Editorial Board Member - JNND

Lars Larsson
ProfessorDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Lars Larsson is Professor of Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. He received MD and PhD degrees and a specialist degree in clinical neurophysiology from Karolinska University Hopsital, Sweden. He did his post-doctoral training at the Pennsylvania State University, Padova University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
He has also held the position as the Marie Underhill Noll Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, Professor and Chair at Clinical Neurophysiology, Uppsala University Hospital. He is a primary and secondary mentor for the graduate and postdoctoral students. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Lars Larsson's research work has focused on the mechanisms underlying the impaired muscle function associated with aging and primary and secondary myopathies affecting sarcomeric proteins. He identified the first ICU patient with critical illness myopathy in Sweden 20 years ago and has since then studied the mechanisms underlying this acquired myopathy in clinical and experimental studies, developed sensitive diagnostic methods and introduced specific intervention strategies.
Other Editorial Board Members - JNND

Karen Kathleen Szumlinski
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California
USA

Wayne Brake
Department of Psychology
Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology
Concordia University
Canada

David Paul Richman
Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience
University of California
United States

Wei Liu
Director of Rehabilitation Biomechanics Lab
Auburn University
United States

Walter J. Lukiw
Neurology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology
Louisiana State University
United States

Huangui Xiong
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
University of Nebraska Medical Center
United States

William J Winslade
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
The University of Texas Medical Branch
United States