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Barbara Canlon

Barbara Canlon

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
9570
World Ranking
4771
National Ranking
93

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Barbara Canlon is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and focuses primarily on neuroscience, with extensive contributions to sensory systems, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans molecular biology and speech and hearing, addressing complex mechanisms underlying hearing and related disorders.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Multisensory perception and integration

Barbara Canlon has published in several venues with recurring contributions, including:

  • Hearing Research
  • Progress in brain research
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbara Canlon include Christopher R. Cederroth, Natalia Trpchevska, José A. López-Escámez, Niklas K. Edvall, and Jan Bulla, indicating ongoing research partnerships across multiple projects.

Recent publications illustrate the diversity of their research interests:

  • A cell-type-specific atlas of the inner ear transcriptional response to acoustic trauma, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Association between Hyperacusis and Tinnitus, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 48 risk variants and highlights the role of the stria vascularis in hearing loss, 2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Gender-Specific Risk Factors and Comorbidities of Bothersome Tinnitus, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Delivery of gene therapy through a cerebrospinal fluid conduit to rescue hearing in adult mice, 2023, Science Translational Medicine

Barbara Canlon was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function.

    Daniel T. Simon;Sindhulakshmi Kurup;Karin C. Larsson;Ryusuke Hori;Ryusuke Hori

  • Protection of auditory neurons from aminoglycoside toxicity by neurotrophin-3

    Patrik Ernfors;Mao Li Duan;Wael M. Elshamy;Barbara Canlon

  • Medicine in the Fourth Dimension.

    Christopher R. Cederroth;Urs Albrecht;Joseph Bass;Steven A. Brown

  • Neuronal connectivity and interactions between the auditory and limbic systems. Effects of noise and tinnitus.

    Kari Suzanne Kraus;Barbara Canlon

  • The remarkable cochlear amplifier.

    J. Ashmore;P. Avan;W. E. Brownell;Peter Dallos

  • The guide to plotting a cochleogram

    Agneta Viberg;Barbara Canlon

  • Protection against noise trauma by pre-exposure to a low level acoustic stimulus

    Barbara Canlon;Erik Borg;Erik Borg;Åke Flock

  • Sound-induced motility of isolated cochlear outer hair cells is frequency-specific.

    Lou Brundin;Åke Flock;Barbara Canlon

  • Complementary roles of neurotrophin 3 and a N-methyl-d-aspartate antagonist in the protection of noise and aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity

    Maoli Duan;Karin Agerman;Patrik Ernfors;Barbara Canlon

  • Estrogen receptor β protects against acoustic trauma in mice

    Inna Meltser;Yeasmin Tahera;Evan Simpson;Malou Hultcrantz

  • The search for noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy in humans:Mission impossible?

    Naomi Bramhall;Elizabeth Francis Beach;Bastian Epp;Colleen G. Le Prell

  • Stress and prevalence of hearing problems in the Swedish working population

    Dan Hasson;Dan Hasson;Töres Theorell;Martin Benka Wallén;Martin Benka Wallén;Constanze Leineweber

  • Possibilities and limitations of the Polar RS800 in measuring heart rate variability at rest.

    Martin Benka Wallén;Martin Benka Wallén;Dan Hasson;Dan Hasson;Töres Theorell;Barbara Canlon

  • BDNF gene replacement reveals multiple mechanisms for establishing neurotrophin specificity during sensory nervous system development.

    Karin Agerman;Jens Hjerling-Leffler;Marie Pierre Blanchard;Eric Scarfone

  • Glucocorticoid receptors modulate auditory sensitivity to acoustic trauma.

    Barbara Canlon;Inna Meltser;Peter Johansson;Yeasmin Tahera

  • Acoustic stimulation causes tonotopic alterations in the length of isolated outer hair cells from guinea pig hearing organ.

    Barbara Canlon;Lou Brundin;Ake Flock

  • Corticosteroid therapy for hearing and balance disorders.

    Dennis R. Trune;Barbara Canlon

  • NF-kappaB mediated glucocorticoid response in the inner ear after acoustic trauma.

    Yeasmin Tahera;Inna Meltser;Peter Johansson;Zhao Bian

  • Prevalence and characteristics of hearing problems in a working and non-working Swedish population

    Dan Hasson;Töres Theorell;Hugo Westerlund;Barbara Canlon

  • Tinnitus Severity Is Reduced with Reduction of Depressive Mood – a Prospective Population Study in Sweden

    Sylvie Hébert;Barbara Canlon;Dan Hasson;Dan Hasson;Linda L. Magnusson Hanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Töres Theorell
Töres Theorell Karolinska Institute
Erik Borg
Erik Borg Örebro University
Nenad Bogdanovic
Nenad Bogdanovic Karolinska Institute
Åke Flock
Åke Flock Karolinska Institute
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Berthold Langguth
Berthold Langguth University of Regensburg
Winfried Schlee
Winfried Schlee University of Regensburg
Peter Dallos
Peter Dallos Northwestern University
Michel Goiny
Michel Goiny Karolinska Institute
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

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