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Åsa Petersén

Åsa Petersén

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Neuroscience

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45
Citations
7922
World Ranking
6920
National Ranking
143

Overview

Åsa Petersén is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans 26 publications in neuroscience, 19 in medicine, and 19 in biochemistry-related fields.

The scientist's research focuses on multiple subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, social psychology, and endocrine and autonomic systems. Key topics in their research encompass genetic neurodegenerative diseases, mitochondrial function and pathology, neurological disorders and treatments, muscle physiology and disorders, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

Åsa Petersén's recent publications include:

  • Loss of the metabolism and sleep regulating neuronal populations expressing orexin and oxytocin in the hypothalamus in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2021, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • Early white matter pathology in the fornix of the limbic system in Huntington disease, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Decreased CSF oxytocin relates to measures of social cognitive impairment in Huntington's disease patients, 2022, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Hypothalamic expression of huntingtin causes distinct metabolic changes in Huntington's disease mice, 2022, Molecular Metabolism
  • Comorbidities and clinical outcomes in adult- and juvenile-onset Huntington's disease: a study of linked Swedish National Registries (2002-2019), 2022, Journal of Neurology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Rana Soylu-Kucharz, Sanaz Gabery, Rachel Y. Cheong, Maria Björkqvist, and Mahmoud A. Pouladi. Their most common publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with six publications, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology with three papers, Journal of Huntington's Disease with two, Acta Neuropathologica, and Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.

Best Publications

  • Telomere dysfunction triggers extensive DNA fragmentation and evolution of complex chromosome abnormalities in human malignant tumors

    David Gisselsson;Tord Jonson;Åsa Petersén;Bodil Strömbeck

  • Improving the survival of grafted dopaminergic neurons: a review over current approaches

    Patrik Brundin;Jenny Karlsson;Mia Emgård;Gabriele S. Kaminski Schierle

  • Orexin loss in Huntington's disease

    Åsa Petersén;Joana Gil;Marion L.C. Maat-Schieman;Maria Björkqvist

  • Expanded CAG repeats in exon 1 of the Huntington’s disease gene stimulate dopamine-mediated striatal neuron autophagy and degeneration

    Åsa Petersén;Kristin E. Larsen;Gerald G. Behr;Norma Romero

  • Proteomic profiling of plasma in Huntington's disease reveals neuroinflammatory activation and biomarker candidates.

    Annette Dalrymple;Edward J Wild;Richard Joubert;Kirupa Sathasivam

  • Transgenic mice expressing a Huntington’s disease mutation are resistant to quinolinic acid-induced striatal excitotoxicity

    Oskar Hansson;Åsa Petersén;Marcel Leist;Pierluigi Nicotera

  • Eating and hypothalamus changes in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia

    Olivier Piguet;Olivier Piguet;Åsa Petersén;Bonnie Yin Ka Lam;Bonnie Yin Ka Lam;Sanaz Gabery

  • Reduced hippocampal neurogenesis in R6/2 transgenic Huntington's disease mice

    Joana M.A.C. Gil;Paul Mohapel;Inês M. Araújo;Inês M. Araújo;Natalija Popovic

  • Reduced orexin levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of suicidal patients with major depressive disorder.

    Lena Brundin;Maria Björkqvist;Åsa Petersén;Lil Träskman-Bendz

  • Recent advances on the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease.

    Åsa Petersén;Kevin Mani;Patrik Brundin

  • Hypothalamic–endocrine aspects in Huntington's disease

    Åsa Petersén;Maria Björkqvist

  • Hypothalamic Alterations in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Their Relation to Abnormal Energy Metabolism.

    Pauline Vercruysse;Didier Vieau;David Blum;Åsa Petersén

  • The R6/2 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease develops diabetes due to deficient beta-cell mass and exocytosis.

    Maria Björkqvist;Malin Fex;Erik Renström;Nils Wierup

  • Prevention of depressive behaviour in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease by mutation at residue 586 of huntingtin.

    Mahmoud A Pouladi;Rona K Graham;Rona K Graham;Joanna M Karasinska;Joanna M Karasinska;Yuanyun Xie;Yuanyun Xie

  • Hypothalamic atrophy is related to body mass index and age at onset in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Martin Gorges;Pauline Vercruysse;Hans-Peter Müller;Hans Jürgen Huppertz

  • Progressive alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the R6/2 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease

    Maria Björkqvist;Aasa Petersen;Karl Bacos;Jeremy Isaacs

  • Increased metabolism in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.

    Jorien M.M. van der Burg;Karl Bacos;Nigel I. Wood;Andreas Lindqvist

  • Sex differences in a transgenic rat model of Huntington's disease: decreased 17β-estradiol levels correlate with reduced numbers of DARPP32+ neurons in males

    Felix J. Bode;Michael Stephan;Hendrik Suhling;Reinhard Pabst

  • Testicular degeneration in Huntington disease

    Jeremy M Van Raamsdonk;Zoe Murphy;David M Selva;Reza Hamidizadeh

  • Mutant Huntingtin Causes Metabolic Imbalance by Disruption of Hypothalamic Neurocircuits

    Sofia Hult;Rana Soylu;Tomas Björklund;Bengt F. Belgardt

  • Oxidative stress, mitochondrial permeability transition and activation of caspases in calcium ionophore A23187-induced death of cultured striatal neurons

    Åsa Petersén;Roger F. Castilho;Oskar Hansson;Tadeusz Wieloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Deniz Kirik
Deniz Kirik Lund University
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Patrik Brundin
Patrik Brundin Roche (United States)
Aleksander A. Mathé
Aleksander A. Mathé Karolinska University Hospital
Roger A. Barker
Roger A. Barker University of Cambridge
Gitta Wörtwein
Gitta Wörtwein University of Copenhagen
Blair R. Leavitt
Blair R. Leavitt University of British Columbia
Gillian P. Bates
Gillian P. Bates University College London
Jan Kassubek
Jan Kassubek University of Ulm
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen

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