Jesper Mogensen was a Danish neuroscientist who worked as a professor at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Psychology, and was the founder and head of The Unit for Cognitive Neuroscience (UCN)[1] and director of the Research Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation (ReCBIR).[2]

Some of his primary research areas included Cognitive neuroscience; Functional recovery; Learning; Memory; Comparative neuropsychology etc.[3] More specifically, Jesper Mogensen had among other things recently developed the Reorganization of Elementary Functions (REF) - a model that deals with the seeming contradiction between the localization and post-traumatic recovery of various functions in the brain with respect to the understanding of neural substrate and post-traumatic recovery of cognitive functions in general.[4]

Some of his new research conducted on rats suggests that a combination of stress and exercise could shorten rehabilitation time after a potential stroke. Summarized by Niels Ebdrup: "Professor Mogensen's research in rats can explain the mystery of how human beings can relearn how to talk and find their way around despite damage to a significant part of the brain."[5]

Prof. Mogensen also occasionally appeared on Danish TV, radio broadcasts and in the written press concerning various scientific matters, for instance, brain doping, exercise and stress.[6][7][8][9]

In 1980 he finished his interdisciplinary studies at the University of Copenhagen (primarily in medicine and psychology) and became a Mag.art in neuroscience and psychology in 1985.[10]

Publications

Some of Mogensen's recent publications are listed below:

Mogensen, J 2012, ' Reorganization of Elementary Functions (REF) after Brain Injury: Implications for the Therapeutic Interventions and Prognosis of Brain Injured Patients Suffering Cognitive Impairments '. i AJ Schäfer & J Müller (red), Brain Damage: Causes, Management and Prognosis. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY

Mogensen, J 2012, ' Cognitive recovery and rehabilitation after brain injury: Mechanisms, challenges and support '. i A Agrawal (red.), Brain injury - Functional aspects, rehabilitation and prevention. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia

Mogensen, J 2011, ' Reorganization of the injured brain: implications for studies of the neural substrate of cognition ' Frontiers in Psychology , vol 2:7[permanent dead link]

Mogensen, J 2011, ' Animal models in neuroscience '. i J Hau & SJ Schapiro (red), Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science: Vol. II. Animal Models. 3 udg, vol. II, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Fl.

Mogensen, J 2011, ' Almost unlimited potentials of a limited neural plasticity ' Journal of Consciousness Studies, vol 18, nr. 7-8

Mogensen, J 2008, ' Hjerneskadeforskning - gennembrud, løfter og problemer: Stimulation og aktivering - af den hjerneskadede og forskningen ' Hovedcirklen, vol 19, nr. 2

References

  1. ^ University of Copenhagen
  2. ^ Research Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation
  3. ^ "Staff". 10 January 2006.
  4. ^ Mogensen, J 2011, ' Reorganization of the injured brain: implications for studies of the neural substrate of cognition ' Frontiers in Psychology , vol 2:7, pp. 1-10.
  5. ^ Ebdrup, Niels. "Stress and exercise repair the brain after a stroke", ScienceNordic, Denmark, 13 January 2012. Retrieved on 13 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Hjernedoping gør dig ikke klogere". 19 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Stress og motion genoptræner blodprop-hjerner". 2 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Idræt gør dig klog". vorespuls.dk. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ^ "P1 Radio – Hør P1 live eller genhør P1-programmer her".
  10. ^ "Staff". 10 January 2006.
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