• Exercise induces cerebral VEGF and angiogenesis via the lactate receptor HCAR1 

      Morland, Cecilie; Andersson, Krister; Haugen, Øyvind Pernell; Hadzic, Alena; Kleppa, Liv; Gille, Andreas; Rinholm, Johanne Egge; Palibrk, Vuk; Diget, Elisabeth Holm; Kennedy, Lauritz Hagen; Stølen, Tomas; Hennestad, Eivind; Moldestad, Olve; Cai, Yiqing; Puchades, Maja Amedjkouh; Offermanns, Stefan; Vervaeke, Koen Gerard Alois; Bjørås, Magnar; Wisløff, Ulrik; Storm-Mathisen, Jon; Bergersen, Linda Hildegard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Physical exercise can improve brain function and delay neurodegeneration; however, the initial signal from muscle to brain is unknown. Here we show that the lactate receptor (HCAR1) is highly enriched in pial fibroblast-like ...
    • Lactate receptor HCAR1 regulates neurogenesis and microglia activation after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia 

      Kennedy, Lauritz Hagen; Glesaaen, Emilie Rylund; Palibrk, Vuk; Pannone, Marco; Wang, Wei; Al-Jabri, Ali; Suganthan, Rajikala; Meyer, Niklas; Austbø, Marie Landa; Lin, Xiaolin; Bergersen, Linda Hildegard; Bjørås, Magnar; Rinholm, Johanne Egge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia (HI) is the leading cause of death and disability in newborns with the only current treatment being hypothermia. An increased understanding of the pathways that facilitate tissue repair ...