AU gets a new Doctor of Medical Science in neuroscience
Christian Ansgar Hundahl has just defended his doctoral dissertation at Aarhus University. He carries out research into the question of where in the brain two specific globins are located and which functions they have.
The human brain is a complex system of nerve cells, also known as neurons. Neurons help to ensure that we can remember and understand what is happening around us, and they also send signals to our muscles and joints telling them how they should react.
Neurons contain many substances and, as something very new, also globins. Neuroglobin and cytoglobin are two of the globins which are be found in the neurons. The precise functions of the globins is unknown, but research suggests that they are of importance when oxygen needs to be transported in the neurons and that they also help to protect the neurons of the brain from being broken down.
These are the globins which Christian Ansgar Hundahl has studied in his doctoral dissertation, which he has recently defended at Aarhus University. He carries out research into the question of where in the brain the two globins are located and which functions they have.
"The research should provide us with improved knowledge of the importance of neuroglobin and cytoglobin for the central nervous system and also which role they play in connection with neurodegenerative diseases, in which the brain and its functions are slowly broken down," explains Christian Ansgar Hundahl.
Christian Ansgar Hundahl is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University. He has a PhD degree in neuroscience from Aarhus University.
Further information
MSc, PhD Christian Ansgar Hundahl
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine
Direct tel.: +45 5134 0891
Email: c.hundahl@gmail.com