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Biology and Biochemistry
Sweden
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
27654
World Ranking
2568
National Ranking
45

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Ernest Arenas is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a notable focus on molecular biology and cellular neuroscience.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader categories, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cancer Research
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Ernest Arenas has worked on several important topics, including:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

The scientist has frequently published in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Development

Recent papers authored include:

  • Transcriptomic diversity of cell types across the adult human brain, 2023, Science
  • A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies, 2022, Cell Stem Cell
  • Comprehensive cell atlas of the first-trimester developing human brain, 2023, Science
  • LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine, 2020, Nature
  • Transcriptomic diversity of cell types across the adult human brain, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations with other researchers appear frequently, with major co-authors being:

  • Sten Linnarsson
  • Ka Wai Lee
  • Lijuan Hu
  • Guochang Lyu
  • Peter Lönnerberg

Best Publications

  • Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System.

    Amit Zeisel;Hannah Hochgerner;Peter Lönnerberg;Anna Johnsson

  • Oligodendrocyte heterogeneity in the mouse juvenile and adult central nervous system.

    Sueli Marques;Amit Zeisel;Simone Codeluppi;David van Bruggen

  • Functional receptor for GDNF encoded by the c-ret proto-oncogene.

    Miles Trupp;Ernest Arenas;Michael Fainzilber;Ann-Sofie Nilsson

  • Molecular Diversity of Midbrain Development in Mouse, Human, and Stem Cells

    Gioele La Manno;Gioele La Manno;Daniel Gyllborg;Simone Codeluppi;Simone Codeluppi;Kaneyasu Nishimura

  • Emerging roles of Wnts in the adult nervous system

    Nibaldo C. Inestrosa;Ernest Arenas

  • Peripheral expression and biological activities of GDNF, a new neurotrophic factor for avian and mammalian peripheral neurons.

    M Trupp;M Rydén;H Jörnvall;H Funakoshi

  • Induction of a midbrain dopaminergic phenotype in Nurr1-overexpressing neural stem cells by type 1 astrocytes.

    Joseph Wagner;Peter Åkerud;Diogo S. Castro;Pontus C. Holm

  • GDNF prevents degeneration and promotes the phenotype of brain noradrenergic neurons in vivo

    Ernest Arenas;Miles Trupp;Peter Åkerud;Carlos F. Ibáñez

  • Muscle-derived neurotrophin-4 as an activity-dependent trophic signal for adult motor neurons

    Hiroshi Funakoshi;Natale Belluardo;Ernest Arenas;Yuji Yamamoto

  • Differential regulation of midbrain dopaminergic neuron development by Wnt-1, Wnt-3a, and Wnt-5a.

    Gonçalo Castelo-Branco;Joseph Wagner;Francisco J. Rodriguez;Julianna Kele

  • Neuroprotection through Delivery of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor by Neural Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease

    Peter Åkerud;Josep M. Canals;Evan Y. Snyder;Ernest Arenas

  • Normal feeding behavior, body weight and leptin response require the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor.

    Philippe Naveilhan;Hessameh Hassani;Josep M. Canals;A. Jonas Ekstrand

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease.

    J Bryois;N G Skene;T F Hansen;T F Hansen;Kogelman Lja.

  • Induction of functional dopamine neurons from human astrocytes in vitro and mouse astrocytes in a Parkinson's disease model

    Pia Rivetti di Val Cervo;Roman A Romanov;Roman A Romanov;Giada Spigolon;Débora Masini

  • How to make a midbrain dopaminergic neuron

    Ernest Arenas;Mark Denham;Mark Denham;J. Carlos Villaescusa;J. Carlos Villaescusa

  • Histone H2AX-dependent GABA A receptor regulation of stem cell proliferation

    Michael Andäng;Jens Hjerling-Leffler;Annalena Moliner;T. Kalle Lundgren

  • A Wnt1-regulated genetic network controls the identity and fate of midbrain-dopaminergic progenitors in vivo

    Nilima Prakash;Claude Brodski;Thorsten Naserke;Eduardo Puelles

  • Differential usage of multiple brain-derived neurotrophic factor promoters in the rat brain following neuronal activation

    Madis Metsis;Tonis Timmusk;Ernest Arenas;Hakan Persson

  • Neurotrophin-3 prevents the death of adult central noradrenergic neurons in vivo

    Ernest Arenas;Hakan Persson

  • Neurogenin 2 is required for the development of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons.

    Julianna Kele;Nicolas Simplicio;Anna L.M. Ferri;Helena Mira

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Alberch
Jordi Alberch University of Barcelona
Clare L. Parish
Clare L. Parish Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Vítězslav Bryja
Vítězslav Bryja Masaryk University
Esther Pérez-Navarro
Esther Pérez-Navarro University of Barcelona
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Josep M. Canals
Josep M. Canals University of Barcelona
William J. Griffiths
William J. Griffiths Swansea University
Gunnar Schulte
Gunnar Schulte Karolinska Institute
Thomas Perlmann
Thomas Perlmann Karolinska Institute
Sten Linnarsson
Sten Linnarsson Karolinska Institute

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