Peter Fransson

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Peter Fransson is a Professor of Brain System Physiology. His research is about brain networks, i.e. how different parts of the brain are connected to each other, and what functions these connections have.

PhD 1999, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI.

Associate Professor 2006, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI.

Articles

Journal article: 2025
A multimodal brain imaging dataset on sleep deprivation in young and old humans
Nilsonne G; Tamm S; d'Onofrio P; Thuné HÅ; Schwarz J; Lavebratt-Holmquist C; Liu JJ; Månsson KNT; Sundelin T; Axelsson J; Lamm C; Petrovic P; Fransson P; Kecklund G; Fischer H; Lekander M; Åkerstedt T
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2025;:1-8
Functional brain connectivity in early adolescence after hypothermia-treated neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Hakansson G; Grossmann KR; Aden U; Blennow M; Fransson P
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;44(11):e1634232024
Intracranial Recordings of the Human Orbitofrontal Cortical Activity during Self-Referential Episodic and Valenced Self-Judgments
Iravani B; Kaboodvand N; Stieger JR; Liang EY; Lusk Z; Fransson P; Deutsch GK; Gotlib IH; Parvizi J
Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2024;20:17448069241301628
Predicting long-term pain by combining brain imaging, genetics and health questionnaire data with Swedish national registries using a prospective superstruct design
Gedin F; Blome S; Kastrati G; Lalouni M; Ahs F; Fransson P; Rosen J; Thompson WH; Jensen K
Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:371-382
Anti-satellite glia cell IgG antibodies in fibromyalgia patients are related to symptom severity and to metabolite concentrations in thalamus and rostral anterior cingulate cortex
Fanton S; Menezes J; Krock E; Sandstrom A; Tour J; Sandor K; Jurczak A; Hunt M; Baharpoor A; Kadetoff D; Jensen KB; Fransson P; Ellerbrock I; Sitnikov R; Svensson CI; Kosek E
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2023;268:119890
Brain network integration, segregation and quasi-periodic activation and deactivation during tasks and rest
Fransson P; Strindberg M
Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF PAIN. 2023;13:100114
The effects of a 15-week physical exercise intervention on pain modulation in fibromyalgia: Increased pain-related processing within the cortico-striatal- occipital networks, but no improvement of exercise-induced hypoalgesia
Lofgren M; Sandstrom A; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Mannerkorpi K; Gerdle B; Ernberg M; Fransson P; Kosek E
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(18):4039-4049
Brain network segregation and integration during painful thermal stimulation
Kastrati G; Thompson WH; Schiffler B; Fransson P; Jensen KB
Article: BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;4(5):fcac241
Motor inhibition and its contribution to recovery of dexterous hand use after stroke
Plantin J; Godbolt AK; Pennati GV; Laurencikas E; Fransson P; Baron JC; Maier MA; Borg J; Lindberg PG
Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(8):3452-3459
Augmented pain inhibition and higher integration of pain modulatory brain networks in women with self-injury behavior
Lalouni M; Fust J; Bjureberg J; Kastrati G; Fondberg R; Fransson P; Jayaram-Lindstrom N; Kosek E; Hellner C; Jensen KB
Journal article: NEUROIMAGE: REPORTS. 2022;2(1):100079
Meso-scale network analysis of resting state-fMRI brain network connectivity performs poorly as a prognostic tool in critically ill traumatic brain injury patients.
Tjerkaski J; Thompson WH; Bellander B-M; Thelin EP; Fransson P
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(2):266-274
Genetic Influence on Nociceptive Processing in the Human Brain-A Twin Study
Kastrati G; Rosen J; Thompson WH; Chen X; Larsson H; Nichols TE; Tracey I; Fransson P; Ahs F; Jensen KB
Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;16:942136
Multiple spatial scale mapping of time-resolved brain network reconfiguration during evoked pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Fanton S; Altawil R; Ellerbrock I; Lampa J; Kosek E; Fransson P; Thompson WH
Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2022;28(3):210-219
The Hypothesis of Subliminal Cue Reactivity in Addiction Revisited: An fMRI Study
Guterstam J; Jayaram-Lindstrom N; Berrebi J; Petrovic P; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Franck J
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;239:118287
Spatiotemporally flexible subnetworks reveal the quasi-cyclic nature of integration and segregation in the human brain
Strindberg M; Fransson P; Cabral J; Aden U
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & NEUROSCIENCE. 2021;46(4):E441-E450
Genetic risk for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia predicts structure and function of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Abe C; Petrovic P; Ossler W; Thompson WH; Liberg B; Song J; Bergen SE; Sellgren CM; Fransson P; Ingvar M; Landen M
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;231:117844
Whole-brain modelling of resting state fMRI differentiates ADHD subtypes and facilitates stratified neuro-stimulation therapy
Iravani B; Arshamian A; Fransson P; Kaboodvand N
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2021;31(1):159-168
Normal Olfactory Functional Connectivity Despite Lifelong Absence of Olfactory Experiences
Peter MG; Fransson P; Martensson G; Postma EM; Nordin LE; Westman E; Boesveldt S; Lundstrom JN
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2020;223:117348
Temporal flow of hubs and connectivity in the human brain
Fransson P; Thompson WH
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2020;207:116347
Dynamic synergetic configurations of resting-state networks in ADHD
Kaboodvand N; Iravani B; Fransson P
Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2019;81:272-279
Altered cerebral pain processing of noxious stimuli from inflamed joints in rheumatoid arthritis: An event-related fMRI study
Sandstrom A; Ellerbrock I; Jensen KB; Martinsen S; Altawil R; Hakeberg P; Fransson P; Lampa J; Kosek E
Article: LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;34(7):813-825
The neural basis of arithmetic and phonology in deaf signing individuals
Andin J; Fransson P; Dahlstrom O; Ronnberg J; Rudner M
Journal article: BRAIN STIMULATION. 2019;12(2):590
Predicting Brain Perturbation Patterns Using Computational Modeling of Whole Brain Dynamics
Kaboodvand N; Iravani B; Fransson P
Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:s177
Subliminal cue reactivity in amphetamine dependence
Guterstam J; Jayaram-Lindstrom N; Berrebi J; Petrovic P; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Franck J
Article: NETWORK NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;3(4):1094-1120
Adaptive frequency-based modeling of whole-brain oscillations: Predicting regional vulnerability and hazardousness rates
Kaboodvand N; van den Heuvel MP; Fransson P
Article: NEURAL PLASTICITY. 2018;2018:2576047-8
fMRI Evidence of Magnitude Manipulation during Numerical Order Processing in Congenitally Deaf Signers
Andin J; Fransson P; Ronnberg J; Rudner M
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2018;191:91-97
Cue reactivity and opioid blockade in amphetamine dependence: A randomized, controlled fMRI study
Guterstam J; Jayaram-Lindstrom N; Berrebi J; Petrovic P; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Franck J
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2018;178:147-161
Brain network segregation and integration during an epoch-related working memory fMRI experiment
Fransson P; Schiffler BC; Thompson WH
Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2018;23(7):1659-1665
Alterations in resting state connectivity along the autism trait continuum: a twin study
Neufeld J; Kuja-Halkola R; Mevel K; Cauvet E; Fransson P; Bolte S
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2018;172:896-902
A common framework for the problem of deriving estimates of dynamic functional brain connectivity
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 2018;38(3):508-516
The role of long-term physical exercise on performance and brain activation during the Stroop colour word task in fibromyalgia patients
Martinsen S; Flodin P; Berrebi J; Lofgren M; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Mannerkorpi K; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Kosek E
Article: PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. 2018;14(5):e1006196
Simulations to benchmark time-varying connectivity methods for fMRI
Thompson WH; Richter CG; Plaven-Sigray P; Fransson P
Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:s1064-s1065
P.6.d.003 Cue reactivity and opioid blockade in amphetamine dependence: a randomised, controlled fMRI study
Guterstam J; Lindström NJ; Berrebi J; Petrovic P; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Franck J
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2017;27(10):4750-4758
Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in Preterm Infants with Fetal Growth Restriction Evaluated at 12 Months Corrected Age
Padilla N; Fransson P; Donaire A; Figueras F; Arranz A; Sanz-Cortes M; Tenorio V; Bargallo N; Junque C; Lagercrantz H; Aden U; Gratacos E
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7(1):9422
Intrinsic brain connectivity after partial sleep deprivation in young and older adults: results from the Stockholm Sleepy Brain study
Nilsonne G; Tamm S; Schwarz J; Almeida R; Fischer H; Kecklund G; Lekander M; Fransson P; Akerstedt T
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2017;7:44259
Spatial confluence of psychological and anatomical network constructs in the human brain revealed by a mass meta-analysis of fMRI activation
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: NETWORK NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;1(2):69-99
From static to temporal network theory: Applications to functional brain connectivity
Thompson WH; Brantefors P; Fransson P
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:39156
Bursty properties revealed in large-scale brain networks with a point-based method for dynamic functional connectivity
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. 2016;6(10):735-746
On Stabilizing the Variance of Dynamic Functional Brain Connectivity Time Series
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2016;58:218-227
The translocator protein gene is associated with symptom severity and cerebral pain processing in fibromyalgia
Kosek E; Martinsen S; Gerdle B; Mannerkorpi K; Lofgren M; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Fransson P; Schalling M; Ingvar M; Ernberg M; Jensen KB
Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2016;56:34-41
Intrinsic functional connectivity of insular cortex and symptoms of sickness during acute experimental inflammation
Lekander M; Karshikoff B; Johansson E; Soop A; Fransson P; Lundstrom JN; Andreasson A; Ingvar M; Petrovic P; Axelsson J; Nilsonne G
Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;10:107
Intrinsic Brain Connectivity in Chronic Pain: A Resting-State fMRI Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Flodin P; Martinson S; Altawil R; Waldheim E; Lampa J; Kosek E; Fransson P
Article: NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL. 2016;12:1004-1012
Functional resting-state fMRI connectivity correlates with serum levels of the S100B protein in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury
Thompson WH; Thelin EP; Lilja A; Bellander B-M; Fransson P
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2015;121:227-242
The frequency dimension of fMRI dynamic connectivity: Network connectivity, functional hubs and integration in the resting brain
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;26(7):3052-3063
Addressing a Paradox: Dual Strategies for Creative Performance in Introspective and Extrospective Networks
Pinho AL; Ullen F; Castelo-Branco M; Fransson P; de Manzano O
Article: BRAIN AND LANGUAGE. 2015;143:97-105
Phonology and arithmetic in the language-calculation network
Andin J; Fransson P; Ronnberg J; Rudner M
Article: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;9:398
The mean-variance relationship reveals two possible strategies for dynamic brain connectivity analysis in fMRI.
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Article: NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL. 2015;7:230-239
Presurgical language lateralization assessment by fMRI and dichotic listening of pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy
Norrelgen F; Lilja A; Ingvar M; Amark P; Fransson P
Article: NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL. 2015;9:134-139
Normalization of aberrant resting state functional connectivity in fibromyalgia patients following a three month physical exercise therapy
Flodin P; Martinsen S; Mannerkorpi K; Lofgren M; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Kosek E; Fransson P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;40(12):3828-3835
Slow fluctuations in eye position and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging brain activity during visual fixation
Fransson P; Flodin P; Seimyr GO; Pansell T
Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2014;15(12):1328-1337
Segregating the Cerebral Mechanisms of Antidepressants and Placebo in Fibromyalgia
Jensen KB; Petzke F; Carville S; Choy E; Fransson P; Gracely RH; Vitton O; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Ingvar M; Kosek E
Journal article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2014;99(Suppl 2):a530
PO-0850 Resting State Networks In Preterm Infants With And Without Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Padilla N; Fransson P; Donaire A; Lagercrantz H; Gratacos E; Åden U
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2014;24(10):2657-2668
Functional Bimodality in the Brain Networks of Preterm and Term Human Newborns
Omidvarnia A; Fransson P; Metsaranta M; Vanhatalo S
Article: BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. 2014;4(8):587-594
Fibromyalgia Is Associated with Decreased Connectivity Between Pain- and Sensorimotor Brain Areas
Flodin P; Martinsen S; Lofgren M; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Kosek E; Fransson P
Article: SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;9(9):1325-1332
Altruism costs-the cheap signal from amygdala
Gospic K; Sundberg M; Maeder J; Fransson P; Petrovic P; Isacsson G; Karlstrom A; Ingvar M
Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2014;17(3):164-176
The Roots of Autism and ADHD Twin Study in Sweden (RATSS).
Bölte S; Willfors C; Berggren S; Norberg J; Poltrago L; Mevel K; Coco C; Fransson P; Borg J; Sitnikov R; Toro R; Tammimies K; Anderlid B-M; Nordgren A; Falk A; Meyer U; Kere J; Landén M; Dalman C; Ronald A; Anckarsäter H; Lichtenstein P
Article: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2014;125(5):941-946
Safety of EEG-fMRI recordings in newborn infants at 3T: A study using a baby-size phantom
Vanhatalo S; Alnajjar A; Nguyen VT; Colditz P; Fransson P
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;34(18):6156-6163
Connecting to Create: Expertise in Musical Improvisation Is Associated with Increased Functional Connectivity between Premotor and Prefrontal Areas
Pinho AL; de Manzano O; Fransson P; Eriksson H; Ullen F
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(10):e108637
Fibromyalgia Patients Had Normal Distraction Related Pain Inhibition but Cognitive Impairment Reflected in Caudate Nucleus and Hippocampus during the Stroop Color Word Test
Martinsen S; Flodin P; Berrebi J; Lofgren M; Bileviciute-Ljungar I; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Kosek E
Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2013;65(12):3293-3303
Overlapping Structural and Functional Brain Changes in Patients With Long-Term Exposure to Fibromyalgia Pain
Jensen KB; Srinivasan P; Spaeth R; Tan Y; Kosek E; Petzke F; Carville S; Fransson P; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Choy E; Vitton O; Gracely R; Ingvar M; Kong J
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;4(2):65-74
Using fMRI to evaluate the effects of milnacipran on central pain processing in patients with fibromyalgia
Petzke F; Jensen KB; Kosek E; Choy E; Carville S; Fransson P; Williams SCR; Marcus H; Mainguy Y; Ingvar M; Gracely RH
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2013;23(3):638-646
Early Development of Spatial Patterns of Power-Law Frequency Scaling in fMRI Resting-State and EEG Data in the Newborn Brain
Fransson P; Metsaranta M; Blennow M; Aden U; Lagercrantz H; Vanhatalo S
Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2012;8:1744-8069-8-32
Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain's pain inhibitory network
Jensen KB; Loitoile R; Kosek E; Petzke F; Carville S; Fransson P; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Choy E; Mainguy Y; Vitton O; Gracely RH; Gollub R; Ingvar M; Kong J
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e51872
Language Lateralization in Children Aged 10 to 11 Years: A Combined fMRI and Dichotic Listening Study
Norrelgen F; Lilja A; Ingvar M; Gisselgard J; Fransson P
Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(11):e48107
Distinct Contributions of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Orbitofrontal Cortex during Emotion Regulation
Golkar A; Lonsdorf TB; Olsson A; Lindstrom KM; Berrebi J; Fransson P; Schalling M; Ingvar M; Ohman A
Article: BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. 2012;2(5):246-253
Effects of L-Dopa and Oxazepam on Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity: A Randomized, Cross-Sectional Placebo Study
Flodin P; Gospic K; Petrovic P; Fransson P
Article: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 2011;34(3):511-517
Can Resting-State Functional MRI Serve as a Complement to Task-Based Mapping of Sensorimotor Function? A Test-Retest Reliability Study in Healthy Volunteers
Mannfolk P; Nilsson M; Hansson H; Stahlberg F; Fransson P; Weibull A; Svensson J; Wirestam R; Olsrud J
Article: PLOS BIOLOGY. 2011;9(5):e1001054
Limbic Justice-Amygdala Involvement in Immediate Rejection in the Ultimatum Game
Gospic K; Mohlin E; Fransson P; Petrovic P; Johannesson M; Ingvar M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(4):e14788
Assessing the Influence of Different ROI Selection Strategies on Functional Connectivity Analyses of fMRI Data Acquired During Steady-State Conditions
Marrelec G; Fransson P
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2011;87(1):106-112
5-HTTLPR and COMTval158met genotype gate amygdala reactivity and habituation
Lonsdorf TB; Golkar A; Lindstom KM; Fransson P; Schalling M; Ohman A; Ingvar M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11):e27075
Evidence for Thalamic Involvement in the Thermal Grill Illusion: An fMRI Study
Lindstedt F; Johansson B; Martinsen S; Kosek E; Fransson P; Ingvar M
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2011;21(1):145-154
The Functional Architecture of the Infant Brain as Revealed by Resting-State fMRI
Fransson P; Aden U; Blennow M; Lagercrantz H
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE. 2010;2(4):195-196
All responders are not the same: Segregating the mechanisms of antidepressants and placebo in chronic pain
Jensen K; Petzke F; Carville S; Choi E; Fransson P; Graceley R; Mainguy Y; Marcus H; Williams S; Kosek E; Ingvar M
Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2010;62(11):3488-3495
Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Fibromyalgia Are Related to Poor Perception of Health but Not to Pain Sensitivity or Cerebral Processing of Pain
Jensen KB; Petzke F; Carville S; Fransson P; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Choy E; Mainguy Y; Gracely R; Ingvar M; Kosek E
Article: PAIN. 2010;150(1):59-65
A prefrontal non-opioid mechanism in placebo analgesia
Petrovic P; Kalso E; Petersson KM; Andersson J; Fransson P; Ingvar M
Article: FRONTIERS IN SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE. 2010;4:34
A novel model-free data analysis technique based on clustering in a mutual information space: application to resting-state fMRI
Benjaminsson S; Fransson P; Lansner A
Article: NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR. 2009;23(8):800-810
Cortical Activity in Relation to Velocity Dependent Movement Resistance in the Flexor Muscles of the Hand After Stroke
Lindberg PG; Gaverth J; Fagergren A; Fransson P; Forssberg H; Borg J
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s175c-ss176
603 ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN FIBROMYALGIA IS RELATED TO LOW HEALTH ESTEEM BUT NOT TO PAIN‐SENSITIVITY OR CEREBRAL PROCESSING OF PAIN
Jensen K; Petzke F; Carville S; Fransson P; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Choy E; Mainguy Y; Gracely RH; Ingvar M; Kosek E
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2009;66(3):301-305
Spontaneous Brain Activity in the Newborn Brain During Natural Sleep-An fMRI Study in Infants Born at Full Term
Fransson P; Skiold B; Engstrom M; Hallberg B; Mosskin M; Aden U; Lagercrantz H; Blennow M
Article: PAIN. 2009;144(1-2):95-100
Evidence of dysfunctional pain inhibition in Fibromyalgia reflected in rACC during provoked pain
Jensen KB; Kosek E; Petzke F; Carville S; Fransson P; Marcus H; Williams SCR; Choy E; Giesecke T; Mainguy Y; Gracely R; Ingvar M
Journal article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROINFORMATICS. 2009;3
A novel model-free fMRI data analysis technique based on clustering in a mutual information space
Benjaminsson S; Fransson P; Lansner A
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2008;42(3):1178-1184
The precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex plays a pivotal role in the default mode network: Evidence from a partial correlation network analysis
Fransson P; Marrelec G
Article: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;197(2):295-307
Emotional perception modulated by an opioid and a cholecystokinin agonist
Gospic K; Gunnarsson T; Fransson P; Ingvar M; Lindefors N; Petrovic P
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(39):15531-15536
Resting-state networks in the infant brain
Fransson P; Skiold B; Horsch S; Nordell A; Blennow M; Lagercrantz H; Aden U
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 2007;45(10):2258-2276
Neural representation of binding lexical signs and words in the episodic buffer of working memory
Rudner M; Fransson P; Ingvar M; Nyberg L; Ronnberg J
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2006;10(S1):s113c-ss113
425 PAIN REPRESENTATION IN FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS USING EVENT‐RELATED FMRI
Jensen K; Kosek E; Giesecke T; Petzke F; Fransson P; Williams S; Carville S; Choy E; Gracely R; Ingvar M
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2006;30(2):609-616
fMRI activity in the medial temporal lobe during famous face processing
Elfgren C; van Westen D; Passant U; Larsson EM; Mannfolk P; Fransson P
Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. 2006;44(14):2836-2845
How default is the default mode of brain function? Further evidence from intrinsic BOLD signal fluctuations
Fransson P
Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2005;46(6):599-609
Functional magnetic resonance imaging at 3T as a clinical tool in patients with intracranial tumors
van Westen D; Skagerberg G; Olsrud J; Fransson P; Larsson EM
Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2005;386(2):99-104
Age-differential patterns of brain activation during perception of angry faces
Fischer H; Sandblom J; Gavazzeni J; Fransson P; Wright CI; Bäckman L
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2005;26(1):15-29
Spontaneous low-frequency BOLD signal fluctuations: An fMRI investigation of the resting-state default mode of brain function hypothesis
Fransson P
Article: NEURON. 2005;46(6):957-969
Placebo in emotional processing - Induced expectations of anxiety relief activate a generalized modulatory network
Petrovic P; Dietrich T; Fransson P; Andersson J; Carlsson K; Ingvar M
Article: COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2004;4(3):326-334
Enhanced occipital and anterior cingulate activation in men but not in women during exposure to angry and fearful male faces
Fischer H; Fransson P; Wright CI; Backman L
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2004;15(4):282-285
Keeping it short -: A comparison of methods for brief picture presentation
Wiens S; Fransson P; Dietrich T; Lohmann P; Ingvar M; Öhman A
Article: NEUROREPORT. 2004;15(2):235-238
Sex-differential brain activation during exposure to female and male faces
Fischer H; Sandblom J; Herlitz A; Fransson P; Wright CI; Bäckman L
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2003;20(4):1934-1943
Isolating the retrieval of imagined pictures during episodic memory: activation of the left precuneus and left prefrontal cortex
Lundstrom BN; Petersson KM; Andersson J; Johansson M; Fransson P; Ingvar M
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS. 2003;129(2):105-113
A template for spatial normalisation of MR images of the rat brain
Schweinhardt P; Fransson P; Olson L; Spenger C; Andersson JLR
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2002;16(4):977-984
On the effects of spatial filtering - A comparative fMRI study of episodic memory encoding at high and low resolution
Fransson P; Merboldt KD; Petersson KM; Ingvar M; Frahm J
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2001;14(2):253-257
Functional MRI of the human amygdala?
Merboldt KD; Fransson P; Bruhn H; Frahm J
Article: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2001;13(4):185-198
A 4D approach to the analysis of functional brain images: Application to FMRI data
Ledberg A; Fransson P; Larsson J; Petersson KM
Article: NEUROREPORT. 2001;12(7):1415-1420
Functional MRI with reduced susceptibility artifact: high-resolution mapping of episodic memory encoding
Fransson P; Merboldt KD; Ingvar M; Petersson KM; Frahm J
Article: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 2001;13(3):325-334
Modulation of cerebral blood oxygenation by indomethacin: MRI at rest and functional brain activation
Bruhn H; Fransson P; Frahm J
Article: NEUROIMAGE. 1999;9(6):611-618
MRI of functional deactivation:: Temporal and spatial characteristics of oxygenation-sensitive responses in human visual cortex
Fransson P; Krüger G; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
Article: NEUROREPORT. 1999;10(6):1277-1281
Does stimulus quality affect the physiologic MRI responses to brief visual activation?
Krüger G; Fransson P; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
Article: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 1999;17(1):1-7
Temporal and spatial MRI responses to subsecond visual activation
Fransson P; Krüger G; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
Article: NEUROREPORT. 1998;9(9):2001-2005
Physiologic aspects of event related paradigms in magnetic resonance functional neuroimaging
Fransson P; Krüger G; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 1998;8(5):781-787
The pelvis after surgery and radio-chemotherapy for rectal cancer studied with Gd-DTPA-enhanced fast dynamic MR imaging
Blomqvist L; Fransson P; Hindmarsh T
Article: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE. 1998;39(6):912-919
Temporal characteristics of oxygenation-sensitive MRI responses to visual activation in humans
Fransson P; Krüger G; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
Article: NMR IN BIOMEDICINE. 1997;10(4-5):204-207
A comparative FLASH and EPI study of repetitive and sustained visual activation
Fransson P; Kruger G; Merboldt KD; Frahm J
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Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025
Offset analgesia and onset hyperalgesia: A comparison between women with non-suicidal self-injury and healthy women
Fust J; Kastrati G; Bjureberg J; Jayaram-Lindström N; Hellner C; Kosek E; Fransson P; Jensen K; Lalouni M
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025
Whole-brain entrainment and anticipation in fMRI motor task data
Strindberg M; Tian Y; Fransson P
Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2024
Predicting long-term pain by combining brain imaging, genetics and health questionnaire data with Swedish national registries using a prospective superstruct design
Gedin F; Blomé S; Kastrati G; Lalouni M; Åhs F; Fransson P; Rosén J; Thompson WH; Jensen K
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022
Brain network integration, flexibility and quasicyclicity during task and rest
Fransson P; Strindberg M
Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2022;74:2427-2430
Reduced Inflammation Following 4-weeks TNF-α Inhibitor Treatment Restore Aberrant Cerebral Pain Processing in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled fMRI Study
Sandstrom A; Fransson P; Altawil R; Kosek E; Lampa J
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
Spatiotemporally flexible subnetworks reveal the quasi-cyclic nature of integration and segregation in the human brain
Strindberg M; Fransson P; Cabral J; Ådén U
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
Central inhibition of pain is augmented in women with self-injurious behavior
Lalouni M; Fust J; Bjureberg J; Kastrati G; Fondberg R; Fransson P; Jayaram-Lindström N; Kosek E; Hellner C; Jensen K
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
Normal Olfactory Functional Connectivity Despite Life-Long Absence of Olfactory Experiences
Peter M; Fransson P; Mårtensson G; Postma E; Nordin LE; Westman E; Boesveldt S; Lundström J
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
Whole-brain modelling of resting state fMRI differentiates ADHD subtypes and facilitates stratified neuro-stimulation therapy
Iravani B; Arshamian A; Fransson P; Kaboodvand N
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019
Dynamic synergetic configurations of resting-state networks in ADHD
Kaboodvand N; Iravani B; Fransson P
Preprint: NETWORK NEUROSCIENCE. 2019
Adaptive frequency-based modeling of whole-brain oscillations: Predicting regional vulnerability and hazardousness rates
Kaboodvand N; Heuvel MPVD; Fransson P
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2018
Brain network segregation and integration during an epoch-related working memory fMRI experiment
Fransson P; Schiffler B; Hedley Thompson W
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
A common framework for the problem of deriving estimates of dynamic functional brain connectivity
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2017
A simulation and comparison of dynamic functional connectivity methods
Thompson WH; Richter CG; Plavén-Sigray P; Fransson P
Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27:S1065-S1066
Cue reactivity and opioid blockade in amphetamine dependence: a randomised, controlled fMRI study
Guterstam J; Lindstrom NJ; Berrebi J; Petrovic P; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Franck J
Conference publication: SLEEP. 2017;40:A40
INCREASED GLOBAL FMRI SIGNAL VARIABILITY AFTER PARTIAL SLEEP DEPRIVATION: FINDINGS FROM THE STOCKHOLM SLEEPY BRAIN STUDY
Nilsonne G; Tamm S; Schwarz J; Almeida R; Fischer H; Kecklund G; Lekander M; Fransson P; Akerstedt T
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2016
From static to temporal network theory – applications to functional brain connectivity
Thompson WH; Brantefors P; Fransson P
Preprint: BIORXIV. 2016
Intrinsic brain connectivity after partial sleep deprivation in young and older adults: results from the Stockholm Sleepy Brain study
Nilsonne G; Tamm S; Schwarz J; Almeida R; Fischer H; Kecklund G; Lekander M; Fransson P; Åkerstedt T
Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(9):1024-1035
The functional brain connectome of the child and autism spectrum disorders
Mevel K; Fransson P
Meeting abstract: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2016;75:477
INCREASED INTRINSIC BRAIN CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN AFFECTIVE PAIN PROCESSING REGIONS AND BILATERAL SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX IN RA PATIENTS COMPARED TO HEALTHY CONTROLS
Lampa J; Flodin P; Martinsen S; Altawil R; Waldheim E; Kosek E; Fransson P
Preprint: ARXIV. 2016
On stabilizing the variance of dynamic functional brain connectivity time series
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Preprint: ARXIV. 2016
Bursty and persistent properties of large-scale brain networks revealed with a point-based method for dynamic functional connectivity
Thompson WH; Fransson P
Book chapter: PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT: NEUROMETHODS. 2016;p. 53-68
Advanced EEG and MRI Measurements to Study the Functional Development of the Newborn Brain
Vanhatalo S; Fransson P
Review: AUTISM. 2015;19(5):527-541
Multimodal brain imaging in autism spectrum disorder and the promise of twin research
Mevel K; Fransson P; Bolte S
Conference publication: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2011;70:92
WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THE INFANT BRAIN FROM RESTING-STATE FMRI ACTIVITY?
Fransson P
Book chapter: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2009;p. 2215-2219
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fransson P
Conference publication: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2009;48:I13
THE EFFECT OF MILNACIPRAN ON EVOKED PAIN IN FIBROMYALGIA: A PSYCHOPHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL MRI ANALYSIS
Choy E; Carville S; Williams S; Jensen K; Kosek E; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Marcus H; Petzke F; Mainguy Y; Gracely R
Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;18:S580
The effect of milnacipran on tenderness in fibromyalgia: a psychophysical and fMRI analysis
Gracely RH; Jensen K; Kosek E; Ingvar M; Fransson P; Marcus H; Choy E; Williams SCR; Mainguy Y; Petzke F
Book chapter: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;p. 2
Absolute Temperature
Review: NEUROIMAGE. 2007;36(4):1361-1373
Unity and diversity of tonic and phasic executive control components in episodic and working memory
Marklund P; Fransson P; Cabeza R; Larsson A; Ingvar M; Nyberg L
Published conference paper: CORTEX. 2007;43(1):22-37
Sustained and transient neural modulations in prefrontal cortex related to declarative long-term memory, working memory, and attention
Marklund P; Fransson P; Cabeza R; Petersson KM; Ingvar M; Nyberg L
Conference publication: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;:224
Common and domain-specific executive processing in working and episodic memory: A mixed even-trelated/blocked fMRI study
Marklund P; Fransson P; Cabeza R; Larsson A; Ingvar M; Nyberg L
Published conference paper: BMC NEUROSCIENCE. 2004;5:28
Fingersomatotopy in area 3b:: an fMRI-study -: art. no. 28
van Westen D; Fransson P; Olsrud J; Rosén B; Lundborg G; Larsson EM
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2004;39(5-6):229
Age differences in brain activation during emotional processing:: Converging evidence from perception and memory
Bäckman L; Sandblom J; Gavazzeni J; Nyberg L; Fransson P; Wright CI; Ingvar M; Fischer H
Conference publication: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;40:S91
Backward masking:: A comparison of different methods
Wiens S; Fransson P; Öhman A
Doctoral thesis: 1999
Analysis and development of strategies for magnetic resonance functional neuroimaging
Fransson P
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Grants

Finding treatment targets through a new understanding of the link between neural plasticity and cognitive mechanisms in chronic pain
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
Development of dynamic network-based models of brain plasticity and vulnerability to traumatic brain injury.
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2021 - 31 December 2024
Is there a critical period for olfaction?
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2018 - 31 December 2021
The temporal dynamics of the brain´s functional large-scale connectome - a combined fMRI and MEG study.
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2017 - 31 December 2020
Transdisciplinary Synergies to Disclose Complexity in Neurodevelopmental Disorder Etiologies: A Basic Science and Clinical Twin Study ("RATSS")
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
Rethinking complexity in neurodevelopmental disorder etiologies: a clinical and basic science twin study
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2014 - 31 December 2016
The brain´s large-scale network architecture (connectome) in health and disease - a combined EEG, functional and structural MRI study.
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2012 - 31 December 2015
The restless brain ? Unraveling the nature of the brain?s intrinsic activity
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012

Employments

Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-

Degrees and Education

Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 1999

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Yating Huang, 2023
Moa Peter, Neural and behavioral plasticity in olfactory sensory deprivation, https://www.dissertations.se/dissertation/9143d73b8f/, 2015
Hjalmar Nobel
Bezhad Iravani
Gustaf Håkansson

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