Prof. Dr. Antti Pertovaara

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsNeurosciences,Anatomy and Physiology
KeywordsRückenmark, Pathophysiologie des Schmerzes, Deszendierende Schmerzhemmung, Mechanismen der neurogene Schmerzen, Amygdala

Current contact address

CountryFinland
CityHelsinki
InstitutionUniversity of Helsinki
InstituteDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine
Homepagehttp://www.biomed.helsinki.fi/research/pain/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Manfred ZimmermannInstitut für Physiologie II, Abteilung für Physiologie des Zentralnervensystems, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1991

Programme(s)

1991Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

1993Antti Pertovaara: Antinociception induced by alpha-2-adrenoceptor agonists, with special emphasis on medetomidine studies. In: Progress in Neurobiology, 1993, 691-709
1993Antti Pertovaara, Rodrigo Bravo, Thomas Herdegen: Induction and suppression of immediate-early genes in the rat brain by a selective alpha-2-adrenoceptor agonist and antagonist following noxious peripheral stimulation. In: Neuroscience, 1993, 117-126