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Håkan Olausson

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Research

The Morrison Lab: The Embodied Brain Lab.

The Olausson Lab

Human touch is a powerful way of evoking emotions. What is the functional significance of the system for ultrafast nociceptors that we recently discovered? How does the nervous system distinguish social and self-touch? Our lab is looking for answers.

See the video about our research that can lead to new treatments for chronic pain

To map the pathways of pain and help cure everything from chronic pain to headaches, Håkan Olausson's team at Linköping University measures various pain impulses. Håkan and his research group have discovered that pain signals travel much faster than previously thought and that pain fibers are present throughout the entire body.

Håkan Olausson is interviewed during a study.
See the video on Youtube.

 

News

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Research about skin sensation gave insights into pain

Håkan Olausson’s breakthrough research has partially upset the textbook description of the nervous system. His research group recently discovered a previously unknown component of the human pain-signalling system.
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Håkan Olausson appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar

Håkan Olausson has been appointed as a Wallenberg Clinical Scholar by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He receives SEK 15 million for his research into the clinical significance of a newly discovered ultrarapid pain-signalling system.
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SEK 40 million for research in medicine and health

Eight researchers at LiU have been awarded at total of SEK 40.2 million in the Swedish Research Council’s round of funding in medicine and the health sciences for 2019.

Publications

Latest publications generated through LiU DiVA

2024

Oumie Thorell, David Mahns, Jan Otto, Jaquette Liljencrantz, Mats Svantesson, Håkan Olausson, Saad Nagi (2024) Experimental nerve block study on painful withdrawal reflex responses in humans PLOS ONE, Vol. 19, Article e0309048 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Morgan Frost-Karlsson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Håkan Olausson, Rebecca Böhme (2024) Altered somatosensory processing in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 24, Article 558 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anne Maallo, Giovanni Novembre, Aniko Kusztor, Sarah Mcintyre, Ali Israr, Gregory Gerling, Malin Bjornsdotter, Håkan Olausson, Rebecca Böhme (2024) Primary somatosensory cortical processing in tactile communication Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Vol. 379, Article 20230249 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at LiU

WCMM at LiU focuses on the medicine-technology interface, and build upon our existing strengths in research within medical technology, materials science and bioengineering.
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Center for Systems Neurobiology

Center for Systems Neurobiology is a strategic effort from Linköping University (LiU) and Region Östergötland aimed at strengthening research within the medical field.

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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