Philippe Bijlenga
Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Group name: Cerebral Ischemia
Domains: Development and Plasticity
Keywords: calcium signaling, cerebral ischemia, stroke
Research activities
The interest of the laboratory is focused on stroke. Cerebral ischemia induces a significant early and sustained increase of the intracellular calcium concentration. It also has been observed that an increase of intracellular calcium lasting long enough could trigger delayed neuronal death. Preventing the intracellular calcium increase during an ischemic insult by reducing the extracellular calcium concentration prevents delayed neuronal death. The research in the laboratory is therefore focused on understanding the alteration of intracellular calcium signaling during an ischemic insult. The effort is currently concentrated on understanding the implication of a specific type of voltage-activated calcium channel present on the plasma membrane during ischemia. Neuronal ischemia is studied on three different models. Electrophysiology and calcium imaging is performed on dissociated neuronal cultures during ischemic insults. Pharamacology and neuroprotection studies are performed first in an in vitro model with organotypic hippocampal slice cultures and then in an in vivo model of global ischemia in rats.
Latest publications
Shape irregularity of the intracranial aneurysm lumen exhibits diagnostic value.
Incorporating variability of patient inflow conditions into statistical models for aneurysm rupture assessment.
Dual Pathologies: Pial Arteriovenous Fistula in Combination with an Arteriovenous Malformation.
Sex-related differences in wall remodeling and intraluminal thrombus resolution in a rat saccular aneurysm model.
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Departement des neurosciences cliniques
HUG
Email: Philippe.Bijlenga@hcuge.ch