Nils Lindefors, M.D., Ph.D. - Publications

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Psychiatry Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 

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2017 Plavén-Sigray P, Hedman E, Victorsson P, Matheson GJ, Forsberg A, Djurfeldt DR, Rück C, Halldin C, Lindefors N, Cervenka S. Extrastriatal dopamine D2-receptor availability in social anxiety disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology : the Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. PMID 28377075 DOI: 10.1016/J.Euroneuro.2017.03.007  0.335
2014 Tiger M, Rück C, Forsberg A, Varrone A, Lindefors N, Halldin C, Farde L, Lundberg J. Reduced 5-HT(1B) receptor binding in the dorsal brain stem after cognitive behavioural therapy of major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research. 223: 164-70. PMID 24916155 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pscychresns.2014.05.011  0.328
2012 Cervenka S, Hedman E, Ikoma Y, Djurfeldt DR, Rück C, Halldin C, Lindefors N. Changes in dopamine D2-receptor binding are associated to symptom reduction after psychotherapy in social anxiety disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 2: e120. PMID 22832965 DOI: 10.1038/Tp.2012.40  0.358
2006 Radu D, Tomkinson B, Zachrisson O, Weber G, de Belleroche J, Hirsch S, Lindefors N. Overlapping regional distribution of CCK and TPPII mRNAs in Cynomolgus monkey brain and correlated levels in human cerebral cortex (BA 10). Brain Research. 1104: 175-82. PMID 16822484 DOI: 10.1016/J.Brainres.2006.05.059  0.828
2001 Radu D, Brodin E, Weber G, Lindefors N. Delayed stress-induced increase in tissue level of cholecystokinin in rat prefrontal cortex: modulation by microdialysis probe implantation and systemic ketamine. Brain Research. 908: 197-203. PMID 11454330 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02648-8  0.368
2000 Zachrisson O, Nomikos GG, Marcus MM, Svensson TH, Lindefors N. Effects of antipsychotic drugs on cholecystokinin and preprotachykinin (substance P) mRNA expression in the rat hippocampal formation. European Neuropsychopharmacology : the Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 10: 355-63. PMID 10974607 DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(00)00093-6  0.806
2000 Radu D, Zachrisson O, de Belleroche J, Wendt K, Hirsh S, Lindefors N. Cholecystokinin in CCKB receptor mRNA isoforms: Expression in post-mortem monkey and human brain — alterations following schizophrenia Schizophrenia Research. 41: 254-255. DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(00)90943-5  0.805
1999 Zachrisson O, de Belleroche J, Wendt KR, Hirsch S, Lindefors N. Cholecystokinin CCK(B) receptor mRNA isoforms: expression in schizophrenic brains. Neuroreport. 10: 3265-8. PMID 10599831  0.799
1998 Zachrisson O, Lindefors N, Brené S. A tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, CP-122,721-1, attenuates kainic acid-induced seizure activity. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 60: 291-5. PMID 9757066 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00191-0  0.789
1997 Falkenberg T, Lindefors N, O'Connor WT, Zachrisson O, Camilli F, Ungerstedt U. GABA release and GAD67 mRNA expression in rat hippocampus following entorhinal cortex activation. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 48: 413-6. PMID 9332739 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00185-X  0.803
1997 Lindefors N, Barati S, O'Connor WT. Differential effects of single and repeated ketamine administration on dopamine, serotonin and GABA transmission in rat medial prefrontal cortex. Brain Research. 759: 205-12. PMID 9221938 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00255-2  0.403
1997 Marcus MM, Nomikos GG, Malmerfelt A, Zachrisson O, Lindefors N, Svensson TH. Effect of chronic antipsychotic drug treatment on preprosomatostatin and preprotachykinin A mRNA levels in the medial prefrontal cortex, the nucleus accumbens and the caudate putamen of the rat. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 45: 275-82. PMID 9149102 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00263-X  0.821
1997 Zachrisson O, Mathé AA, Lindefors N. Decreased levels of preprotachykinin-A and tachykinin NK1 receptor mRNA in specific region of the rat striatum after electroconvulsive stimuli. European Journal of Pharmacology. 319: 191-5. PMID 9042590 DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00861-8  0.821
1996 Zachrisson O, Mathé AA, Lindefors N. Effects of chronic lithium and electroconvulsive stimuli on cholecystokinin mRNA expression in the rat brain. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 43: 347-50. PMID 9037553 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00247-1  0.821
1996 Falkenberg T, Lindefors N, Camilli F, Metsis M, Ungerstedt U. Glutamate release correlates with brain-derived neurotrophic factor and trkB mRNA expression in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 42: 317-27. PMID 9013789 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00134-9  0.751
1996 Zachrisson O, Falkenberg T, Lindefors N. Neuronal coexistence of trkB and glutamic acid decarboxylase67 mRNAs in rat hippocampus. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 36: 169-73. PMID 9011754 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00281-V  0.815
1996 Zachrisson O, Lindefors N. [Cholecystokinin receptors. A target for tomorrow's psychopharmaceuticals?]. Lã¤Kartidningen. 93: 1225-7. PMID 8656838  0.756
1995 Smith S, Lindefors N, Hurd Y, Sharp T. Electroconvulsive shock increases dopamine D1 and D2 receptor mRNA in the nucleus accumbens of the rat. Psychopharmacology. 120: 333-40. PMID 8524981 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02311181  0.448
1995 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Metsis M. Spatiotemporal selective effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and trkB messenger RNA in rat hippocampus by electroconvulsive shock. Neuroscience. 65: 661-70. PMID 7609868 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)00550-O  0.393
1995 Zachrisson O, Mathé AA, Stenfors C, Lindefors N. Region-specific effects of chronic lithium administration on neuropeptide Y and somatostatin mRNA expression in the rat brain. Neuroscience Letters. 194: 89-92. PMID 7478221 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11735-F  0.828
1995 Brené S, Hall H, Lindefors N, Karlsson P, Halldin C, Sedvall G. Distribution of messenger RNAs for D1 dopamine receptors and DARPP-32 in striatum and cerebral cortex of the cynomolgus monkey: relationship to D1 dopamine receptors. Neuroscience. 67: 37-48. PMID 7477907 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00037-J  0.36
1995 Zachrisson O, Mathé AA, Stenfors C, Lindefors N. Limbic effects of repeated electroconvulsive stimulation on neuropeptide Y and somatostatin mRNA expression in the rat brain. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 31: 71-85. PMID 7476035 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00033-O  0.837
1994 Brené S, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H, Lindefors N. Expression of mRNAs encoding dopamine receptors in striatal regions is differentially regulated by midbrain and hippocampal neurons. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 21: 274-82. PMID 8170351 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(94)90258-5  0.691
1994 Brené S, Lindefors N, Ehrlich M, Taubes T, Horiuchi A, Kopp J, Hall H, Sedvall G, Greengard P, Persson H. Expression of mRNAs encoding ARPP-16/19, ARPP-21, and DARPP-32 in human brain tissue. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 14: 985-98. PMID 8120638 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.14-03-00985.1994  0.718
1994 Johnson AE, Liminga U, Lidén A, Lindefors N, Gunne LM, Wiesel FA. Chronic treatment with a classical neuroleptic alters excitatory amino acid and GABAergic neurotransmission in specific regions of the rat brain. Neuroscience. 63: 1003-20. PMID 7535390 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)90568-1  0.315
1994 Brene S, Lindefors N, Ehrlich M, Taubes T, Horiuchi A, Kopp J, Hall H, Sedvall G, Greengard P, Persson H. Expression of mRNAs encoding ARPP-16/19, ARPP-21, and DARPP-32 in human brain tissue The Journal of Neuroscience. 14: 985-998. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-03-00985.1994  0.801
1993 Johansson B, Ahlberg S, van der Ploeg I, Brené S, Lindefors N, Persson H, Fredholm BB. Effect of long term caffeine treatment on A1 and A2 adenosine receptor binding and on mRNA levels in rat brain. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 347: 407-14. PMID 8510768 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00165391  0.63
1993 Lindefors N, Lindén A, Brené S, Sedvall G, Persson H. CCK peptides and mRNA in the human brain. Progress in Neurobiology. 40: 671-90. PMID 8484007 DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(93)90010-P  0.641
1993 Falkenberg T, Metsis M, Timmusk T, Lindefors N. Entorhinal cortex regulation of multiple brain-derived neurotrophic factor promoters in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience. 57: 891-6. PMID 8309550 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(93)90034-D  0.673
1993 Brené S, Lindefors N, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H. Differential regulation of preprotachykinin-A mRNA expression in striatum by excitation of hippocampal neurons. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 5: 839-45. PMID 8281296 DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-9568.1993.Tb00936.X  0.719
1993 Lindefors N. Dopaminergic regulation of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA expression and GABA release in the striatum: a review. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 17: 887-903. PMID 8278600 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(93)90018-N  0.43
1992 Boatell LL, Lindefors N, Ballarin M, Ernfors P, Mahy N, Persson H. Activation of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons differentially regulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression in different projection areas. Neuroscience Letters. 136: 203-8. PMID 1641192 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90049-D  0.772
1992 Lindefors N, Boatell ML, Mahy N, Persson H. Widespread neuronal degeneration after ibotenic acid lesioning of cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis revealed by in situ hybridization. Neuroscience Letters. 135: 262-4. PMID 1625807 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90451-C  0.633
1992 Lindefors N, Hurd YL, O'Connor WT, Brené S, Persson H, Ungerstedt U. Amphetamine regulation of acetylcholine and gamma-aminobutyric acid in nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience. 48: 439-48. PMID 1603328 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90503-T  0.74
1992 Lindefors N, Ernfors P, Falkenberg T, Persson H. Septal cholinergic afferents regulate expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and beta-nerve growth factor mRNA in rat hippocampus. Experimental Brain Research. 88: 78-90. PMID 1541364 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02259130  0.811
1992 Kopp J, Lindefors N, Brené S, Hall H, Persson H, Sedvall G. Effect of raclopride on dopamine D2 receptor mRNA expression in rat brain. Neuroscience. 47: 771-9. PMID 1533704 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90028-Z  0.692
1992 Falkenberg T, Ernfors P, Persson H, Lindefors N. Cortical transynaptic activation of tyrosine kinase receptor trkB messenger RNA expression in rat hippocampus. Neuroscience. 51: 883-9. PMID 1488128 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90527-9  0.796
1992 Brené S, Lindefors N, Ballarin M, Persson H. Kainic acid-mediated increase of preprotachykinin-A messenger RNA expression in the rat hippocampus and a region-selective attenuation by dexamethasone. Neuroscience. 50: 611-8. PMID 1436505 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90450-G  0.687
1992 Falkenberg T, Mohammed AK, Henriksson B, Persson H, Winblad B, Lindefors N. Increased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in rat hippocampus is associated with improved spatial memory and enriched environment. Neuroscience Letters. 138: 153-6. PMID 1407655 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90494-R  0.756
1992 Sedvall CG, Farde L, Hall H, Halldin C, Karlsson P, Brene S, Lindefors N, Persson H, Chipkin RE, Ehrlich M. Ligand selection for PET studies of D1 dopamine receptors. Relationship between distribution of binding sites and mRNA for DAARPP32 in the human brain. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15: 466A-467A. PMID 1386781  0.786
1992 Hurd YL, Lindefors N, Brodin E, Brené S, Persson H, Ungerstedt U, Hökfelt T. Amphetamine regulation of mesolimbic dopamine/cholecystokinin neurotransmission. Brain Research. 578: 317-26. PMID 1354999 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)90264-A  0.739
1992 Brené S, Lindefors N, Persson H. Midbrain dopamine neurons regulate preprotachykinin-A mRNA expression in the rat forebrain during development. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 14: 13-9. PMID 1323010 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(92)90004-U  0.723
1992 Lindefors N, Ballarin M, Ernfors P, Falkenberg T, Persson H. Stimulation of glutamate receptors increases expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in rat hippocampus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 648: 296-9. PMID 1322082 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1992.Tb24561.X  0.825
1992 Lindefors N. Amphetamine and haloperidol modulate preprotachykinin A mRNA expression in rat nucleus accumbens and caudate-putamen. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 13: 151-4. PMID 1315912 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(92)90055-G  0.483
1992 Lindefors N, Falkenberg T, Ernfors P, Mouhammed A, Henriksson B, Vinblad B, Persson H. BDNF, NGF and TrkB mRNA EXPRESSION IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS: EFFECTS OF AFFERENT NEURONAL ACTIVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15: 223B. DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199202001-00430  0.81
1992 Lindefors N, Brené S, Kopp J, Ehrlich M, Greengard P, Hall H, Sedvall G, Persson H. EXPRESSION OF mRNAs ENCODING THE PHOSPHOPROTEINS ARPP-16/19, ARPP-21 AND DARPP-32 IN THE HUMAN BRAIN Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15: 131B. DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199202001-00252  0.805
1992 Lindefors N, Brené S, Kopp J, Hall H, Persson H, Sedvall G. NEUROLEPTIC TREATMENT AND DOPAMINE LESIONS MODULATE POST-SYNAPTIC EXPRESSION OF DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTOR mRNA IN RAT BRAIN. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 15: 131B. DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199202001-00251  0.803
1991 Lindefors N, Brené S, Kopp J, Lindén A, Brodin E, Sedvall G, Persson H. Distribution of cholecystokinin mRNA and peptides in the human brain. Neuroscience. 42: 813-21. PMID 1956517 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(91)90046-Q  0.701
1991 O'Connor WT, Lindefors N, Brené S, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H, Ungerstedt U. Short-term dopaminergic regulation of GABA release in dopamine deafferented caudate-putamen is not directly associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase gene expression. Neuroscience Letters. 128: 66-70. PMID 1922949 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90761-H  0.719
1991 Ballarín M, Ernfors P, Lindefors N, Persson H. Hippocampal damage and kainic acid injection induce a rapid increase in mRNA for BDNF and NGF in the rat brain. Experimental Neurology. 114: 35-43. PMID 1915733 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(91)90082-N  0.78
1991 Lindefors N, Brodin K, Stiller CO, Persson H, Brodin E. Repeated electroconvulsive shock increases tachykinin and cholecystokinin mRNA expression in ventral periaqueductal gray. Neuroscience. 45: 73-80. PMID 1754069 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(91)90104-V  0.655
1990 Lindefors N, Brené S, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H. Neuropeptide gene expression in brain is differentially regulated by midbrain dopamine neurons. Experimental Brain Research. 80: 489-500. PMID 2387350 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00227990  0.708
1990 Lindefors N, Brené S, Persson H. Increased expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA in rat substantia nigra after an ibotenic acid lesion in the caudate-putamen. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 7: 207-12. PMID 2159580 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(90)90029-D  0.707
1990 Brené S, Lindefors N, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H. Expression of dopamine D2 receptor and choline acetyltransferase mRNA in the dopamine deafferented rat caudate-putamen. Experimental Brain Research. 83: 96-104. PMID 2150048 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00232197  0.7
1990 Brené S, Lindefors N, Friedman WJ, Persson H. Preprotachykinin A mRNA expression in the rat brain during development. Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research. 57: 151-62. PMID 1981494 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(90)90041-V  0.694
1990 Lindefors N, Brené S, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H. Regulation of neuropeptide Y gene expression in rat brain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 611: 175-85. PMID 1978997  0.702
1990 Lindefors N, Ungerstedt U. Bilateral regulation of glutamate tissue and extracellular levels in caudate-putamen by midbrain dopamine neurons. Neuroscience Letters. 115: 248-52. PMID 1978265 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90463-J  0.573
1990 Reid MS, Herrera-Marschitz M, Hökfelt T, Lindefors N, Persson H, Ungerstedt U. Striatonigral GABA, dynorphin, substance P and neurokinin A modulation of nigrostriatal dopamine release: evidence for direct regulatory mechanisms. Experimental Brain Research. 82: 293-303. PMID 1704847 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00231249  0.706
1990 Ernfors P, Lindefors N, Chan-Palay V, Persson H. Cholinergic neurons of the nucleus basalis express elevated levels of nerve growth factor receptor mRNA in senile dementia of the alzheimer type Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 1: 138-145. DOI: 10.1159/000107133  0.607
1989 Brené S, Lindefors N, Kopp J, Sedvall G, Persson H. Regional distribution of neuropeptide Y mRNA in postmortem human brain. Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 6: 241-9. PMID 2593779 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(89)90070-3  0.707
1989 Amberg G, Lindefors N. Intracerebral microdialysis: II. Mathematical studies of diffusion kinetics. Journal of Pharmacological Methods. 22: 157-83. PMID 2586112 DOI: 10.1016/0160-5402(89)90012-0  0.31
1989 Lindefors N, Amberg G, Ungerstedt U. Intracerebral microdialysis: I. Experimental studies of diffusion kinetics. Journal of Pharmacological Methods. 22: 141-56. PMID 2586111 DOI: 10.1016/0160-5402(89)90011-9  0.511
1989 Lindefors N, Brene S, Herrera-Marschitz M, Persson H. Region specific regulation of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA expression by dopamine neurons in rat brain. Experimental Brain Research. 77: 611-20. PMID 2572447 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00249614  0.823
1989 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. Amphetamine facilitates the in vivo release of neurokinin A in the nucleus accumbens of the rat. European Journal of Pharmacology. 160: 417-20. PMID 2540996 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(89)90100-3  0.536
1989 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. Subchronic haloperidol treatment decreases the in vivo release of tachykinins in rat substantia nigra. European Journal of Pharmacology. 161: 95-8. PMID 2470596 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(89)90185-4  0.508
1989 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Tossman U, Segovia J, Ungerstedt U. Tissue levels and in vivo release of tachykinins and GABA in striatum and substantia nigra of rat brain after unilateral striatal dopamine denervation. Experimental Brain Research. 74: 527-34. PMID 2468514 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00247354  0.555
1987 Lindefors N, Tossman U, Ungerstedt U. Subchronic haloperidol and sulpiride treatment induces region-specific changes in tissue levels of putative amino acid transmitters in rat brain. Neuroscience Letters. 74: 90-4. PMID 2882448 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(87)90057-7  0.579
1987 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. Microdialysis combined with a sensitive radioimmunoassay. A technique for studying in vivo release of neuropeptides. Journal of Pharmacological Methods. 17: 305-12. PMID 2441208 DOI: 10.1016/0160-5402(87)90044-1  0.498
1986 Lindefors N, Sharp T, Ungerstedt U. Effects of subchronic haloperidol and sulpiride on regional brain dopamine metabolism in the rat. European Journal of Pharmacology. 129: 401-4. PMID 3780852 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(86)90457-7  0.568
1986 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. Neurokinin A and substance P in striato-nigral neurons in rat brain. Neuropeptides. 8: 127-32. PMID 2429229 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(86)90039-9  0.59
1986 Lindefors N, Yamamoto Y, Pantaleo T, Lagercrantz H, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. In vivo release of substance P in the nucleus tractus solitarii increases during hypoxia. Neuroscience Letters. 69: 94-7. PMID 2427979 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(86)90421-0  0.5
1986 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Ungerstedt U. Neuroleptic treatment induces region-specific changes in levels of neurokinin A and substance P in rat brain. Neuropeptides. 7: 265-80. PMID 2423911 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(86)90021-1  0.562
1985 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Theodorsson-Norheim E, Ungerstedt U. Calcium-dependent potassium-stimulated release of neurokinin A and neurokinin B from rat brain regions in vitro. Neuropeptides. 6: 453-61. PMID 2997657 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(85)90144-1  0.517
1985 Lindefors N, Brodin E, Theodorsson-Norheim E, Ungerstedt U. Regional distribution and in vivo release of tachykinin-like immunoreactivities in rat brain: evidence for regional differences in relative proportions of tachykinins. Regulatory Peptides. 10: 217-30. PMID 2581287 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(85)90016-3  0.535
1983 Brodin E, Lindefors N, Ungerstedt U. Potassium evoked in vivo release of substance P in rat caudate nucleus measured using a new technique of brain dialysis and an improved substance P-radioimmunoassay. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum. 515: 17-20. PMID 6194653  0.45
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