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Silke Kern

Senior lecturer/ chief physician

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Silke Kern
Senior lecturer/ chief physician , Avd-/sektionschef, bitr, inst
silke.kern@neuro.gu.se
+46 31 786 6850
0762-365332

Postal Address: Blå stråket 15, vån 3 su/sahlgrenska, 413 45 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Blå stråket 15, vån 3 su/sahlgrenska , 413 45 Göteborg


Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology (More Information)
Blå stråket 15, vån 3 SU/Sahlgrenska
413 45 Göteborg
031-342 10 00
Visiting Address: Blå stråket 15, vån 3 SU/Sahlgrenska , 413 45 Göteborg

About Silke Kern

Dr. Silke Kern is an Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Senior Consultant Neurologist and Psychiatrist at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Centre for Ageing and Health, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. She is leading all clinical research conducted at the Memory Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

Research areas

Dr. Kern's main research focus is fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in clinical settings as well as in epidemiological research. Dr Kern is leading all clinical research at the Memory Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and is Principal Investigator for the European Prevention of Alzheimer's disease Trial Delivery Center at the Memory Clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Dr. Silke Kerns research aim is to increase knowledge about dementia and cognitive disorders from early diagnosis to treatment.

Main research areas are:

  • Biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in cerebrospinal fluid
  • MRI brain imaging as biomarker for different neurodegenerative diseases
  • Riskfactors for development of different neurodegenerative diseases
  • Incidence and time-changes of dementia over the last decades

 

Research areas

Latest publications

Epidemiology of suicidal feelings in an ageing Swedish population: From old to very old age in the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies
Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Barbara Vanaelst, Mattias Jonson, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Felicia Ahlner et al.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Journal article 2020
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Predicting Fazekas scores from automatic segmentations of white matter signal abnormalities
N. Cedres, D. Ferreira, A. Machado, S. Shams, Simona Sacuiu et al.
Aging-Us, Journal article 2020
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Comparison of variables associated with cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament, total-tau, and neurogranin.
Michelle M Mielke, Jeremy A Syrjanen, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Ingmar Skoog et al.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, Journal article 2019
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Amyloid β42 and Total Tau Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid Associate with Survival in an 85-Year-Old Population-Based Cohort Followed until Death
Mats Ribbe, Anne Börjesson-Hanson, Silke Kern, Svante Östling, Henrik Zetterberg et al.
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Journal article 2019
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Agreement between self-reports, proxy-reports and the National Patient Register regarding diagnoses of cardiovascular disorders and diabetes mellitus in a population-based sample of 80-year-olds
Lina Rydén, Robert Sigström, Johan Nilsson, Valter Sundh, Hanna Falk et al.
Age and Ageing, Journal article 2019
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Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of dementia amongst older adults even in the absence of stroke
Lina Rydén, Anna Zettergren, Nazib Seidu, Xinxin Guo, Silke Kern et al.
Journal of Internal Medicine, Journal article 2019
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Plasma and CSF neurofilament light Relation to longitudinal neuroimaging and cognitive measures
M. M. Mielke, J. A. Syrjanen, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, P. Vemuri et al.
Neurology, Journal article 2019
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Longstanding psychological stress in relation to biomarkers of neuronal dysfunction in cerebrospinal fluid: a 25-year follow-up study in women
Lena Johansson, Simona Sacuiu, Silke Kern, Xinxin Guo, Henrik Zetterberg et al.
Neurobiology of Aging, Journal article 2019
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Soluble aggregates present in cerebrospinal fluid change in size and mechanism of toxicity during Alzheimer's disease progression
S. De, D. R. Whiten, F. S. Ruggeri, C. Hughes, M. Rodrigues et al.
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, Journal article 2019
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Duration of preclinical, prodromal, and dementia stages of Alzheimer's disease in relation to age, sex, and APOE genotype
L. Vermunt, S. A. M. Sikkes, A. van den Hout, R. Handels, I. Bos et al.
Alzheimers & Dementia, Journal article 2019
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2017

Expanding the cerebrospinal fluid endopeptidome
Karl Hansson, Tobias Skillbäck, Elin Pernevik, Silke Kern, Erik Portelius et al.
Proteomics, Journal article 2017
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The relation between subjective sleep disturbance and Amyloid β.
Johan Skoog, Silke Kern, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow et al.
IAGG-2017, San Francisco, USA: 23-27 july, Conference contribution 2017
Conference contribution

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Investigation of associations between ILRAP-related genetic variation and CSF-biomarkers of amyloid- and tangle pathology, AD-risk, and cognitive decline.
Anna Zettergren, Silke Kern, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, Johan Skoog, Ingmar Skoog et al.
2017’s Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), London, Storbritannien: 16-20 July, Poster 2017
Poster

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Trends in the incidence of dementia: design and methods in the Alzheimer Cohorts Consortium
L. B. Chibnik, F. J. Wolters, Kristoffer Bäckman, A. Beiser, C. Berr et al.
European Journal of Epidemiology, Journal article 2017
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CSF YKL-40 and GAP-43 are related to suicidal ideation in older women
Irma Rymo, Silke Kern, Maria Bjerke, Henrik Zetterberg, Thomas Marlow et al.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Journal article 2017
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Sex differences in time trends of blood pressure among Swedish septuagenarians examined three decades apart: a longitudinal population study
Erik Joas, Xinxin Guo, Silke Kern, Svante Östling, Ingmar Skoog
Journal of Hypertension, Journal article 2017
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Decreasing prevalence of dementia in 85-year olds examined 22 years apart: the influence of education and stroke
Ingmar Skoog, Anne Börjesson-Hanson, Silke Kern, Lena Johansson, Hanna Falk et al.
Scientific Reports, Journal article 2017
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Preclinical amyloid pathology biomarker positivity: effects on tau pathology and neurodegeneration
Kina Höglund, Silke Kern, Anna Zettergren, Anne Börjesson-Hanson, Henrik Zetterberg et al.
Translational Psychiatry, Journal article 2017
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2016

Cerebrospinal Fluid Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 3 is Related to Dementia Development in a Population-Based Sample of Older Adult Women Followed for 8 Years.
Maria Bjerke, Silke Kern, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Margda Waern et al.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, Journal article 2016
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The Gothenburg MCI study: design and distribution of Alzheimer's disease and subcortical vascular disease diagnoses from baseline to 6-year follow-up.
Anders Wallin, Arto Nordlund, Michael Jonsson, Karin Lind, Åke Edman et al.
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Journal article 2016
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