Previous PhD students

Jon Berg-Johnsen 
Title of thesis: Mechanisms of inhalation anaesthesia - The effect of isoflurane studied in rat hippocampus and human neocortex in vitro
Dissertation: 1991
Supervisor: Langmoen

Elisabeth Heggstad
Title of thesis: Amino acids in the human brain - A study of possible roles in synaptic transmission and ischemia with special reference to glutamate and GABA
Dissertation: 1995
Supervisor: Langmoen

Tor S. Haugstad
Title of thesis: Mechanisms of amino acid release during cerebral ischemia
Dissertation: 1996
Supervisor: Langmoen

Morten Larsen Vinje
Title of thesis: Isoflurane: Effects on synaptic release and uptake of glutamate and GABA
Dissertation: 1997
Supervisor: Langmoen

Tor Øivind Grøndahl
Title of thesis: Ion fluxes during cerebral ischemia with special emphasis on measurements of intracellular calcium. An experimental study in vitro.
Dissertation: 1998
Supervisor: Langmoen

Marcus Ohlsson
Title of thesis: On Optic Nerve Injury - Experimental studies on axonal regeneration in the adult mammalian CNS
Dissertation: 2003
Supervisor: Svensson/Langmoen 

Morten Carstens Moe
Title of thesis: Isoflurane and Sevoflurane - Mechanisms of action in the presynaptic terminal
- an experimental study in the rat and human brain
Dissertation: 2004
Supervisor: Vinje/Berg-Johnsen 

Geir Arne Larsen
Title of thesis: Early mechanisms of brain ischemia - An experimental study in isolated rat neurons
Dissertation: 2006 
Supervisor: Vinje/Berg-Johnsen

Olof Bendel
Title of thesis: NMDA receptors in Neurodegeneration - Studies on NMDA receptor subunit expression preceding ischemia-induced delayed nerve cell death
Dissertation: 2008
Supervisor: von Euler/Langmoen 

Mercy Varghese
Title of thesis: Isolation and characterization of stem cells from the adult human central nervous system and brain tumors
Dissertation: 2008
Supervisor: Langmoen

Håvard Ølstørn
Title of thesis: Neural stem cells from the adult human central nervous system and brain tumors. Properties in vivo following xenotransplantation.
Dissertation: 2009
Supervisor: Langmoen/Moe

Ravi Bains
Title of thesis: Isoflurane and Sevoflurane: Effects on mitochondrial function in the rat and human brain
Dissertation: 2009
Supervisor: Berg-Johnsen/Vinje

Previous graduate students

Guri Fossdal
Title of thesis: The presence of aquaporins in brain tumours and brain tumour stem cells
Supervisor: Langmoen/Berg-Johnsen

Håvard Skjellegrind