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University of Otago, Dunedin, .
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Nascut(a) in: 1960
Interese: Neurostiinte, ganglioni bazali, maladia Parkinson, sistemul dopaminergic, electrofiziologie unicelulara
Detalii:
Dr Cristian Voicu
Absolvent medicina generala, Carol Davila, 1986
Doctor in stiinte medicale, Universitatea Otago, Noua Zeelanda
Details:
Cristian Voicu, MD PhD
Education
2002-2007 PhD in Neuroscience, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
1980-1986 Diploma of Medical Doctor, University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
Postgraduate Courses
1995 Diploma in Occupational Health, Ministry of Health, Romania
1987 Authorization for General Practice Ministry of Health, Romania
Professional Memberships
2005 Physiological Society of New Zealand
2005 Dunedin Company of Physiologists
2005 Society for Neuroscience, USA
2004 Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell and
Developmental Biology
1995 Romanian Institute for Public Health and
Management Services
1995 Romanian Society for General Medicine
1990 Romanian College of General Practitioners
1990 Romanian Institute for Neurology and Psychiatry
Areas of interest
Microsystems neuroscience
Electrophysiology of brain motor circuits in animal models of Parkinson’s disease (PhD Thesis, 2007)
Electrophysiological recordings from neurons located at different levels of the cortico-basal ganglia-cortical motor pathway, including the motor cortex, globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata
Investigation of the role of different receptors, their location and involvement in the control of neural activity of motor cortex-basal ganglia loops
Comparative evaluation of the role of dopamine and adenosine receptors in models of Parkinsonian bradykinesia
Investigation of site specificity of receptor manipulation and neural activity changes in different components of cortico-basal ganglia-cortical loops
Comparison of systemic versus local injection of psychoactive drugs into the basal ganglia; pharmacological investigation of drug induced bradykinesia, akinesia, and catalepsy
Computational models of movement control
Striatal functions and striosomes: encoding of reinforcement-related signals
Behavioural investigation of learning and memory functions of the hippocampus: long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) in neuronal networks
Neuronal mechanisms of behavioural extinction of learning: midbrain dopamine cells and natural reward responses
Drug addiction as a dopamine-dependent associative learning disorder
Clinical research
Clinical assessment and treatment of neurodegenerative processes including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and dementias. Neurological and anatomical correlates of cognitive function. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): cognition, behaviour and personality styles; clinical features and treatment of obsessive-compulsive, bipolar and borderline personality disorders.
Clinical investigation of temporal lobe epilepsy and its relevance to the psychotherapist. Neurological and psychological consequences of chronic alcoholism. Neurological and psychiatric recovery from head injury: medium and long-term effects of disseminated post-traumatic brain lesions
Neurotic disorders expressing distorted whole body representation and body-scheme projection (MD Thesis, 1986)
Conference presentations
Voicu, C. and Hyland, B.I., Adenosine A2A receptor stimulation does not change activity of Substantia Nigra pars Reticulata neurons in the freely moving rat, Proceedings of the 24th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, 2006, Vol 24, Abstract 5.5.
Voicu, C. and Hyland, B.I., Adenosine A2A receptor stimulation reduces activity of Globus Pallidus neurons in the freely moving rat, Proceedings of the 23rd International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, 2005, Vol 23, Abstract 6.5.
Voicu, C. and Hyland, B.I., Comparable effects of systemic dopamine D2 receptor blockade and adenosine A2A stimulation on the Globus Pallidus activity during catalepsy in the awake rat, Abstract in Proceedings of the 1st New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, 2004
Voicu, C. and Hyland, B.I., Reduced activity of the external Globus Pallidus during catalepsy in the awake rat, Proceedings of the 22nd International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research, 2004, Vol 22, Abstract 3.5.
C.Voicu, J.G.Anson, B.I.Hyland, Effects of adenosine A2A receptor stimulation and dopamine D2 receptor blockade on neural activity of the globus pallidus (GP) and substantia nigra reticulata (SNr) in the freely moving rat, Abstract 330.8 in Society for Neuroscience, 35th Annual Meeting, 12-16 November 2005, Washington, D.C.
M.Ochi-Shindou, C.Voicu, J.R.Wickens, B.I.Hyland, Dyskinesia–related neuronal activity in basal ganglia of 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat treated chronically with L-DOPA, Abstract 330.20 in Society for Neuroscience, 35th Annual Meeting, 12-16 November 2005, Washington, D.C.
Publicații selectate:
* Cristian Voicu, Electrophysiology of brain motor circuits in animal models of Parkinson’s disease, University of Otago, PhD Thesis, 2007.