Pétur Henry Petersen
Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland
Location:
Læknagarður
Bio:
BSc University of Iceland 1992 MSc University of Iceland 1996 PhD Yale University 2004 Postodoctoral Fellow University of Oslo 2004-2007 University of Iceland 2007-
Research:
The cell biology of neurological diseases. Models of neurological diseases and for understanding of neural functions. Involvement of perivascular astrocytes and macrophages in brain pathology, protein-protein interactions at the BBB and the effect of amyloid and other bioactive compounds on macrophage activation.