Laboratoriet har en særlig ekspertise i kvantitering, der er baseret på stereologiske principper. I de senere år er der desuden belyst mulige årsager til sygdomme såsom demens, Parkinsons sygdom og ALS. Vi er verdens førende inden for neurostereologi og har publiceret mere end 100 videnskabelige artikler inden for denne disciplin. I undervisningsøjemed har ansatte på laboratoriet undervist på mere end 80 - fortrinsvis internationale - stereologikurser. Research Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience Research Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience at Bispebjerg University Hospital consists of a Neurostereology Research Unit and a Molecular Neuroscience Unit. The staff includes two VIPs, two technicians, a secretary, and ph.d students and post.docs. Neurostereology Research Unit We act as world experts in stereology, and have published more than 100 Medline indexed papers in that field. Stereology is a set of mathematically defined methods that can be used for many purposes such as estimation of volume, number, surface or length of any specifically selected region independent of the complexity of the structure. For neuroscientists, the importance of stereology is just beginning to show but our many publications especially concentrated on the quantitative information (number of nerve cells, length of fibers etc.) in the brain of normal subjects have increased the interest in this work. Our research interests:
The Molecular Neuroscience Unit The Molecular Neuroscience Unit studies molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying pathophysiological changes of excitatory and inhibitory signalling in neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. The research unit employs molecular biology methods to investigate neuronal interactions, expression of cell specific markers and neuroinflammatory signal molecules in post-mortem tissue samples, as well as model systems including transgenic animals.