• Astrocytic Ca2+ signaling is reduced during sleep and is involved in the regulation of slow wave sleep 

      Bojarskaite, Laura; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Pettersen, Klas; Cunen, Celine; Hermansen, Gudmund Horn; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Chambers, Anna; Sprengel, Rolf; Vervaeke, Koen Gerard Alois; Tang, Wannan; Enger, Rune; Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Astrocytic Ca2+ signaling has been intensively studied in health and disease but has not been quantified during natural sleep. Here, we employ an activity-based algorithm to assess astrocytic Ca2+ signals in the neocortex ...
    • 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 ...