Laszlo Vutskits

Laszlo Vutskits

Nom du groupe: Neuroscience-oriented Anesthesia Research Group

Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Department of Anaesthetics, Pharmacology and Intensive Care

Domaines: Development and Plasticity

Mot clés: anesthesia, brain development, neurotransmission

Activités de recherche

Every year, a large number of human fetuses and infants receive anesthesia worldwide. Anesthetics interfere with GABAergic and glutamatergic neurotransmissions that play a critical role in brain development. Our major research interest is to evaluate the impact of anesthetics on the developing central nervous system (CNS). We primarily focus on neuronal dendritic development and seek to elucidate whether exposure to anesthetics induce adverse effects on neuronal differentiation during the early postnatal period. For this purpose, we use in vitro and in vivo models of dendritic differentiation as well as various morphological and functional techniques including confocal imaging, quantitative dendritic arbor analysis and laser capture microdissection.

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Contact

Département d’anesthésiologie, pharmacologie et soins intensifs
HUG
Email: Laszlo.Vutskits@hcuge.ch