Prof. Dr. med. C. Albrecht May
Personal data
| 1986-1993 | Study of Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 1993-1996 | Study of Philosophy, Musicology and History and Theory of Medicine, FAU, Erlangen |
| 1994 | Graduation Dr.med. |
| 1994-1995 | Intern, Department of Psychiatry, FAU, Erlangen |
| 1995 | unrestricted medical Approbation |
| 1995-2002 | research fellow, Department of Anatomy II, FAU, Erlangen |
| 2002 | postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) |
| 2002-2004 | associate professor (Privatdozent), Department of Anatomy II, FAU, Erlangen |
| 2004 - present | full professor, Department of Anatomy, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden |
Teaching
- Functional Morphology of the human body (all aspects)
- Body and Self-awareness
- History and Theory of Medicine
Research project
- previous:
- Vasculature and Innervation of the human Uvea (especially Choroid)
- (pathologic) Morphology of Glaucoma and Retina Degeneration
- Corneal morphology after LASIK
- AlphaB-crystallin: distribution in health and disease - present:
- the fascial system in the human
- neuro-muscular interaction
- acupuncture and morphology
- Body- and Self-awareness
- advanced morphology of organs and functional units
- scientific methods in medicine (theory and history)
Selected publications
- Peikert K, Platzek I, Bessede T, May CA (2015) The male bulbospongiosus muscle and its relation to the external anal sphincter. Journal of Urology
- Peikert K, May CA (2014) Muscle spindles in the human Bulbospongiosus and Ischiocavernosus muscle. Muscle and Nerve
- May CA (2013) Review. Chronologic versus biologic aging of the human choroid. ISRN Ophthalmology ID 378206.
- May CA (2013) Caveolin-1 and the migration of bone-marrow derived cells in the mouse eye. Tissue and Cell 45, 367-370.
- May CA (2011) Could mineralocorticoids play a role in the pathophysiology of open angle glaucoma? Journal of Ophthalmology Vol. 2012, Article ID 196418.
- May CA (2008) Review: Comparative anatomy of the optic nerve head and inner retina in non-primate animal models used for glaucoma research. The Open Ophthalmology Journal 2, 99-105.
- May CA, Nakamura K, Fujiyama F, Yukio Komatsu, Yanagawa Y (2007) Homozygous GAD65 and heterozygous GAD67 knock-out mice reveal normal retinal development and maintenance despite reduced amounts of GABA. Acta Neuropathologica 113, 101-103.
- May CA (2005) Nonvascular smooth muscle cells in the human choroid: distribution, development and further characterization. Journal of Anatomy 207, 381-390.
- May CA, Neuhuber WL, Lütjen-Drecoll E (2004) Immunohistochemical classification and functional morphology of human choroidal ganglion cells. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 45, 361-367.