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Hugo Lagercrantz

Hugo Lagercrantz

Professor Emeritus/Emerita
Visiting address: BioMedicum A4, Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K6 Kvinnors och barns hälsa, K6 NOGRH Ådén, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Hugo Lagercrantz was appointed professor of pediatrics at ̽ѡ 1989. He was director of the Neonatal Programme at the Astrid Lindgren Children´s Hospital until 2004. He has been president of the Swedish Pediatric Society and the European Society for Pediatric Research. He has also been European chief editor for Pediatric Research and is presently editor-in-chief for Acta Paediatrica. He has been a member of the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee.

    He found that the fetus mobilizes very high levels of catecholamines during normal birth and coined the expression “The stress of being born” (Scientific American 1986). This stress seems to be of vital importance for neonatal adaptation. He has also been interested of apnea of prematurity and the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). He demonstrated in animal experiments that the therapeutic effects of theophylline or caffeine is probably due to their antagonizing effect of adenosine, which may trigger apnea.

    During the last years he has been mainly interested of brain development particularly of children who are born too early. By studying how children process stimulation of the senses, such as smell, pain or the vision of a face, he tries to understand how consciousness emerges and what happens when there is an abnormal development of the brain. He has also been involved in the finding of a spontaneuous resting activity in the newborn brain – showing that it is not “a blank slate”. He is the main editor of the book the “Newborn Brain – neuroscience and clinical applications (Cambridge University Press 2002 and 2010). Since 2012 he is senior professor.

Articles

  • Journal article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(4):712-713
    Lagercrantz H
  • Journal article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(3):700-701
    Lagercrantz H
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(1):85-93
    Tran HTT; Le HTT; Tran HTP; Khu DTK; Lagercrantz H; Tran DM; Winbladh B; Hellstrom-Westas L; Alfven T; Olson L
  • Article: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 2018;93:782-789
    Odeberg J; Wirsen A; Norberg A; Frie J; Printz G; Lagercrantz H; Gudmundsson GH; Agerberth B; Jonsson B
  • Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2018;28(9):3229-3240
    Frie J; Bartocci M; Lagercrantz H; Kuhn P
  • Article: BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 2018;223(7):3107-3119
    Barttfeld P; Abboud S; Lagercrantz H; Aden U; Padilla N; Edwards AD; Cohen L; Sigman M; Dehaene S; Dehaene-Lambertz G
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2018;107(4):638-646
    Bastianini S; Lo Martire V; Silvani A; Zoccoli G; Berteotti C; Lagercrantz H; Arner A; Cohen G
  • Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2017;27(10):4750-4758
    Padilla N; Fransson P; Donaire A; Figueras F; Arranz A; Sanz-Cortes M; Tenorio V; Bargallo N; Junque C; Lagercrantz H; Aden U; Gratacos E
  • Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2017;27(2):1245-1252
    Padilla N; Eklof E; Martensson GE; Bolte S; Lagercrantz H; Aden U
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(6):e0178893
    Vollmer B; Lundequist A; Martensson G; Nagy Z; Lagercrantz H; Smedler A-C; Forssberg H
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(12):1413-1416
    Lagercrantz H
  • Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2016;172:96-102.e1
    Frie J; Padilla N; Aden U; Lagercrantz H; Bartocci M
  • Article: BMC CANCER. 2016;16:259
    Dyberg C; Papachristou P; Haug BH; Lagercrantz H; Kogner P; Ringstedt T; Wickstrom M; Johnsen JI
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;10:7
    Sallin K; Lagercrantz H; Evers K; Engstrom I; Hjern A; Petrovic P
  • Article: LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. 2015;3(10):796-812
    Carbajal R; Eriksson M; Courtois E; Boyle E; Avila-Alvarez A; Andersen RD; Sarafidis K; Polkki T; Matos C; Lago P; Papadouri T; Montalto SA; Ilmoja M-L; Simons S; Tameliene R; van Overmeire B; Berger A; Dobrzanska A; Schroth M; Bergqvist L; Lagercrantz H; Anand KJS
  • Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;25(7):1897-1905
    Padilla N; Alexandrou G; Blennow M; Lagercrantz H; Aden U
  • Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DLCZ
    Samuelsson K; Lagercrantz H; Lindahl S; Philipson A; Samuelsson B
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(3):292-299
    Lundequist A; Bohm B; Lagercrantz H; Forssberg H; Smedler A-C
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(4):e0123108
    Chu C; Lagercrantz H; Forssberg H; Nagy Z
  • Article: PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH & PERSPECTIVES. 2014;2(6):e00071
    Andersson M; Bjorkhem-Bergman L; Ekstrom L; Bergqvist L; Lagercrantz H; Rane A; Beck O
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All other publications

  • Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(5):883-892
    Padilla N; Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2020;87(2):188-189
    Lagercrantz H; Malamitsi-Puchner A
  • Editorial comment: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2018;103(11):1005-1006
    Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2018;103(5):409-410
    Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(8):1246-1247
    Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(6):860-863
    Lagercrantz H
  • Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(4):352-357
    Lagercrantz H
  • Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(1):31-38
    Alm B; Wennergren G; Mollborg P; Lagercrantz H
  • Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DLZ7
    Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(7):644
    Lagercrantz H
  • Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(5):444-448
    Wennergren G; Nordstrand K; Alm B; Mollborg P; Ohman A; Berlin A; Katz-Salamon M; Lagercrantz H
  • Review: SEMINARS IN FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE. 2014;19(5):300-305
    Lagercrantz H
  • Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(38):1572-1574
    Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2014;103(7):681
    Kall A; Lagercrantz H
  • Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(11):494-495
    Altman M; Altman D; Fischler B; Björkstén B; Bruchfeld A; Böhm F; Chrapkowska C; Finder M; Finkel Y; Halmin M; Heyman M; Ilicki A; Kahn R; Karpman D; Katz-Salamon M; Lagercrantz H; Mårtensson T; Nisell H; Rosling H; Sarman I; Wackernagel D; Wennergren G; Wilczek M
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(10):927
    Kall A; Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(9):841
    Kall A; Lagercrantz H
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(8):771
    Kall A; Lagercrantz H
  • Letter: PEDIATRICS. 2013;132(2):e551-e552
    Haumont D; Amiel-Tison C; Casper C; Conneman N; Ferrari F; Huppi P; Kuhn P; Lagercrantz H; Moen A; Pallas-Alonso C; Pierrat V; Poets C; Sizun J; Valls y Soler A; Westrup B
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(5):443
    Kall A; Lagercrantz H
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