Rune Enger

Associate Professor - GLIA
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Visiting address Domus Medica Sognsvannsveien 9 0372 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1105 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

My research interests are mainly focussed on astrocyte–neuron interplay in the healthy and dysfunctioning brain. See: https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/groups/glial-cells/

Teaching

  • Human macroscopic and microscopic anatomy to 1. and 2. year medical students (MED1100 and MED2200).

Background

  • 2019– Associate professor, Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo.
  • 2017–2019 10% associate professor, Division of Physiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo.
  • 2016–2019 Postdoctoral researcher, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Neurology. Erlend Nagelhus’ group, Division of Physiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo.
  • Dissertation June 2016.
  • 2013–2016 Ph.d. student, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Neurology. Erlend Nagelhus’ group, Division of Physiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo.
  • 2011–2013 Medical internship in internal medicine, surgery and as a general practitioner
  • 2004–2011 Cand.med. including the medical student research programme, University of Oslo

Publications

  • Naik, Aditi; Jensen, Vidar; Bakketun, Cecilie Bugge; Enger, Rune; Hrabetova, Sabina & Hrabe, Jan (2023). BubbleDrive, a low-volume incubation chamber for acute brain slices. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45949-9. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bordoni, Luca; Thorén, Anna Elisabeth; Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Eugenio; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius & Tang, Wannan [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2023). Deletion of aquaporin-4 improves capillary blood flow distribution in brain edema. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 71(11), p. 2559–2572. doi: 10.1002/glia.24439. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bojarskaite, Laura; Vallet, Alexandra Honorine Emilie; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Binder, Kristin Maria Gullestad; Cunen, Celine & Heuser, Kjell [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Sleep cycle-dependent vascular dynamics in male mice and the predicted effects on perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow and solute transport. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 14. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36643-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Skaaraas, Gry Helen Enger Syverstad; Cunen, Celine Marie Løken; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Binder, Kristin Maria Gullestad & Bojarskaite, Laura [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2022). Impaired astrocytic Ca2+ signaling in awake-behaving Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mice. eLIFE. ISSN 2050-084X. doi: 10.7554/eLife.75055. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ellingsrud, Ada Johanne; Dukefoss, Didrik Bakke; Enger, Rune; Halnes, Geir; Pettersen, Klas Henning & Rognes, Marie Elisabeth (2022). Validating a Computational Framework for Ionic Electrodiffusion with Cortical Spreading Depression as a Case Study. eNeuro. ISSN 2373-2822. 9(2). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0408-21.2022. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ellingsrud, Ada Johanne; Enger, Rune; Dukefoss, Didrik Bakke; Halnes, Geir; Pettersen, Klas Henning & Rognes, Marie Elisabeth (2021). Validating a computational framework for ionic electrodiffusion with cortical spreading depression as a case study. bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205. doi: 10.1101/2021.11.29.470301.
  • Heuser, Kjell & Enger, Rune (2021). Astrocytic Ca2+ Signaling in Epilepsy. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-5102. 15. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.695380. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Hennestad, Eivind; Cunen, Celine; Hermansen, Gudmund Horn & Bojarskaite, Laura [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Begonia - a two-photon imaging analysis pipeline for astrocytic Ca2+ signals. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-5102. 15. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2021.681066. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hagen, Espen; Chambers, Anna; Einevoll, Gaute; Pettersen, Klas Henning; Enger, Rune & Stasik, Alexander Johannes (2021). RippleNet: a Recurrent Neural Network for Sharp Wave Ripple (SPW-R) Detection. Neuroinformatics. ISSN 1539-2791. 19, p. 493–514. doi: 10.1007/s12021-020-09496-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hagen, Espen; Chambers, Anna; Einevoll, Gaute; Pettersen, Klas Henning; Enger, Rune & Stasik, Alexander Johannes (2020). RippleNet: A Recurrent Neural Network for Sharp Wave Ripple (SPW-R) Detection. bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205. doi: 10.1101/2020.05.11.087874. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bojarskaite, Laura; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Pettersen, Klas Henning; Cunen, Celine; Hermansen, Gudmund Horn & Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Astrocytic Ca2+ signaling is reduced during sleep and is involved in the regulation of slow wave sleep. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17062-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eide, Per Kristian; Hasan-Olive, Md Mahdi; Hansson, Hans-Arne & Enger, Rune (2020). Increased occurrence of pathological mitochondria in astrocytic perivascular endfoot processes and neurons of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Journal of Neuroscience Research. ISSN 0360-4012. 99(2), p. 467–480. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24743.
  • Hasan-Olive, Md Mahdi; Enger, Rune; Hansson, Hans-Arne; Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf & Eide, Per Kristian (2019). Pathological mitochondria in neurons and perivascular astrocytic endfeet of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. ISSN 2045-8118. 16:39, p. 1–16. doi: 10.1186/s12987-019-0160-7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eilert-Olsen, Martine; Hjukse, Jarand Berg; Thoren, Anna; Tang, Wannan; Enger, Rune & Jensen, Vidar [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Astroglial endfeet exhibit distinct Ca2+ signals during hypoosmotic conditions. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 67(12), p. 2399–2409. doi: 10.1002/glia.23692. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hasan-Olive, Md Mahdi; Hansson, Hans-Arne; Enger, Rune; Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf & Eide, Per Kristian (2019). Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. ISSN 0022-3069. 78(9), p. 808–818. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlz063.
  • Rosic, Brana; Dukefoss, Didrik Bakke; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Tang, Wannan; Jensen, Vidar & Ottersen, Ole Petter [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Aquaporin-4-independent volume dynamics of astroglial endfeet during cortical spreading depression. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 67(6), p. 1113–1121. doi: 10.1002/glia.23604. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heuser, Kjell; Nome, Cecilie; Pettersen, Klas; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Jensen, Vidar & Tang, Wannan [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). Ca2+ signals in astrocytes facilitate spread of epileptiform activity. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 28(11), p. 4036–4048. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy196. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hasan-Olive, Md Mahdi; Enger, Rune; Hansson, Hans-Arne; Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf & Eide, Per Kristian (2018). Loss of perivascular aquaporin-4 in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 67(1), p. 91–100. doi: 10.1002/glia.23528.
  • Enger, Rune (2017). Automated gold particle quantification of immunogold labeled micrographs. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. ISSN 0165-0270. 286, p. 31–37. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.05.018. Full text in Research Archive
  • Eidsvaag, Vigdis Andersen; Enger, Rune; Hansson, Hans-Arne; Eide, Per Kristian & Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf (2017). Human and mouse cortical astrocytes differ in aquaporin-4 polarization toward microvessels. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 65(6), p. 964–973. doi: 10.1002/glia.23138. Full text in Research Archive
  • Enger, Rune; Dukefoss, Didrik Bakke; Tang, Wannan; Pettersen, Klas; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius & Helm, Paul Johannes [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2016). Deletion of aquaporin-4 curtails extracellular glutamate elevation in cortical spreading depression in awake mice. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw359.
  • Enger, Rune; Tang, Wannan; Vindedal, Gry Fluge; Jensen, Vidar; Helm, Paul Johannes & Sprengel, Rolf [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2015). Dynamics of ionic shifts in cortical spreading depression. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 25(11), p. 4469–4476. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv054.
  • Tang, Wannan; Szokol, Karolina; Jensen, Vidar; Enger, Rune; Trivedi, Chintan A. & Hvalby, Øyvind Christian dødsbo [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2015). Stimulation-evoked Ca2+ signals in astrocytic processes at hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses of adult mice are modulated by glutamate and ATP. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 35(7), p. 3016–3021. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3319-14.2015.
  • Szokol, Karolina; Heuser, Kjell; Tang, Wannan; Jensen, Vidar; Enger, Rune & Bedner, Peter [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2015). Augmentation of Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling in astrocytic endfeet in the latent phase of temporal lobe epilepsy. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-5102. 9. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00049. Full text in Research Archive
  • Enger, Rune; Gundersen, Georg Andreas; Haj-Yasein, Nadia Nabil; Eilert-Olsen, Martine; Thoren, Anna & Vindedal, Gry Fluge [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2012). Molecular scaffolds underpinning macroglial polarization: An analysis of retinal Muller cells and brain astrocytes in mouse. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 60(12), p. 2018–2026. doi: 10.1002/glia.22416.
  • Eilert-Olsen, Martine; Haj Yasein, Nadia Nabil; Vindedal, Gry Fluge; Enger, Rune; Gundersen, Georg Andreas & Hoddevik, Eystein Hellstrøm [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2012). Deletion of aquaporin-4 changes the perivascular glial protein scaffold without disrupting the brain endothelial barrier. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 60(3), p. 432–440. doi: 10.1002/glia.22277.
  • Thrane, Alexander Stanley; Rappold, Philip M; Fujita, Takumi; Torres, Arnulfo; Bekar, Lane K & Takano, Takahiro [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2011). Critical role of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in astrocytic Ca2+ signaling events elicited by cerebral edema. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 108(2), p. 846–851. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1015217108.
  • Nase, Gabriele; Helm, Paul Johannes; Enger, Rune & Ottersen, Ole Petter (2008). Water entry into astrocytes during brain edema formation. Glia. ISSN 0894-1491. 56, p. 895–902. doi: 10.1002/glia.20664.

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  • Naik, Aditi; Jensen, Vidar; Bakketun, Cecilie Bugge; Enger, Rune; Hrabetova, Sabina & Hrabe, Jan (2024). Author Correction: BubbleDrive, a low-volume incubation chamber for acute brain slices (Scientific Reports, (2023), 13, 1, (20005), 10.1038/s41598-023-45949-9). Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 14(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52441-5.
  • Boccara, Charlotte N; Hu, Hua; Enger, Rune & Bojarskaite, Laura (2020). Hvorfor sover vi?

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