CSHC - Center for the Study of Human Cognition

Current Position

Postdoc at the Dept of Psychology, Centre for the Study of Human Cognition, at the University of Oslo

Education

Med dr. (PhD) in Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, 2007

Thesis title: On Antidepressant Effects of Running and SSRI: Focus on Hippocampus and Striatal Dopamine Pathways

Supervisors: Doc. Stefan Brené and Prof. Aleksander Mathé

Congresses and Awards

Society For Neuroscience Congress, Orlando, 2002.

Scandinavian College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology, Annual Meeting, Juan Les Pins, 2003.

Scandinavian College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology, Annual Meeting, Juan Les Pins, 2004. Poster award prize at the congress

Society for Neuroscience Congress in New Orleans, 2003.

European College of Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting, Stockholm, 2004. Poster award prize at the congress

Scandinavian College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting, Helsingör, 2005.

PBB Conference; “Adolescence: Alcohol, Drugs and Mental Disorders”, France, 2006.

Lundbeck Association stipend for valuable research in Neuroscience, 2005. For info see: http://sweden.lundbeck.com/sweden/vardpersonal/lundbeckstiftelsen/stipendiater/stipendiater_2005.asp

Dopamine 50 years. Göteborg 30/5-2/6, 2007

Scientific Methods

Neuropsychological testing

ERP (Event related potentials)

Magnettomografi MRI (human and experimental)

Experimental H1-MRS: Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

In Situ hybridization

Developing in situ films

Quantitative analysis of in situ films

Immunohistochemistry

Sectioning of rodent tissue with cryostat

Stereology; Optical Fractionater

Microscopy: light, fluorescence, confocal

Handling experimental animals (mice & rats)

Experiments applying running wheels and psychopharmaca

Forced Swim Test, a behavior model to assess depressive-like behavior and antidepressant efficacy

Place Preference, a model for hippocampal environmental learning

Elite Sport Experience

57 official matches for the Norwegian national team in innebandy/floorball 1997-2005

Attended 5 WC (97/99/01/03/05) 2 bronse medals

Elite Clubs (Norway/Sweden): Holmlia SK (Won the National league one time, and one silver medal in the national championship); 94-98 Örebro IBK 98/99; Uppsala/Storvreta 99/00; Vesta IBK 00/01; Hammarby IBK 01/05; Sveiva 07