Short Curriculum Vitae:
JENS ASTRUP
Born in Copenhagen 1943.
MD 1970 from University of Copenhagen.
Dr. med. 1982: Energy-requiring cell functions in the ischemic brain. Their critical supply and possible inhibition in protective therapy. J Neurosurg. 1982 Apr;56(4):482-97.
1987-2004: Professor of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University,
2004: Copenhagen University. Department of Neurosurgery, Glostrup Hospital, Ndr. Ringvej, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark phone +45 43232138, e-mail jens.astrup@dadlnet.dk
Scientific and professional publications about experimental cerebral ischemia and the ischemic penumbra, cerebral blood flow and metabolism, Xe-CT/CBF, head injury, aneurysms, pituitary adenomas, optic pathway gliomas. Clinical surgical interests within vascular and tumor microneurosurgery, in particular pituitary surgery.
Current on-going research areas are experimental studies on SAH and focal cerebral ischemia, the ‘ultra-early phase’ of SAH, clinical management of difficult skull-base meningiomas.
