Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Administrative: (585) 276-4595

Office: (585) 273-2868

Fax: (585) 276-2298

Faculty Appointments

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Neurosurgery , Center for Translational Neuromedicine (SMD)
Co-Director - Department of Neurosurgery , Center for Translational Neuromedicine (SMD)
Professor - Department of Neurology (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Education

1983
MD | University of Copenhagen
Medicine

1988
DMSc | University of Copenhagen
Neuroscience

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

1987 - 1988
Post-Doctoral Training; Neuroscience; Cornell University Medical School

1984 - 1987
Post-Doctoral Training; Neuropathology / Physiology University of Copenhagen

1983 - 1984
Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen; Neurology / Neurosurgery

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Awards

2018 - 2019
Research to Prevent Blindness Stein Innovation Award

2018
China Medical University, Shenyang, China, Honorary Professorship

2016
Jeppe Juhl Prize

2016
Tagea Brandt Prize

2016
Olav Thon Alzheimer Prize

2015
Alzheimer Prize
Sponsor: Danish Alzheimer Association

2015
Newcomb Cleveland Prize
Sponsor: AAAS

2013
1 of 10 most important science discoveries
Sponsor: Science journal

2012 - Present
Elected Member Academia Europaea
Sponsor: Academia Europaea

2011 - Present
Elected Member Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain
Sponsor: Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain

2008 - Present
Elected Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
Sponsor: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

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Patents

Title: Methods for Evaluating Brain-Wide Paravascular Pathway for Waste Clearance Function and Methods for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Based Thereon
U.S. Serial #: 14/769,396
Filed: Feb 21, 2014
Invented By: JeffreyIliff, MaikenNedergaard

Title: Method of Treating and Preventing Brain Impairment using Na+-K+2Cl-Cotransporter Isoform 1 Inhibitors
U.S. Serial #: 14/415,968
Filed: Mar 15, 2013
Invented By: MaikenNedergaard, Alexander StanleyThrane, Vinita RangrooThrane

Publications

Journal Articles

3/2018
Lee H, Mortensen K, Sanggaard S, Koch P, Brunner H, Quistorff B, Nedergaard M, Benveniste H. "Quantitative Gd-DOTA uptake from cerebrospinal fluid into rat brain using 3D VFA-SPGR at 9.4T." Magnetic resonance in medicine.. 2018 Mar 0; 79(3):1568-1578. Epub 2017 Jun 19.

1/30/2018
Smith NA, Kress BT, Lu Y, Chandler-Militello D, Benraiss A, Nedergaard M. "Fluorescent Ca2+ indicators directly inhibit the Na,K-ATPase and disrupt cellular functions." Science signaling.. 2018 Jan 30; 11(515)Epub 2018 Jan 30.

1/1/2018
Holstein-Rathlou SV, Petersen NC, Nedergaard M. "Voluntary running enhances glymphatic influx in awake behaving, young mice." Neuroscience letters.. 2018 Jan 1; 662:253-258. Epub 2017 Oct 25.

Books & Chapters

2012
Chapter Title: Transcriptome Analysis of Astrocytes
Book Title: Neuroglia
Author List: Lovatt, D., Nedergaard, M.
Edited By: H. Kettenmann and B. R. Ransom
Published By: Oxford Univ. Press2012 in New York

2009
Chapter Title: Astrocytic Ca2+ Signaling: Mechanism and implications for functional brain imaging
Book Title: Dynamic Brain Imaging
Author List: Wang, X., Takano, T., Nedergaard, M.
Edited By: F. Hyder
Published By: Humana Press2009

2008
Chapter Title: Purinergic regulation of calcium waves
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
Author List: Cotrina, M., Nedergaard, M.
Published By: Springer Berlin Heidelberg2008

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Videos

Acupuncture's Molecular Effects Pinned Down