Dr. Gerard Jansen

Dr. Gerard Jansen
Dr. Gerard Jansen
Associate Professor in Neuropathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa
Neuropathologist Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Neuropathology and Consultancy


Phone
613-798-5555


Biography

Recent Publications

  • Zerr I, Kallenberg K, Summers DM, Romero C, Taratuto A, Heinemann U, Breithaupt M, Varges D, Meissner B, Ladogana A, Schuur M, Haik S, Collins SJ, Jansen GH, Stokin GB, Pimentel J, Hewer E, Collie D, Smith P, Roberts H, Brandel JP, van Duijn C, Pocchiari M, Begue C, Cras P, Will RG, Sanchez-Juan P: Updated clinical diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Brain 2009; 132: 2659-2668.
  • Meissner B, Kallenberg K, Sanchez-Juan P, Collie D, Summers DM, Almonti S, Collins SJ, Smith P, Cras P, Jansen GH, Brandel JP, Coulthart MB, Roberts H, Van Everbroeck B, Galanaud D, Mellina V, Will RG, Zerr I: MRI lesion profiles in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neurology. 2009; 72:1994-2001.
  • Shamji MF, Benoit BG, Perry A, Jansen GH: Giant cell ependymoma of the thoracic spine: pathology case report. Neurosurgery 2009; 64: E 566-567.
  • Almutairi BM, Nguyen TB, Jansen GH, Asseri AH: Invasive Aspergillosis of the Brain: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation. RadioGraphics 2009; 29:375-379.
  • Wijnberg ID, Ruitenbeek W, Jansen GH, Westermann CM, van der Kolk JH: Myopathy in a Haflinger horse: an initiating search for a fatty acid oxidation deficiency. Equine Veterinary Education 2008; 20: 532-538.
  • Shamji MF, Benoit BG, Perry A, Jansen GH: Giant Cell Ependymoma of the Thoracic Spine: Case Report and Literature Review. Neurosurgery Accepted for publication
  • Gorgels TGMF, van der Pluijm I, Brandt RMC, Garinis GA, van Steeg H, van den Aardweg G, Jansen GH, Ruijter JM, Bergen AAB, van Norren D, Hoeijmakers JHJ, van der Horst GTJ: Retinal degeneration and ionizing radiation hypersensitivity in a mouse model for Cockayne syndrome. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27, 1433-1441.
  • Chen J, Kuhlmann T, Jansen GH, Collins DL, Atkins HL, Freedman MS, OConnor PW, Arnold DL: Voxel-based analysis of the evolution of magnetization transfer ratio to quantify remyelination and demyelination with histopathological validation in a multiple sclerosis lesion. Neuroimage 2007 Epub ahead of print May 7.
  • Bratosiewicz-Wasik J, Liberski PP, Golanska E, Jansen GH, Wasik TJ: Regulatory sequences of the PRNP gene influence susceptibility to sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neurosci Lett 2007; 411: 163-167.
  • Pedro-Cuesta J, Glatzel M, Almazan J, Stoeck K, Mellina V, Puopolo M, Pocchiari M, Zerr I, Kretzschmar HA, Brandel J-P, Delasnerie-Laupretre N, Alperovitch A, van Duijn C, Sanchez-Juan P, Collins S, Lewis V, Jansen GH, Coulthart MB, Gelpi E, Budka H, Mitrova E: Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in eleven countries: diagnostic pattern across time, 1993-2002. BMC Public Health 2006, Epub November 10, 2006.
  • Notenboom RGE, Jansen GH, van Rijen PC, van Veelen CWM, van Nieuwenhuizen O, De Graan PNE: Up-regulation of hippocampal metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Brain 2006; 129: 96-107.
  • Wijnberg ID, Franssen H, Jansen GH, van den Ingh TS, van der Harst MR, van der Kolk JH: The role of quantitative electromyography in horses suspected of acute and chronic grass sickness. Equine Vet J 2006; 38: 230-237.
  • Collins S, Sanchez-Juan P, Masters C, Klug G, van Duijn C, Poleggi A, Pocchiari M, Almonti S, Cuadrado-Corrales N, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Budka H, Gelpi E, Glatzel M, Tolnay M, Hewer E, Zerr I, Heinemann U, Kretszchmar H, Jansen GH, Olsen E, Mitrova E, Alpérovitch A, Brandel J-P, Mackenzie J, Murray K, Will RG: Determinants of diagnostic investigation sensitivities across the clinical spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Brain 2006; 129: 2278-2287.

Research interests

  • Neuropathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease