Kristian Lensjø

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I study neural plasticity and memory storage in the adult brain. A lot of our current work revolves around parvalbumin-expressing inhibitory interneurons and the extracellular matrix structures termed perineuronal nets that enwrap them, where we aim to understand how their interplay affects plasticity and learning in the neocortex. To study this we use a range of techniques, including:

Chronic electrophysiological recordings using tetrodes and silicon probes

In vivo two-photon imaging

Optical imaging of intrinsic signals

Animal behavior

Immunohistochemistry

 

Teaching: 

MBV3050 - Human Physiology (http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ibv/MBV3050/index-eng.html)

MBV4320 - Advanced Physiology and Cell Biology (http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ibv/MBV4320/index-eng.html)

 

 

Publications

  • Grødem, Sverre; Nymoen, Ingeborg; Vatne, Guro Helén; Rogge, Frederik Sebastian; Björnsdottir, Valgerdur & Lensjø, Kristian [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). An updated suite of viral vectors for in vivo calcium imaging using intracerebral and retro-orbital injections in male mice. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 14(1), p. 608–1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36324-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Buccino, Alessio Paolo; Yu, Jai & Fyhn, Marianne [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Optogenetic pacing of medial septum parvalbumin-positive cells disrupts temporal but not spatial firing in grid cells. Science Advances. ISSN 2375-2548. 7(19). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd5684. Full text in Research Archive
  • Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Dragly, Svenn-Arne; Sutterud, Hallvard & Blackstad, Jan Sigurd [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20241-w. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sugden, Arthur; Zaremba, Jeffrey; Sugden, Lauren A; Maguire, Kelly; Lutas, Andrew & Ramesh, Rohan [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). Cortical reactivations of recent sensory experiences predict bidirectional network changes during learning. Nature Neuroscience. ISSN 1097-6256. 23, p. 981–991. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0651-5.
  • Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lepperød, Mikkel; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Dragly, Svenn-Arne; Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari & Fyhn, Marianne [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network. bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205. doi: 10.1101/796342.
  • Rowlands, Daire; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Dinh, Tovy; Yang, Sujeon; Andrews, Melissa & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). Aggrecan directs extracellular matrix mediated neuronal plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 38(47), p. 10102–10113. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1122-18.2018.
  • Thompson, Elise Holter; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Malthe-sørenssen, Anders; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2018). Removal of perineuronal nets disrupts recall of a remote fear memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 0027-8424. 115(3), p. 607–612. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713530115. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Tennøe, Simen; Fyhn, Marianne & Hafting, Torkel (2017). Differential Expression and Cell-Type Specificity of Perineuronal Nets in Hippocampus, Medial Entorhinal Cortex and Visual Cortex Examined in the Rat and Mouse. eNeuro. ISSN 2373-2822. 4(3), p. 1–18. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0379-16.2017. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Dick, Gunnar; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2017). Removal of perineuronal nets unlocks juvenile plasticity through network mechanisms of decreased inhibition and increased gamma Activity. Journal of Neuroscience. ISSN 0270-6474. 37(5), p. 1269–1283. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2504-16.2016.

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  • Schlegel, Ulrike; Hjallar, Viktor A.; Lensjø, Kristian; Uggerud, Ida Margrethe; Bjaalie, Jan G. & Hvoslef-Eide, Martha [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Mapping of parahippocampal and visual neural networks in mice: Preliminary evidence for feedback projections from perirhinal cortex to visual areas.
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Stable orientation tuning in the freely moving rat: Movement-robust orientation-selective neurons in the deep layers of the primary visual cortex.
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Stable orientation tuning in the freely moving rat: Movement-robust orientation-selective neurons in the deep layers of the primary visual cortex.
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Stöber, Tristan Manfred & Einevoll, Gaute [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2018). Stable orientation tuning in the freely moving rat: Movement-robust orientation-selective neurons in the deep layers of the primary visual cortex.
  • Grødem, Sverre; Sandvik, Guro Katrine; Hazen, Jennifer; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2018). A CRISPR-Cas9 platform for genetic perturbations of brain extracellular matrix regulators in vivo .
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Rowlands, Daire; Dinh, Tovy; Thompson, Elise Holter; Andrews, Melissa & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2018). Conditional knock-out of the Acan gene removes perineuronal nets in adult mice and induces life-long brian plasticity.
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Stable orientation tuning in the freely moving rat: Movement-robust orientation selective neurons in the deep layers of the primary visual cortex.
  • Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Røe, Malin Benum; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Stöber, Tristan Manfred & Einevoll, Gaute [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2018). Orientation selectivity in the freely moving rat: Movement-robust orientation-selectivity (MROS) of units in the deep layers of the rat visual cortex .
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida Elisabeth Jørgensen; Mobarhan, Milad; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Movement-resistant orientation selectivity of cells in the deep layers of the rat visual cortex.
  • Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Fyhn, Marianne & Hafting, Torkel (2017). The role of extracellular matrix molecules for spatial representations in medial entorhinal cortex.
  • Aasebø, Ida E. J.; Mobarhan, Milad; Røe, Malin Benum; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Hafting, Torkel [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). Movement-resistant orientation-selective units in the deep layers of the visual cortex.
  • Thompson, Elise Holter; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Hafting, Torkel; Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders & Fyhn, Marianne (2017). The perineuronal nets in the lateral secondary visual cortex are essential for remote visual fear memory.
  • Dinh, Tovy; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lanton, Rune Alexander; Dick, Gunnar; Fyhn, Marianne & Hafting, Torkel (2017). Increased ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex after genetic knock out of aggrecan, an essential component of perineuronal nets.
  • Blackstad, Jan Sigurd; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2016). Involvement of perineuronal nets in spatial information transfer between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus.
  • Blackstad, Jan Sigurd; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2016). Involvement of perineuronal nets in spatial information transfer between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus.
  • Thompson, Elise Holter; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Hafting, Torkel; Fyhn, Marianne & Malthe-Sørenssen, Anders (2016). The perineuronal nets in the lateral secondary visual cortex are essential for remote visual memory.
  • Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Frey, Mina Martine; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Solstad, Trygve [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). On the role of input-specific perturbations of medial septal projections to the grid cell network.
  • Røe, Malin Benum; Aasebø, Ida E. J.; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2016). Orientation selective cells in layer six of the primary visual cortex are resistant to the animal's movement.
  • Thompson, Elise Holter; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2016). The perineuronal nets in the lateral secondary visual cortex and their impact on remote visual fear memory.
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Dick, Gunnar; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2016). Removal of perineuronal nets affects information processing and plasticity in the primary visual cortex.
  • Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Frey, M.M.; Dragly, Svenn-Arne & Einevoll, Gaute [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2016). Grid cell network resilient to input-specific medial septum perturbations.
  • Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Wigestrand, Mattis B; Frey, M.M.; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Einevoll, Gaute & Solstad, Trygve [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). Role of input-specific perturbations of medial septal projections to the grid cell network.
  • Lepperød, Mikkel Elle; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel & Einevoll, Gaute (2015). Building an entorhinal cortex network.
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Bjørn Mikkel Elle; Dick, Gunnar; Hafting, Torkel & Fyhn, Marianne (2015). Removal of perineuronal nets in the visual cortex leads to a reduced inhibition and mimics critical period plasticity .
  • Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Lepperød, Bjørn Mikkel Elle; Fyhn, Marianne & Hafting, Torkel (2015). The role of extracellular matrix molecules for spatial representations and plasticity in entorhinal cortex.
  • Hafting, Torkel; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Dick, Gunnar & Fyhn, Marianne (2014). Perineuronal nets, plasticity and information-processing in visual cortex, medial entorhinal cortex and hippocampus.
  • Aasebø, Ida E. J.; Norheim, Eivind Skjønsberg; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Fyhn, Marianne & Fyhn, Torkel Hafting (2013). The effect of anesthesia on activity and modulation of visually responsive neurons in cortical and subcortical areas.
  • Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Dick, Gunnar; Fyhn, Torkel Hafting & Fyhn, Marianne (2013). Cortical processing in awake, behaving rats after removal of perineuronal nets.

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