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70
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2470
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Bente Pakkenberg publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bente Pakkenberg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 221 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Bente Pakkenberg D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bente Pakkenberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bente Pakkenberg is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist has published frequently on topics such as Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, and Nuclear Receptors and Signaling.

Among the recent papers authored by or associated with Bente Pakkenberg are:

  • "Axon morphology is modulated by the local environment and impacts the noninvasive investigation of its structure-function relationship," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Modeling the early stages of Alzheimer's disease by administering intracerebroventricular injections of human native Aβ oligomers to rats," 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Epigenetic modulation of AREL1 and increased HLA expression in brains of multiple system atrophy patients," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Brain proteome profiling implicates the complement and coagulation cascade in multiple system atrophy brain pathology," 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma distribution of anti-α-synuclein IgMs and IgGs in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease," 2021, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Bente Pakkenberg has collaborated regularly with several researchers, highlighting a pattern of frequent co-authors including Jonas Folke, Tomasz Brudek, Susana Aznar, Tim B. Dyrby, and Mikkel Vestergaard Olesen.

The most common publication venues for this scientist's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Best Publications

  • Some new, simple and efficient stereological methods and their use in pathological research and diagnosis.

    Hj. Gundersen;Tf. Bendtsen;L. Korbo;N. Marcussen

  • The new stereological tools: disector, fractionator, nucleator and point-sampled intercepts and their use in pathological research and diagnosis

    H.J.G. Gundersen;P. Bagger;T.F. Bendtsen;S.M. Evans

  • Neocortical neuron number in humans: Effect of sex and age

    Bente Pakkenberg;Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen

  • Pronounced Reduction of Total Neuron Number in Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus and Nucleus Accumbens in Schizophrenics

    Bente Pakkenberg

  • Marked loss of myelinated nerve fibers in the human brain with age.

    Lisbeth Marner;Jens R. Nyengaard;Yong Tang;Bente Pakkenberg

  • Neocortical glial cell numbers in human brains.

    D.P. Pelvig;H. Pakkenberg;A.K. Stark;B. Pakkenberg

  • Aging and the human neocortex.

    Bente Pakkenberg;Dorte Pelvig;Lisbeth Marner;Mads J Bundgaard

  • The absolute number of nerve cells in substantia nigra in normal subjects and in patients with Parkinson's disease estimated with an unbiased stereological method.

    B Pakkenberg;A Møller;H J Gundersen;A Mouritzen Dam

  • Total number of neurons and glial cells in human brain nuclei estimated by the disector and the fractionator

    B. Pakkenberg;H. J. G. Gundersen

  • Age-Induced White Matter Changes in the Human Brain: A Stereological Investigation

    Y Tang;Y Tang;J.R Nyengaard;B Pakkenberg;H.J.G Gundersen

  • Aging of the human cerebellum: A stereological study

    Birgitte Bo Andersen;Hans Jørgen G Gundersen;Bente Pakkenberg

  • Recording, analysis, and interpretation of spreading depolarizations in neurointensive care: Review and recommendations of the COSBID research group

    Jens P. Dreier;Martin Fabricius;Cenk Ayata;Oliver W. Sakowitz

  • A quantitative study of the human cerebellum with unbiased stereological techniques.

    Birgitte Bo Andersen;Lise Korbo;Bente Pakkenberg

  • Total nerve cell number in neocortex in chronic schizophrenics and controls estimated using optical disectors.

    B. Pakkenberg

  • Post-mortem study of chronic schizophrenic brains.

    Bente Pakkenberg

  • Validation of in vitro probabilistic tractography.

    Tim B. Dyrby;Lise V. Søgaard;Geoffrey J. M. Parker;Daniel C. Alexander

  • The volume of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in treated and untreated schizophrenics.

    B. Pakkenberg

  • Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease: a Danish nationwide cohort study 1977–2014

    Marie Villumsen;Susana Aznar;Bente Pakkenberg;Tine Jess

  • Increased Islet Volume but Unchanged Islet Number in ob/ob Mice

    Troels Bock;Bente Pakkenberg;Karsten Buschard

  • A neural cell adhesion molecule-derived peptide reduces neuropathological signs and cognitive impairment induced by Abeta25-35.

    B Klementiev;T Novikova;V Novitskaya;P S Walmod

  • No global neocortical nerve cell loss in brains from patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.

    Lisbeth Regeur;G. Badsberg Jensen;H. Pakkenberg;S. M. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Buschard
Karsten Buschard Copenhagen University Hospital
Martin Lauritzen
Martin Lauritzen University of Copenhagen
Olaf B. Paulson
Olaf B. Paulson University of Copenhagen
Anders Hay-Schmidt
Anders Hay-Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Nenad Bogdanovic
Nenad Bogdanovic Karolinska Institute
Mark J. West
Mark J. West Aarhus University
Jed A. Hartings
Jed A. Hartings University of Cincinnati
Jens P. Dreier
Jens P. Dreier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Fabricius
Martin Fabricius University of Copenhagen
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University

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