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Åke Ljungdahl

Åke Ljungdahl

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
10738
World Ranking
6835
National Ranking
140

Overview

Åke Ljungdahl is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their academic profile reflects involvement in scientific research primarily associated with this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—I. Cell bodies and nerve terminals

    Å. Ljungdahl;T. Hökfelt;G. Nilsson

  • Immunohistochemical analysis of peptide pathways possibly related to pain and analgesia: enkephalin and substance P

    T. Hökfelt;Å. Ljungdahl;L. Terenius;R. Elde

  • Immunohistochemical evidence of substance P-like immunoreactivity in some 5-hydroxytryptamine-containing neurons in the rat central nervous system.

    T. Hökfelt;T. Hökfelt;Å. Ljungdahl;Å. Ljungdahl;H. Steinbusch;H. Steinbusch;A. Verhofstad;A. Verhofstad

  • Dopamine nerve terminals in the rat limbic cortex: aspects of the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia.

    T. Hökfelt;Å. Ljungdahl;K. Fuxe;O. Johansson

  • Aminergic and peptidergic pathways in the nervous system with special reference to the hypothalamus.

    Hökfelt T;Elde R;Fuxe K;Johansson O

  • Transmitter histochemistry of the rat olfactory bulb. I. Immunohistochemical localization of monoamine synthesizing enzymes. Support for intrabulbar, periglomerular dopamine neurons.

    Norbert Hala´sz;Norbert Hala´sz;A˚ke Ljungdahl;A˚ke Ljungdahl;Tomas Ho¨kfelt;Tomas Ho¨kfelt;Olle Johansson;Olle Johansson

  • Studies on central and peripheral noradrenaline neurons using a new dopamine-β-hydroxylase inhibitor

    H. Corrodi;K. Fuxe;B. Hamberger;Å. Ljungdahl

  • Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat--II. Light microscopic localization in relation to catecholamine-containing neurons.

    Å. Ljungdahl;T. Hökfelt;G. Nilsson;M. Goldstein

  • Coexistence of peptides and putative transmitters in neurons.

    Hökfelt T;Lundberg Jm;Schultzberg M;Johansson O

  • Cytokine production in the central nervous system of Lewis rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: dynamics of mRNA expression for interleukin-10, interleukin-12, cytolysin, tumor necrosis factor α and tumor necrosis factor β

    S. Issazadeh;A. Ljungdahl;B. Höjeberg;M. Mustafa

  • Pharmaco-histochemical evidence of the existence of dopamine nerve terminals in the limbic cortex.

    Tomas Hökfelt;Kjell Fuxe;Olle Johansson;Åke Ljungdahl

  • Interferon Gamma, Interleukin 4 and Transforming Growth Factor Beta in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Lewis Rats: Dynamics of Cellular mRNA Expression in the Central Nervous System and Lymphoid Cells

    S. Issazadeh;M. Mustafa;Å. Ljungdahl;B. Höjeberg

  • Modification of the Falck-Hillarp formaldehyde fluorescence method using the Vibratome: simple, rapid and sensitive localization of catecholamines in sections of unfixed or formalin fixed brain tissue

    Tomas Hökfelt;Åke Ljungdahl

  • Cellular localization of labeled gamma-aminobutyric acid (3H_GABA) in rat cerebellar cortex: an autoradiographic study

    Tomas Hökfelt;Åke Ljungdahl

  • Evidence for an inhibitory gabergic control of the meso-limbic dopamine neurons: possibility of improving treatment of schizophrenia by combined treatment with neuroleptics and gabergic drugs.

    Fuxe K;Hökfelt T;Ljungdahl A;Agnati L

  • Gamma-interferon-like immunoreactivity in axotomized rat motor neurons

    Tomas Olsson;Krister Kristensson;Ake Ljungdahl;Jan Maehlen

  • CD8 is critically involved in lymphocyte activation by a T. brucei brucei-released molecule

    Tomas Olsson;Moiz Bakhiet;Bo Höjeberg;Åke Ljungdahl

  • Light and electron microscopic autoradiography on spinal cord slices after incubation with labeled glycine.

    Tomas Hökfelt;Åke Ljungdahl

  • Memantine abrogates neurological deficits, but not CNS inflammation, in Lewis rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Erik Wallström;Per Diener;Åke Ljungdahl;Mohsen Khademi

  • Demonstration of central γ-aminobutyrate-containing nerve terminals by means of antibodies against glutamate decar☐ylase

    M. Pe´rez de la mora;L.D. Possani;R. Tapia;L. Teran

  • Immunohistochemical identification of two types of dopamine neuron in the rat olfactory bulb as seen by serial sectioning

    Norbert Halász;Olle Johansson;Tomas Hökfelt;Åke Ljungdahl

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Harry W.M. Steinbusch
Harry W.M. Steinbusch Maastricht University
Alf A. Lindberg
Alf A. Lindberg Karolinska Institute
Barry J. Everitt
Barry J. Everitt University of Cambridge
Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ricardo Tapia
Ricardo Tapia National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gösta Jonsson
Gösta Jonsson Karolinska Institute

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