Terje Sagvolden
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Terje Sagvolden | |
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| Born | 12 February 1945 |
| Died | 12 January 2011 (aged 65) Oslo, Norway |
| Citizenship | Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Known for | Research on animal models of ADHD |
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| Fields | Behavioral neuroscience |
Terje Sagvolden (12 February 1945 – 12 January 2011, Oslo) was a Norwegian behavioral neuroscientist, a professor at the Universities of Oslo and Tromsø, and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.[1][2][3]
Sagvolden's research career started with his work for his PhD, which he obtained in 1979 from the University of Oslo based on a thesis entitled Behavioral Changes in Rats with Septal Lesions: Effects of Water-Deprivation Level and Intensity of Electrical Shocks.[4] Sagvolden is best known for the discovery that the SHR rat strain is hyperactive.[2][5] Over the next decades, he then went on to demonstrate that this strain is a valid animal model for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[6] Subsequently, Sagvolden also showed that the WKY/NCrl rat strain showed inattention, but no impulsivity or hyperactivity, and validated this strain as an animal model of inattentive ADHD.[1][7][8] Over the course of his career, Sagvolden worked not only with rats, but also with humans[9][10] and pigeons.[11]
Editorial activities
Sagvolden was the founding editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Behavioral and Brain Functions, from the time of its establishment in 2005 to his death in 2011.[1][12][13] In 1989 he co-edited, together with Trevor Archer, a book summarizing current research on ADHD,[14] followed in 1998 by a special issue on ADHD for Behavioural Brain Research.[1][15]
