Pétur Henry Petersen

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Associate Professor at Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland

Contact: 
E-mail: phenry (at) hi.is 
Phone: +354-845-5346

Location: 
Læknagarður, Vatnsmýrarvegi 16, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

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Pétur Henry Petersen

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-present

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.