Eero Castrén

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The antidepressant fluoxetine restores plasticity in the adult visual cortex.

  José Fernando Maya Vetencourt;Alessandro Sale;Alessandro Viegi;Laura Baroncelli

  1068
  Citations

• The role of BDNF and its receptors in depression and antidepressant drug action: Reactivation of developmental plasticity.

  Eero Castrén;Tomi Rantamäki

  1055
  Citations

• Activation of the TrkB Neurotrophin Receptor Is Induced by Antidepressant Drugs and Is Required for Antidepressant-Induced Behavioral Effects

  Tommi Saarelainen;Panu Hendolin;Guilherme Lucas;Eija Koponen

  948
  Citations

• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and antidepressant drugs have different but coordinated effects on neuronal turnover, proliferation, and survival in the adult dentate gyrus.

  Mikko Sairanen;Guilherme Lucas;Patrik Ernfors;Maija Castrén

  929
  Citations

• Role of neurotrophic factors in depression.

  Eero Castrén;Vootele Võikar;Tomi Rantamäki

  891
  Citations

• Is mood chemistry

  Eero Castrén

  804
  Citations

• Interplay between glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid transmitter systems in the physiological regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor synthesis in hippocampal neurons.

  Francisco Zafra;Eero Castren;Hans Thoenen;Dan Lindholm

  799
  Citations

• Analysis of gene expression data using self‐organizing maps

  Petri Törönen;Mikko Kolehmainen;Garry Wong;Eero Castrén

  771
  Citations

• Light regulates expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in rat visual cortex.

  Eero Castren;Francisco Zafra;Hans Thoenen;Dan Lindholm

  675
  Citations

• Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors

  Plinio C. Casarotto;Mykhailo Girych;Senem M. Fred;Vera Kovaleva

  622
  Citations

• Transforming growth factor-beta 1 in the rat brain: increase after injury and inhibition of astrocyte proliferation.

  D Lindholm;E Castrén;R Kiefer;F Zafra

  592
  Citations

• Regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor mRNA in primary cultures of hippocampal neurons and astrocytes

  F Zafra;D Lindholm;E Castren;J Hartikka

  515
  Citations

• Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB

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  464
  Citations

• Serotonin and neuroplasticity - Links between molecular, functional and structural pathophysiology in depression.

  Christoph Kraus;Eero Castrén;Siegfried Kasper;Rupert Lanzenberger

  463
  Citations

• Fear Erasure in Mice Requires Synergy Between Antidepressant Drugs and Extinction Training

  Nina N. Karpova;Anouchka Pickenhagen;Jesse Lindholm;Ettore Tiraboschi

  446
  Citations

• BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR PROTECTS AGAINST ISCHEMIC CELL DAMAGE IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS

  Thomas Beck;Dan Lindholm;Eero Castrén;Andreas Wree

  441
  Citations

• Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling in Depression and Antidepressant Action.

  Eero Castrén;Lisa M. Monteggia

  436
  Citations

• The induction of LTP increases BDNF and NGF mRNA but decreases NT-3 mRNA in the dentate gyrus.

  Eero Castrén;Mervi Pitkänen;Jouni Sirviö;Alexander Parsadanian

  394
  Citations

• Activity-dependent and hormonal regulation of neurotrophin mRNA levels in the brain--implications for neuronal plasticity.

  Dan Lindholm;Eero Castrén;Maria Berzaghi;Andrea Blöchl

  378
  Citations

• Pharmacologically Diverse Antidepressants Rapidly Activate Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptor TrkB and Induce Phospholipase-Cγ Signaling Pathways in Mouse Brain

  Tomi Rantamäki;Panu Hendolin;Aino Kankaanpää;Jelena Mijatovic

  368
  Citations

• Neurotrophic effects of antidepressant drugs.

  Eero Castrén

  366
  Citations

• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in mood disorders and antidepressant treatments.

  Eero Castrén;Masami Kojima

  337
  Citations