforening.
Høvik MF, Plessen KJ (2010) Emosjonsregulering og motivasjon hos barn med ADHD. Tidskrift
Norsk Legeforening. Dec 2;130(23):2349-52
Plessen KJ, Kabicheva G (2010) Følelser og hjernen-fra barn til voksen. Tidskrift Norsk
Legeforening;130(9):932-5
1998 Plessen KJ, Schultz-Venrath U (1998) Ist eine frühe Differenzierung psychogener von
somatogenen Lumbago-Ischialgie-Syndrom Patienten mittels Anamnese möglich?
Psychother Psychosom med Psychol 48: 451-456
1996 Plessen KJ (1996) Jean Martin Charcot og hans omstridte hysteriforskning. Tidskr Nor
Lægeforen 30: 3633-35