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Terje Sagvolden
Terje Sagvolden
Born	12 February 1945
Died	12 January 2011 (aged 65); Oslo, Norway
Citizenship	Norway
Alma mater	University of Oslo
Known for	Research on animal models of ADHD
	Scientific career
Fields	Behavioral neuroscience

Terje Sagvolden (12 February 1945 – 12 January 2011, Oslo) was a Norwegian behavioral neuroscientist, a professor at the Universities of Oslo and Tromsø, and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Research

Sagvolden's research career started with his work for his PhD, which he obtained in 1979 from the University of Oslo based on a thesis entitled Behavioral Changes in Rats with Septal Lesions: Effects of Water-Deprivation Level and Intensity of Electrical Shocks.^[4] Sagvolden is best known for the discovery that the SHR rat strain is hyperactive.^[2]^[5] Over the next decades, he then went on to demonstrate that this strain is a valid animal model for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).^[6] Subsequently, Sagvolden also showed that the WKY/NCrl rat strain showed inattention, but no impulsivity or hyperactivity, and validated this strain as an animal model of inattentive ADHD.^[1]^[7]^[8] Over the course of his career, Sagvolden worked not only with rats, but also with humans^[9]^[10] and pigeons.^[11]

Editorial activities

Sagvolden was the founding editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Behavioral and Brain Functions, from the time of its establishment in 2005 to his death in 2011.^[1]^[12]^[13] In 1989 he co-edited, together with Trevor Archer, a book summarizing current research on ADHD,^[14] followed in 1998 by a special issue on ADHD for Behavioural Brain Research.^[1]^[15]

Community service

Sagvolden was a member at large of the executive committee of the European Brain and Behaviour Society from 1986 to 1989 and its secretary from 1990 to 1995.^[2] Over the last two decades of his life, he was an active supporter of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) and in 1993 played a significant role in its founding.^[1] He was subsequently member of SONA's International Advisory Committee^[1] and an official internal adviser from 1999 to 2004.^[2] In 2000, Sagvolden organized the first IBRO school in Africa at the University of the North (Pietersburg, South Africa).^[16] In addition, Sagvolden was one of the "founding fathers" of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, where he represented Norway on the council from the foundation of the federation until his death.^[17]

Outside of the scientific community, Sagvolden was also active in local politics. He was a member of the Lier municipal council for the Conservative Municipal Group from 2003 until his death, and served in the areas of health, culture, childhood, education.^[18] In 2003, he was one of the top five candidates to run for mayor.^[19]

Notable works

According to the Web of Science, Sagvolden published over 103 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. As of January 2014^[update], these articles have been cited over 3400 times, resulting in an h-index of 30. His three most-cited publications (> 185 times) are:

Sagvolden T, Johansen EB, Aase H, Russell VA (June 2005). "A dynamic developmental theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes". The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 28 (3): 397–419, discussion 419–68. doi:10.1017/S0140525X05000075. PMID 16209748.
Sagvolden T (January 2000). "Behavioral validation of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) as an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 24 (1): 31–9. doi:10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00058-5. PMID 10654658. S2CID 23286997.
Sagvolden T, Sergeant JA (July 1998). "Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder--from brain dysfunctions to behaviour". Behavioural Brain Research. 94 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00164-2. PMID 9708834. S2CID 208792456.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sergeant J, Aase H, Faraone SV, Johansen E, Kalaria R, Meyer A, Russell V, Sadile A, Sonuga-Barke E, Tannock R (March 2011). "In memoriam Terje Sagvolden". Behavioral and Brain Functions. 7 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/1744-9081-7-5. PMC 3070631. PMID 21414198.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oades B (2011-01-14). "Obituary". European Brain and Behaviour Society. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ Wøien G, Johansen EB, Aase H, Valen G, Bjålie JG (20 January 2011). "Terje Sagvoldens bortgang" (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. Archived from the original on 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
^ Sagvolden, T. (1979). Behavioral Changes in Rats with Septal Lesions: Effects of Water-Deprivation Level and Intensity of Electrical Shocks. Oslo: University of Oslo. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Knardahl S, Sagvolden T (October 1979). "Open-field behavior of spontaneously hypertensive rats". Behavioral and Neural Biology. 27 (2): 187–200. doi:10.1016/s0163-1047(79)91801-6. PMID 508216.
^ Sagvolden T (January 2000). "Behavioral validation of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) as an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)". Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 24 (1): 31–9. doi:10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00058-5. PMID 10654658. S2CID 23286997.
^ Sagvolden T, Dasbanerjee T, Zhang-James Y, Middleton F, Faraone S (December 2008). "Behavioral and genetic evidence for a novel animal model of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Predominantly Inattentive Subtype". Behavioral and Brain Functions. 4: 56. doi:10.1186/1744-9081-4-56. PMC 2628673. PMID 19046438.
^ Sagvolden T, Johansen EB, Wøien G, Walaas SI, Storm-Mathisen J, Bergersen LH, Hvalby O, Jensen V, Aase H, Russell VA, Killeen PR, Dasbanerjee T, Middleton FA, Faraone SV (December 2009). "The spontaneously hypertensive rat model of ADHD--the importance of selecting the appropriate reference strain". Neuropharmacology. 57 (7–8): 619–626. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.08.004. PMC 2783904. PMID 19698722.
^ Matthews BA, Shimoff E, Catania AC, Sagvolden T (May 1977). "Uninstructed human responding: sensitivity to ratio and interval contingencies". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 27 (3): 453–67. doi:10.1901/jeab.1977.27-453. PMC 1333575. PMID 16812006.
^ Meyer A, Sagvolden T (October 2006). "Fine motor skills in South African children with symptoms of ADHD: influence of subtype, gender, age, and hand dominance". Behavioral and Brain Functions. 2: 33. doi:10.1186/1744-9081-2-33. PMC 1626473. PMID 17029638.
^ Catania AC, Sagvolden T (July 1980). "Preference for free choice over forced choice in pigeons". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 34 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1901/jeab.1980.34-77. PMC 1332946. PMID 16812181.
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^ Crusio WE (October 2020). "Behavioral and Brain Functions at 15". Behavioral and Brain Functions. 16 (1): 8. doi:10.1186/s12993-020-00170-w. PMC 7585170. PMID 33097086.
^ Archer T, Sagvolden T, eds. (1989). Attention Deficit Disorder: Clinical and Basic Research. Hillsdale, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-0098-0.
^ Sagvolden T, Sergeant JA (July 1998). "Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder--from brain dysfunctions to behaviour". Behavioural Brain Research. 94 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00164-2. PMID 9708834. S2CID 208792456.
^ Vivienne A. Russell. "Terje Sagvolden (1945-2011)". International Brain Research Organization. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
^ "Terje Sagvolden (1945-2011) in memoriam". Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. 2011-02-15. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
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