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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Physiology

Viljoen, M

MSc(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand), PhD(Pretoria) - Professor

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 319 2140
Fax number: 012 321 1679
E-mail address: mviljoen@medic.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Intracellular calcium and transmembrane fluxes in chronic renal failure patients

Neuro behavioural processes and psychoneuroimmunology

Physiology in psychiatry

Iron homeostasis

Probiotics and mucosal immunity

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Viljoen M, Panzer A: 2005. Proinflammatory cytokines: A common denominator in depression and somatic symptoms?. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry / Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie, 50 (2), p. 128.

Panzer A, Viljoen M: 2005. Supportive neurodevelopmental evidence for ADHD as a developmental disorder. Medical Hypotheses, 64, pp 755-758.

Viljoen M, Panzer A: 2005. Non-termination of sickness behavior as precipitating factor for mental disorders. Medical Hypotheses, 65, pp 316-329.

Viljoen M, Koorts AM: 2005. Probiotika: selektiewe substraat vir voordelige mikroflora. South African Journal for Science and Technology/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 24 (1&2), pp 11-16.

Viljoen M, Johannsen E, Panzer A: 2005. Probiotika: dieet-aanvullende preparate van lewende, niepatogene mikroörganismes. South African Journal for Science and Technology/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 24 (1&2), pp 2-10.

Viljoen M, Claassen N, Grant CC: 2005. Choking under pressure. South African Journal of Science, 101 (7/8) / Jul/Aug, p. xxvii.

 

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