
Alle ore 11.30, presso l'Aula A dell'edificio 12 della Cittadella Universitaria,
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche,
il Prof. Kiell Fuxe del Karolinska Institute di Stoccolma, terrà una lettura magistrale sul tema:
Adenosine-dopamine receptor interactions in the basal ganglia.
Relevance for Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
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Breve profilo scientifico del prof. Fuxe
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CURRICULUM VITAE: Kjell Fuxe
Personal Name: FUXE, Kjell Gunnar
Date of birth: April 25, 1938
Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality: Swedish
Research and Professional Experience
1959 Bachelor of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
1965 Doctor of Medicine, Assistant professor, Karolinska Institutet
1966 Research position at the Swedish Medical Research Council
1968 Associate professor of Histology, Karolinska Institutet
1979 Professor of Histology, Karolinska Institutet
1980 Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
1983-95 Member of the Medical Advisory Board of the American Parkinson Disease Association
1983 Visiting professor at the Collège de France
1984 Member of the Italian Academy of Sciences (Bologna Academy)
1986 Professor of Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
1986 Member of the Nobel Assembly
1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
1991 Member of the Fidia-Georgetown Institute for the Neurosciences (FGIN) Scientific Review Committee
1992-95 Member of the Scientific Board and Kuratorium of the Max del Brück Center for Molecular Medicine
1992 The Arthur M. Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology Visting Professor
1992-95 Visiting professor at the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
1993 Cass Memorial Lecture, Dundee, UK
1993 Member of the Fondation IPSEN Jury, Paris
1994 Member of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
1994 Member of Academia Medicinae Psychiatrae Foundation, JNC
1994 Board member of the International Neuropeptide Society
1995 Member of the executive committee of ENEA
1996 Member of the International Bioethics Committee, UNESCO
Honors
1971 Italian Prize, Instituto Farmacoterapico, Italiano, Rom
1975 Kaiser Award, Med Faculty, Univ of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1977 Gold Medal for research on prolactin, First Int Prolactin Symposium, Nice
1979 Erik H. Fernströms Reward at Karolinska Institute
1979 Hilda and Alfred Erikssons Prize of the Swedish Royal Academy
1980 Int Madonina Prize of the Biological Sciences, Milano, Italy
1985 The New York Academy of Sciences Award in Biological and Medical Sciences
1988 Honorary Doctorate, Marquis Guiseppe Scicluna International University Foundation
1990 The Adele and Robert Blank Lectureship Award, New York University Medical Center
1990 The Albert Einstein Academy Bronze Medal Award, Missouri, USA
1991 The Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation Alfred Nobel Medal for Peace, Kansas, USA
1992 Doctor Honoris Cause of Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
1992 IPSEN Prize, Paris, France
1992 The Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation Cross of Merit
1993 The Fishberg Professorship Award at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
1993 Honorary Doctorate at the Albert Einstein International Academy Foundation
1997 Swedish Parkinson Foundations Honorary Medal
1998 Honorary Doctorate at the University of Barcelona, Spain
1998 Humboldt Prize Award, Germany
Memberships
Member of the editorial boards of a large number of neuroscience journals.
Scientific Publications
Prof. K. Fuxe has published 1170 papers in the area of neurobiology, over 600 abstracts and edited 19 books.
Books
1974 Dynamics of Degeneration and Growth in Neurones (K. Fuxe, L. Olson and Y. Zotterman, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Vol 22, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
1979 Dopaminergic Ergot Derivatives and Motor Function (K. Fuxe and D.B. Calne, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Vol 31, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
1979 Central Regulation of the Endocrine System (K. Fuxe, T. Hökfelt and R. Luft, Eds), Plenum, New York.
1980 Central Adrenaline Neurons: Basic Aspects and Their Role in Cardiovascular Functions (K. Fuxe, M. Goldstein, B. Hökfelt and T. Hökfelt, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Vol 33, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
1981 Steroid Hormone Regulation of the Brain (K. Fuxe, L. Wetterberg and J-Å. Gustafsson, Eds), Pergamon Press, Oxford.
1983 Excitotoxins (K. Fuxe, P. Roberts and R. Schwarcz, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Vol 39, Macmillan Press, London.
1985 Quantitative Neuroanatomy in Transmitter Research (L.F. Agnati and K. Fuxe, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Vol 42, Macmillan Press, London.
1986 Coexistence of Neuronal Messengers: A New Principle in Chemical Transmission (T. Hökfelt, K. Fuxe and B. Pernow, Eds), Prog Brain Res Vol. 68, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
1987 Receptor-Receptor Interactions (K. Fuxe and L.F. Agnati, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center It Symp Series, Vol 48, Macmillan Press, London
1988 Epinephrine in the Central Nervous System (J.M. Stolk, D.C. U'Prichard and K. Fuxe, Eds), Oxford University Press, New York.
1988 Central D1 Dopamine Receptors (M. Goldstein, K. Fuxe and I. Tabachnick, Eds), Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol 235, Plenum Press, New York.
1989 Nicotinic Receptors in the CNS. Their Role in Synaptic Transmission (A. Nordberg, K. Fuxe, B. Holmstedt and A. Sundwall, Eds) Prog Brain Res Vol. 79, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
1989 Neuropeptide Y (V. Mutt, K. Fuxe, T. Hökfelt and J. Lundberg, Eds), Nobel Conference Series, Raven Press, New York.
1991 Volume Transmission in the Brain. Novel Mechanisms for Neural Transmission (K. Fuxe and L.F. Agnati, Eds) Advances in Neuroscience, Vol. 1, Raven Press, New York.
1992 Serotonin, The Cerebellum and Ataxia(P. Trouillas and K. Fuxe), Raven Press, New York.
1994 Trophic Regulation of the Basal Ganglia. Focus on Dopamine Neurons (K. Fuxe, L.F. Agnati, B. Bjelke and D. Ottoson, Eds), Wenner-Gren Int Series, Vol 62, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
1995 Challenges and Perspectives in Neuroscience (D. Ottoson, T. Bartfai, T. Hökfelt, K. Fuxe, Eds), Wenner-Gren Int Series, Vol 66, Pergamon Press.
1995 Life and Death in the Nervous System. Role of Neurotrophic factors and their Receptors (C. Ibanez, T. Hökfelt, L. Olson, K. Fuxe, H. Jörnvall and D. Ottoson, Eds), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Pergamon Press.
1996 Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Communication (K. Fuxe, T. Hökfelt, L. Olson, D. Ottoson, A. Dahlström and A. Björklund), Wenner-Gren Center Int Symp Series, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford.
1998 Towards an Understanding of Integrative Brain Functions. Analyses at Multiple Level (K. Fuxe, S. Grillner, T. Hökfelt, L. Olson and LF Agnati), Nobel Symposium 103, Brain Research Review, in press.