Arne Schousboe

Arne Schousboe obtained a Ph. D. in biochemistry from the University of Copenhagen in 1968 and, after a short period as Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, he completed a post-doc period ( January 1972-September 1973) with Dr. Eugene Roberts at the Department of Neuroscience, City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles. He subsequently joined the University of Copenhagen to resume a tenured position as Associate Professor in the Medical Faculty there and in 1978 he got...See more

Arne Schousboe obtained a Ph. D. in biochemistry from the University of Copenhagen in 1968 and, after a short period as Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, he completed a post-doc period ( January 1972-September 1973) with Dr. Eugene Roberts at the Department of Neuroscience, City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles. He subsequently joined the University of Copenhagen to resume a tenured position as Associate Professor in the Medical Faculty there and in 1978 he got his doctorate in science (D. Sc.) from the University of Copenhagen. In 1990 he moved to the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy as a Full Professor of biochemistry. This institution has subsequently become a part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. He served as Department Chair from 2005-2010 and is now a part-time Professor of Neuropharmacology at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at this Faculty. He has been working on astrocyte function, focusing on amino acid neurotransmission, for more than 4o years and is currently engaged in studies of glutamate and GABA homeostasis and metabolism. He has published over 550 papers on these topics. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous neuroscience journals over the years and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Neurochemical Research and editor of the book series Advances in Neurobiology. See less