[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - February 23, 2010 - Neuronal and Glial Control of Brain Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism

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Subject: Killam Lecture - February 23, 2010


Killam Lecture

Speaker: Martin Lauritzen
Department of Clinical, Neuroscience and Psychiatry Copenhagen University

Title:  Neuronal and Glial Control of Brain Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism

Date:  Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Time:  4:00 pm

Place:  de Grandpre Communications Centre ===========================================

KILLAM LECTURE
Martin Lauritzen, MD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Title: Neuronal and Glial Control of Brain Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism

Date: February 23, 2010

Place: de Grandpré Communication Centre

Time: 4:00 pm
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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to host Martin Lauritzen from the University of Copenhagen as our guest speaker this week. Martin has been a dominant figure in elucidating the role of pre- and post-synaptic signals in the regulation of local brain oxygen consumption and blood flow. His in vivo electrophysiological studies were amongst the first to provide an understanding of the neuronal signals that underlie perfusion changes used in fMRI and PET to map changes in brain activity.  He is also a pioneer in the characterization of the neuronal and vascular alterations that occur during cortical spreading depression, the suspected trigger of migraine aura during a migraine attack. 

In his presentation today, Martin will talk about his electrophysiological work and his new approach with in vivo 2-photon microscopy. I am sure that it will be an interesting talk as he is an exciting and challenging scientist, and a dynamic speaker.

Hoping to see you there to enjoy his lecture.

Best Regards,

Edith Hamel

A few selected publications from Martin Lauritzen:
1.	Thomsen K, Piilgaard H, Gjedde A, Bonvento G, Lauritzen M.  Principal cell spiking, postsynaptic excitation, and oxygen consumption in the rat cerebellar cortex. J Neurophysiol. 2009 Sep;102(3):1503-12.
2.	Piilgaard H, Lauritzen M. Persistent increase in oxygen consumption and impaired neurovascular coupling after spreading depression in rat neocortex. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2009 Sep;29(9):1517-27.
3.	Rasmussen T, Holstein-Rathlou NH, Lauritzen M. Modeling neuro-vascular coupling in rat cerebellum: characterization of deviations from linearity. Neuroimage. 2009 Mar 1;45(1):96-108.
4.	Caesar K, Hashemi P, Douhou A, Bonvento G, Boutelle MG, Walls AB, Lauritzen M. Glutamate receptor-dependent increments in lactate, glucose and oxygen metabolism evoked in rat cerebellum in vivo. J Physiol. 2008 Mar 1;586(5):1337-49.
5.	Caesar K, Offenhauser N, Lauritzen M. Nonlinear neurovascular coupling in rat sensory cortex by activation of transcallosal fibers. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2007 Mar;27(3):575-87.
6.	Offenhauser N, Thomsen K, Caesar K, Lauritzen M.  Activity-induced tissue oxygenation changes in rat cerebellar cortex: interplay of postsynaptic activation and blood flow. J Physiol. 2005 May 15;565(Pt 1):279-94.