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David Bäckström
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david.backstrom@umu.se
Works as
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Adjunct associate professor
at
Department of Clinical Sciences
Section: Neurosciences
Location
Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap
Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap, 901 85 Umeå
Publications
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Research
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Mentions
2025
GBA1 T369M and Parkinson's disease - Further evidence of a lack of association in the Swedish population
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 130
Atterling Brolin, Kajsa; Bäckström, David; Wallenius, Joel; et al.
2025
Alzheimer's disease traits in Parkinson's disease without α-synuclein seeding
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 21, (5)
Fernandes Gomes, Bárbara; Farris, Carly M.; Ma, Yihua; et al.
2025
Low synaptic and neurosecretory proteins in cerebrospinal fluid in early parkinsonian disease
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 478
Islam-Jakobsson, Protik; Nilsson, Johanna; Nygren, Maria; et al.
2025
Dementia risk prediction in early Parkinson's disease: Validation and genetic integration of the Montreal Parkinson risk of dementia scale (MoPaRDS)
Journal of Parkinson's Disease
, Sage Publications 2025, Vol. 15, (4) : 868-878
Szwedo, Aleksandra A.; Dalen, Ingvild; Lawson, Rachael A.; et al.
2025
Synaptic vesicle endocytosis deficits underlie cognitive dysfunction in mouse models of GBA-linked Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Nature Communications
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 16, (1)
Vidyadhara, D.J.; Bäckström, David C; Chakraborty, Risha; et al.
2025
Beta-adrenoceptor drugs and progression to Parkinson's disease milestones in a large pooled incident cohort
npj Parkinson's Disease
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 11, (1)
Wijeyekoon, Ruwani S.; Camacho, Marta; Bäckström, David; et al.
2024
Freezing of gait in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 21, (1)
Kihlstedt, Carl-Johan; Malm, Jan; Fasano, Alfonso; et al.
2023
Reliability and validity of visual analysis of [
18
F]FE-PE2I PET/CT in early Parkinsonian disease
Nuclear medicine communications
, Wolters Kluwer 2023, Vol. 44, (5) : 397-406
af Bjerkén, Sara; Axelsson, Jan; Larsson, Anne; et al.
2023
Effects of hormones on seizure expression
Epilepsy: a comprehensive textbook
, New York: Wolters Kluwer 2023 : 779-792
Bäckström, Torbjörn; Bäckström, David C; Joshi, Suchitra
2023
The impact of COVID-19 on Parkinson's disease: a case-controlled registry and questionnaire study on clinical markers and patients' perceptions
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
, Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2023, Vol. 2023
Cedergren Weber, Gustav; Timpka, Jonathan; Bergquist, Filip; et al.
2023
Cognitive and motor decline in dementia with lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 10, (6) : 980-986
Gonzalez, Maria Camila; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Alves, Guido; et al.
2023
Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of synaptic dysfunction are altered in Parkinson's disease and related disorders
Movement Disorders
, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 38, (2) : 267-277
Nilsson, Johanna; Constantinescu, Julius; Nellgård, Bengt; et al.
2022
Prediction and early biomarkers of cognitive decline in Parkinson disease and atypical parkinsonism: a population-based study
Brain Communications
, Oxford University Press 2022, Vol. 4, (2)
Bäckström, David C; Granåsen, Gabriel; Jakobson Mo, Susanna; et al.
2022
VNTR polymorphism in the SLC6A3 gene does not influence dopamine transporter availability measured by [
18
F]FE-PE2I PET or [
123
I]FP-Cit SPECT
Nuclear medicine communications
, Wolters Kluwer 2022, Vol. 43, (3) : 247-255
Jakobson Mo, Susanna; Axelsson, Jan; J. Stiernman, Lars; et al.
2022
GBA and APOE impact cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease: A 10-year population-based study
Movement Disorders
, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 37, (5) : 1016-1027
Szwedo, Aleksandra A; Dalen, Ingvild; Pedersen, Kenn Freddy; et al.
2022
Cerebellar and Cerebral Amyloid Visualized by [18F]flutemetamol PET in Long-Term Hereditary V30M (p.V50M) Transthyretin Amyloidosis Survivors
Frontiers in Neurology
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 13
Unéus, Erica Irene; Wilhelmsson, Christer; Bäckström, David; et al.
2022
Alterations in Self-Aggregating Neuropeptides in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Parkinsonian Disorders
Journal of Parkinson's Disease
, IOS Press 2022, Vol. 12, (4) : 1169-1189
Zhu, Shaochun; Bäckström, David C; Forsgren, Lars; et al.
2021
Lack of Association between GBA Mutations and Motor Complications in European and American Parkinson's Disease Cohorts
Journal of Parkinson's Disease
, IOS Press 2021, Vol. 11, (4) : 1569-1578
Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Paul, Kimberly C.; Dalen, Ingvild; et al.
2021
The Effects of Working Memory Updating Training in Parkinson's Disease: A Feasibility and Single-Subject Study on Cognition, Movement and Functional Brain Response
Frontiers in Psychology
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 11
Walton, Lois; Eriksson Domellöf, Magdalena; Boraxbekk, Carl-Johan; et al.
2020
NfL as a biomarker for neurodegeneration and survival in Parkinson disease
Neurology
, Wolters Kluwer 2020, Vol. 95, (7) : e827-e838
Bäckström, David C; Linder, Jan; Jakobson Mo, Susanna; et al.
2020
Evaluating a frontostriatal working-memory updating-training paradigm in Parkinson's disease: the iPARK trial, a double-blinded randomized controlled trial
BMC Neurology
, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Domellöf, Magdalena Eriksson; Walton, Lois; Boraxbekk, Carl-Johan; et al.
2019
The biology of cognitive decline and reduced survival in Parkinson disease: prognostic factors in a population-based cohort
Umeå University medical dissertations
, 2006
Bäckström, David C
2018
Polymorphisms in dopamine-associated genes and cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 137, (1) : 91-98
Bäckström, David; Eriksson Domellöf, Magdalena; Granåsen, Gabriel; et al.
2018
Early predictors of mortality in parkinsonism and Parkinson disease: A population-based study
Neurology
, Wolters Kluwer 2018, Vol. 91, (22) : E2045-E2056
Bäckström, David; Granåsen, Gabriel; Eriksson Domellöf, Magdalenax; et al.
2018
Dopamine transporter imaging with [
18
F]FE-PE2I PET and [
123
I]FP-CIT SPECT – a clinical comparison
EJNMMI Research
, Springer 2018, Vol. 8
Jakobson Mo, Susanna; Axelsson, Jan; Jonasson, Lars; et al.
2017
PITX3 genotype and risk of dementia in Parkinson's disease: A population-based study
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2017, Vol. 381 : 278-284
Bäckström, David; Eriksson Domellöf, Magdalena; Granåsen, Gabriel; et al.
2015
Cerebrospinal Fluid Patterns and the Risk of Future Dementia in Early, Incident Parkinson Disease
JAMA Neurology
, American Medical Association 2015, Vol. 72, (10) : 1175-1182
Bäckström, David C; Eriksson Domellöf, Magdalena; Linder, Jan; et al.
Neurofilament concentration in CSF correlates with disease severity, survival and imaging measures of neurodegeneration in incident Parkinson disease
Bäckström, David C; Linder, Jan; Jakobson Mo, Susanna; et al.
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1 January 2017 until 1 January 2025
iPARK
Published: 30 Jun, 2025
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