Holger Ursin

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According to Wikipedia, Holger Thorvald Ursin was a Norwegian physician and psychologist. He was born in Oslo. He lectured at the University of Bergen from 1967, and was appointed professor from 1974. His research interests focused on neurophysiological mechanisms related to behavior and coping with stress.

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Chapter 4 European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain (2006) (2157)
The cognitive activation theory of stress (2004) (922)
Coping and Health (1980) (338)
Psychobiological mechanisms of socioeconomic differences in health. (2004) (335)
Functional localization within the amygdaloid complex in the cat. (1960) (319)
Psychobiology of stress : a study of coping men (1978) (313)
Prevalence of subjective health complaints (SHC) in Norway (2002) (303)
Is there a right treatment for a particular patient group? Comparison of ordinary treatment, light multidisciplinary treatment, and extensive multidisciplinary treatment for long-term sick-listed employees with musculoskeletal pain (2002) (248)
Subjective health complaints, sensitization, and sustained cognitive activation (stress). (2004) (246)
A scoring system for subjective health complaints (SHC) (1999) (237)
Does Early Intervention With a Light Mobilization Program Reduce Long-Term Sick Leave for Low Back Pain? (2000) (233)
A scoring system for subjective health complaints (SHC). (1999) (222)
Comorbid Subjective Health Complaints in Low Back Pain (2006) (216)
Five‐Year Follow‐Up Study of a Controlled Clinical Trial Using Light Mobilization and an Informative Approach to Low Back Pain (1998) (206)
Thoroughly modern worries: the relationship of worries about modernity to reported symptoms, health and medical care utilization. (2001) (194)
European guidelines for the management of low back pain (2002) (189)
Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Extensive and Light Multidisciplinary Treatment Programs Versus Treatment as Usual for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain on Long-Term Sick Leave: Randomized Controlled Study (2002) (179)
Sensitization, somatization, and subjective health complaints (1997) (178)
The relationship between strong motivation to work, “workaholism”, and health (2007) (174)
Cognitive activation theory of stress (CATS) (2010) (172)
Prevalence of subjective health complaints in the Nordic European countries in 1993 (1998) (163)
Plasma-corticosterone levels during active-avoidance learning in rats. (1973) (163)
Psychological factors and somatic symptoms in functional dyspepsia. A comparison with duodenal ulcer and healthy controls. (1994) (153)
Personality, Activation and Somatic Health a New Psychosomatic Theory (1980) (150)
Physical Exercise in Women with Intractable Epilepsy (1994) (144)
Health complaints and job stress in Norwegian physicians: the use of an overlapping questionnaire design. (1997) (139)
Shift work disorder among oil rig workers in the North Sea. (2009) (136)
Low vagal activity as mediating mechanism for the relationship between personality factors and gastric symptoms in functional dyspepsia. (1994) (131)
THE EFFECT OF AMYGDALOID LESIONS ON FLIGHT AND DEFENSE BEHAVIOR IN CATS. (1965) (119)
Improving subjective health at the worksite: a randomized controlled trial of stress management training, physical exercise and an integrated health programme. (2002) (114)
Multimodal cognitive behavioral treatment of patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled study. (1998) (114)
Sensitization and subjective health complaints. (2002) (112)
The stress response. (1993) (110)
Exploration and avoidance in rats with lesions in amygdala and piriform cortex. (1978) (108)
Additional heart rate--an indicator of psychological activation. (1974) (107)
Psychobiology of coping and defence strategies. (1993) (106)
Sensitization, Subjective Health Complaints, and Sustained Arousal (2001) (105)
Cognitive activation theory of stress (CATS): From fish brains to the Olympics (2005) (99)
Self-stimulation of hippocampus in rats. (1966) (99)
Subjective health complaints: Is coping more important than control? (1999) (97)
The effect of sleep deprivation and recovery sleep on plasma corticosterone in the rat (1983) (96)
The time dimension in stress responses: relevance for survival and health (1999) (95)
Corticosterone and avoidance in rats with basolateral amygdala lesions. (1973) (94)
The CODE: a revised battery for coping and defense and its relations to subjective health. (1997) (94)
Factors explaining variance in perceived pain in women with fibromyalgia (2002) (93)
EFFECT OF AMYGDALOID LESIONS ON AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR AND VISUAL DISCRIMINATION IN CATS. (1965) (88)
Interpersonal relations during simulated space missions. (1995) (88)
Psychological reactions during polar expeditions and isolation in hyperbaric chambers. (1996) (87)
Coffee, stress and cortisol in nursing staff (2007) (87)
Motivational Factors and Coping Strategies of Norwegian Paralympic and Olympic Winter Sport Athletes (1999) (85)
Life events and stress in patients with functional dyspepsia compared with patients with duodenal ulcer and healthy controls. (1995) (84)
Altered dopamine D2 receptor function in fibromyalgia patients: a neuroendocrine study with buspirone in women with fibromyalgia compared to female population based controls. (2003) (82)
Cortisol, reaction time test and health among offshore shift workers (2010) (81)
Stress, control, and coping in elite athletes (1998) (77)
Endocrine response patterns and psychological correlates. (1982) (76)
Psychological factors and self-reports of muscle pain (2004) (72)
Avoidance behavior and brain monoamines in fish (2005) (71)
The impact of learning opportunities and decision authority on occupational health (1999) (71)
1 – Definition of the Coping Process and Statement of the Problem1 (1978) (70)
Fibromyalgia is associated with panic disorder and functional dyspepsia with mood disorders. A study of women with random sample population controls. (2000) (70)
The relationship of narcissism with workaholism, work engagement, and professional position (2012) (69)
Habituation to electrical stimulation of the brain in unanesthetized cats. (1967) (66)
Psychotherapy in functional dyspepsia. (1994) (66)
What are the real problems for patients with functional dyspepsia? (1995) (64)
THE PSYCHOLOGY IN PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY (1998) (64)
Comparison of electrolytic and ibotenic acid lesions in the lateral hypothalamus (1985) (61)
Patients with low back pain not returning to work. A 12-month follow-up study. (1998) (60)
Psychological stress-factors and concentrations of immunoglobulins and complement components in humans. (1984) (58)
Exercise and diet interventions improve perceptions of self in middle‐aged adults (1997) (58)
12 – Relationship between the Hormonal Responses to Activation and Coping (1978) (57)
FLIGHT AND DEFENSE BEHAVIOR IN CATS. (1964) (56)
Personality and coping strategies during submarine missions. (2003) (55)
A method for studying responses and habituation to odors in rats. (1982) (54)
Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress, Sensitization, and Common Health Complaints (2007) (54)
KAADA BR: Subcortical structures mediating the attention response induced by amygdala stimulation. (1960) (51)
Predictors for outcome of a multi‐modal cognitive behavioural treatment program for low back pain patients — a 12‐month follow‐up study (1998) (49)
Psychological stress-factors and concentration of immunoglobulins and complement components in Norwegian nurses (1987) (49)
Musculoskeletal pain: concepts of disease, illness, and sickness certification in health professionals in Norway. (1996) (48)
Are subjective health complaints a result of modern civilization? (2004) (47)
Psychological selection of Antarctic personnel: the "SOAP" instrument. (2007) (47)
Personality and coping strategies during submarine missions. (1999) (47)
THE TEMPORAL LOBE SUBSTRATE OF FEAR AND ANGER. A Review of Recent Stimulation and Ablation Studies in Animals and Humans (1960) (46)
Orienting and freezing responses in incubating ptarmigan hens (1985) (46)
Psychobiological Studies of Individuals in Small, Isolated Groups in the Antarctic and in Space Analogues (1991) (44)
Job Stress and Organizational Learning Climate (1998) (44)
Modulatory effects of defense and coping on stress-induced changes in endocrine and immune parameters (1995) (43)
Discriminant analysis of factors distinguishing patients with functional dyspepsia from patients with duodenal ulcer (1995) (42)
The effect of exercise and diet on mental health and quality of life in middle-aged individuals with elevated risk factors for cardiovascular disease. (1999) (41)
Plasma corticosterone and meal expectancy in rats: Effects of low probability cues (1984) (40)
16 – Activation, Coping, and Psychosomatics (1978) (38)
The cingulate gyrus--a fear zone? (1969) (38)
Sleep deprivation procedure produces stomach lesions in rats (1982) (38)
Diagnoses of Patients with Severe Subjective Health Complaints in Scandinavia: A Cross Sectional Study (2012) (36)
Immune responses during an antarctic summer (1995) (36)
Emotional behavior in feral cats with ablations of prefrontal cortex and subsequent lesions in amygdala. (1975) (35)
Expectancies, Socioeconomic Status, and Self-Rated Health: Use of the Simplified TOMCATS Questionnaire (2012) (35)
Obesity produced by iron and tissue destruction in the ventromedial hypothalamus (1969) (34)
Stress at work and psychological and immunological parameters in a group of Norwegian female bank employees (1991) (34)
Psychosomatic medicine: state of the art (2000) (33)
Aircrew perceived stress: examining crew performance, crew position and captains personality. (2000) (33)
Personality and Endocrine Activation in Military Stress Situations (1998) (32)
Safety signals can mimic responses in reducing the ulcerogenic effects of prior shock. (1985) (32)
Back pain and the experience of stress, efforts and moods (1991) (32)
Brain sensitization to external and internal stimuli (2014) (31)
Muscle pain and coping with working life in Norway: a review (1993) (31)
Food preference in brain lesioned monkeys (1969) (31)
Multivariate analysis of the septal syndrome. (1977) (30)
The ulcerogenic effect of a rest period after exposure to water-restraint stress in rats. (1986) (30)
Press stop to start: the role of inhibition for choice and health (2005) (30)
An attempt to determine the ideal psychological profiles for crews of long term space missions. (1992) (29)
Cognitive activation theory of stress—how are individual experiences mediated into biological systems? (2008) (29)
Health Complaints and Satisfied With the Job? A Cross-Sectional Study on Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, and Subjective Health Complaints (2007) (29)
Cognitive-behavioural therapy v. mirtazapine for chronic fatigue and neurasthenia: randomised placebo-controlled trial (2008) (28)
Flight and defense in cats with septal lesions (1981) (28)
Brief uncontrollable stress and psychological parameters influence human plasma concentrations of IgM and complement component C3. (1991) (28)
Sensitization: a neurobiological theory for muscle pain (1993) (27)
Aggression, defense, and coping in humans (1995) (27)
COST B13: European guidelines for the management of low back pain (2006) (27)
Effects of the implementation of an 84-hour workweek on neurobehavioral test performance and cortisol responsiveness during testing. (2003) (27)
Physiological Indicators of Mental Workload (1979) (26)
Neurasthenia, subjective health complaints and sensitization (2005) (26)
Subjective health complaints are more prevalent in Maasais than in Norwegians (2007) (26)
A multi-state model for sick-leave data applied to a randomized control trial study of low back pain (2008) (26)
A factor-analytic study of the acquisition of a conditioned emotional response in rats. (1974) (26)
Biological and psychological basis of psychosomatic disease : based on papers presented at a conference on psychological load and stress in the work environment, Bergen, Norway, 1980 (1983) (25)
9 – Additional Heart Rate (1978) (25)
Relations between environmental problems, psychology and health among shift-workers in the Norwegian process industry (1988) (25)
Diurnal rhythm in British Antarctic personnel. (2010) (24)
Multidisciplinary Intervention in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial (2015) (23)
Social inequalities in health: Biological, cognitive and learning theory perspectives (2009) (23)
Response habituation in unconscious patients. (1972) (23)
Spatial differentiation of avoidance deficit following septal and cingulate lesions. (1969) (23)
Quantification of Human Defence Mechanisms (1991) (22)
Habituation of the orienting response elicited by stimulation of the caudate nucleus in the cat (1969) (22)
Cortisol, Health, and Coping in Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain (2016) (22)
Stress, Distress, and Immunity (1994) (22)
Quality of poststressor rest influences the ulcerative process. (1987) (22)
Corticosterone and Body Temperature During Acquisition of Social Hierarchy in the Captive Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus I. lagopus)1 (1981) (21)
Low salivary cortisol levels in infants of families with an anthroposophic lifestyle (2010) (21)
The use of case histories to explore concepts of disease, illness and sickness certification. (1995) (20)
Effect of short‐term cognitive psychotherapy on recurrence of duodenal ulcer: a prospective randomized trial. (1994) (19)
Deficits in avoidance learning following septal lesions in the albino rat (1976) (19)
Tachistoscopic and questionnaire methods for the measurement of psychological defences. (1990) (18)
Subjective Health Complaints, Stress, and Coping in Orchestra Musicians (2009) (18)
Mutilation anxiety differs among females with fibromyalgia and functional dyspepsia and population controls. (2003) (17)
Assessment for three different forms of short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Findings from the Bergen Project. (1988) (17)
The development of a Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress: from limbic structures to behavioral medicine. (2009) (16)
Sick-leave decisions for patients with severe subjective health complaints presenting in primary care: A cross-sectional study in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (2013) (16)
Resistance to extinction after schedules of partial delay or partial reinforcement in rats with hippocampal lesions (2004) (15)
Stress as activation (1982) (15)
Predictors for outcome of a functional restoration program for low back pain patients : A 12-month follow-up study (1998) (15)
Inhibition and the septal nuclei: breakdown of the single concept model. (1976) (14)
The Relationship between Psychological Defence, Cortisol, Immunoglobulins and Complements (1991) (13)
The Instrumental Effects of Emotional Behavior (1985) (13)
Plasticity and reactivity in unconscious patients (1977) (13)
Increased relapse of duodenal ulcers in patients treated with cognitive psychotherapy (1990) (13)
Health, job stress and psychological defense in physically active and inactive subjects (1991) (12)
The search for stress markers. (1982) (12)
From Antarctica to outer space—life in isolation and confinement Edited by Albert A. Harrison, Yvonne A. Clearwater and Christopher P. McKay Springer-Verlag (1991) 410 pages. US$39. ISBN 0 387 97310 9 (1991) (12)
14 – Physiology, Psychology, and Performance (1978) (12)
Still healthy after extended work hours? Ten hours shift, twenty-one days working period for tunnel workers. (2010) (11)
Effects of psychological defense on processing of neutral stimuli indicated by event-related potentials (ERPs). (2000) (11)
Dithizone and sulphide silver staining of the amygdala in the cat (2004) (11)
Limbic structures and behavior: endocrine correlates. (1975) (11)
“Coping” and gastric ulceration in rats after prolonged active avoidance performance (1981) (11)
Chapter 8 Workload and Stress: Effects On Psychosomatic And Psychobiological Reaction Patterns (1993) (10)
Stress – It Is All in the Brain (2006) (10)
7 – Urinary Levels of Epinephrine and Norepinephrine in Parachutist Trainees (1978) (9)
Coping and return to work: Measurement and theoretical issues (2009) (9)
On the sufficiency of a Pavlovian conditioning model for coping with the complexities of neurosis (1979) (9)
Chapter 12 Crew Compatibility and Interaction (1996) (8)
SHC - et måleinstrument for subjektive helseplager (2004) (8)
The Neurobiological Foundation of Exploration (1994) (8)
Training work supervisors for reintegration of employees treated for musculoskeletal pain (1997) (8)
Psychobiology of stress and attachment: the biobehavioural view. (1991) (8)
Final Report of Physiological Psychology Group (1979) (7)
Assessment of sickness certification and concepts of musculoskeletal disease and illness in the general population. (1995) (7)
Micturition threshold in cats with amygdala lesions. (1968) (7)
European isolation and confinement study. Group functioning and communication. (1993) (7)
Corticosterone levels during avoidance learning in rats with cingulate lesions suggest an instrumental reinforcement deficit. (1974) (7)
Psychological defense mechanisms and electroencephalographic arousal. (1996) (7)
Differential action of diazepam on flight and defense behavior in the cat (2004) (6)
Heart rate and the behavioral orienting response in the rat (1983) (6)
Saliva cortisol levels in construction workers in the Arctic (78°N) (2011) (6)
Crew compatibility and interaction. (1996) (5)
Habituation of orienting and motor responses elicited by stimulation of the cortex in the cat (1976) (5)
European isolation and confinement study. Workload and stress: effects on psychosomatic and psychobiological reaction patterns. (1993) (5)
Factor analysis of the evaluation form for selecting patients for short-term anxiety-provoking psychotherapy. The Bergen project on brief dynamic psychotherapy. (1988) (5)
Physiological effects on patients following temporary closing of a geriatric day care unit (1993) (5)
Aggression and the brain: Reflex chains or network? (1979) (5)
Sensitization: A mechanism for somatization and subjective health complaints? (1997) (5)
C6: Plasma Corticosterone Levels during Active Avoidance Learning (1971) (4)
[Prognosis in back pain]. (1999) (4)
Energetics and the Self Regulation of Activation (1986) (4)
[The disability "disability"]. (2006) (4)
The pain of Sognsvann walks. (2000) (3)
The Instrumental Effects of Emotional Behavior — Consequences for the Physiological State (1988) (3)
Psychological and behavioural aspects of pain (1994) (3)
The Psychological Effects of Isolation on a Space Station: A Simulation Study (1992) (3)
STRESS, DEFENSE AND COPING IN MAN AND ANIMALS (1981) (3)
Immunoglobulins as Stress Markers (1984) (2)
2 – Subjects and the Methods Used in the Field Phase of the Experiment (1978) (2)
4 – Development of Performance and Fear Experience (1978) (2)
The Defence Mechanism Test and Questionnaire Methods for Measurement of Psychological Defences (1991) (2)
Chapter 4 Isemsi: Aspace Psychology Experiment (1993) (2)
Physiological Factors in Recruit Company Commander Work Stress. (1980) (2)
The lack of effect of LSD 25 on amygdaloid and cortical attention responses (1962) (2)
The Relation between Defence and Overt Aggression (1991) (2)
Ethical issues in stress research: facts, fiction, and rational decisions. (1986) (2)
Plasma corticosterone levels during active avoidance learning. (1971) (2)
THE ROLE OF SALIVA CORTISOL MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE - A MATTER OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, vol 17, issue , pp 206-206 (2010) (1)
Coping in CATS and self-efficacy: Measurement and theoretical issues (2009) (1)
8 – Fatty Acid Mobilization1 (1978) (1)
ISEMSI (Isolation Study for European Manned Space Infrastructures): a space psychology experiment. (1993) (1)
Neuroethology of Defense (1983) (1)
Consequences of rat bites in the laboratory: A response to Etscorn and Blodgett (1988) (1)
[Health effects of physical activity and psychological training]. (1994) (1)
[Brain and behavior]. (1995) (1)
Aggression, defense and coping factors in humans (1993) (1)
84-hour workweek: Cortisol response to attention demanding testing (2001) (0)
Anatomical units in psychology (1979) (0)
190. Neuroendocrine response to buspirone in women with psychosomatic disorders (1998) (0)
[MEMORY DEFECTS FOLLOWING BRAIN LESIONS]. (1964) (0)
Immobilisation Stress in Rats: Gastric Mucosal Depletion and Effects of Central Noradrenaline Depletion (1986) (0)
Psycho-Sociological Aspects of Confinement Deconditioning (2004) (0)
Instrumental effects of agonistic behavior (1983) (0)
Ethical issues in stress research: facts, fiction, and rational decisions. (1986) (0)
Obesity Produced by Iron in the Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus of the Rat (1968) (0)
The Boundaries of Human Existence. (1992) (0)
10 – Growth Hormone (1978) (0)
Rivolier, I., Goldsmith, R., Lugg, D. J. and Taylor, A. J. L. (Eds): Man in the Antarctic (1989) (0)
Health effects of reduced workhours? (2003) (0)
[Drug addiction as a biological phenomenon]. (1971) (0)
[Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for 1973]. (1973) (0)
Subjective Health Complaint Inventory (2015) (0)
On the Assessment of Defense Mechanisms: The Defense Mechanism Test (1997) (0)
The rhinencephalon and related structures (1965) (0)
LEARNING IN RATS WITH SEPTAL LESIONS I (1976) (0)
Perspectives in Ethology (1985) (0)
[Psychopharmacological effects on the data processing in the brain]. (1968) (0)
Gastrin is related to personality traits as well as depression in female patients with somatoform disorders and population controls (1998) (0)
Introspection and science: The problem of standardizing emotional nomenclature (1982) (0)
Clinical Science (41) (2001) (0)
Letter: The pain of Sognsvann walks (2000) (0)
Tiltak for å fremme (2001) (0)
Contents, Vol. 49, 1988 (1988) (0)
Attention, Performance, and Sustained Activation in Military Air Traffic Controllers, (1983) (0)
[Norwegian research on smoking]. (1999) (0)
Function as a key concept for prognoses in long-lasting back problems; a multifactorial analysis (1997) (0)
Circumpolar Special Issue: Human Health at the Ends of the Earth (2010) (0)
[Liposuction and suicide]. (1994) (0)
Substrates of anxiety: But if the starting point is wrong? (1982) (0)
[Psychological aspects of the arousal mechanisms]. (1967) (0)
Pain is pain and fear is fear (1982) (0)
Personality disorders and personality profiles in chronic fatigue syndrome (2009) (0)
Emotions and reward – but no arousal? (2000) (0)
Flight and Defense Behavior in the Ptarmigan Confronted by a Human Observer3 (1979) (0)
13 – Psychological Tests (1978) (0)
Selection of Antarctic personnel (2003) (0)
[Comparative psychological evaluation of traumatically induced reduction of consciousness]. (1967) (0)
Simulation in a Polar Environment for a Space Station (1991) (0)
Cortisol, Health, and Coping in Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain (2015) (0)
[The nobel Prize and the behavioral subjects]. (1973) (0)
[Smoking research in Norway]. (1999) (0)

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