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Jens D. Mikkelsen

Jens D. Mikkelsen

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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
17706
World Ranking
18195
National Ranking
200

Overview

Jens D. Mikkelsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader areas, their work concentrates on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, pharmacology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research outputs cover multiple topics, including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, lipid membrane structure and behavior, neurological disorders and treatments, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Jens D. Mikkelsen is associated with frequent publication in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuroscience, SSRN Electronic Journal, European Neuropsychopharmacology, and Molecular Brain. Their recent papers include:

  • "Expression profile of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A, B, and C paralogues in temporal neocortex tissue from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)" (2022), published in Molecular Brain
  • "Synaptic Density and Neuronal Metabolic Function Measured by Positron Emission Tomography in the Unilateral 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease" (2021), published in Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
  • "Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) levels in the cerebral cortex in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a radioligand binding study in postmortem brains" (2023), published in Neurobiology of Aging
  • "The effect of antidepressant treatment on blood BDNF levels in depressed patients: A review and methodological recommendations for assessment of BDNF in blood" (2024), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Dibenzothiophene Derivatives [125I]Iodo-ASEM and [18F]ASEM as Radiotracers of Homo- and Heteromeric α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors" (2020), published in Molecules

Throughout their career, Jens D. Mikkelsen has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Sanjay S. Aripaka, Burcu Azak Pazarlar, Gitte M. Knudsen, Lars H. Pinborg, and Matthias M. Herth. These collaborations have contributed to their consistent output within the neuroscience and related fields.

Best Publications

  • DISTRIBUTION OF GLP-1 BINDING SITES IN THE RAT BRAIN : EVIDENCE THAT EXENDIN-4 IS A LIGAND OF BRAIN GLP-1 BINDING SITES

    Rüdiger Göke;Philip J. Larsen;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Søren P. Sheikh

  • Modulation of anxiety circuits by serotonergic systems.

    Christopher A. Lowry;Philip L. Johnson;Anders Hay-Schmidt;Jens Mikkelsen

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) in the Retinohypothalamic Tract: A Potential Daytime Regulator of the Biological Clock

    Jens Hannibal;Jian M. Ding;Dong Chen;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Kisspeptin Mediates the Photoperiodic Control of Reproduction in Hamsters

    Florent G. Revel;Michel Saboureau;Mireille Masson-Pévet;Paul Pévet

  • Powerful inhibition of kainic acid seizures by neuropeptide Y via Y5-like receptors.

    David P.D. Woldbye;Philip J. Larsen;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Kristian Klemp

  • Peptides that lower blood glucose levels

    Bjarne Due Larsen;Jens Damsgaard Mikkelsen;Soeren Neve

  • Cognitive Improvement by Activation of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: From Animal Models to Human Pathophysiology

    Morten S Thomsen;Henrik H Hansen;Daniel B Timmerman;Jens D Mikkelsen

  • Antinociceptive effects of the antidepressants amitriptyline, duloxetine, mirtazapine and citalopram in animal models of acute, persistent and neuropathic pain.

    Signe F. Bomholt;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Gordon Blackburn-Munro

  • Early Metabolic Programming of Puberty Onset: Impact of Changes in Postnatal Feeding and Rearing Conditions on the Timing of Puberty and Development of the Hypothalamic Kisspeptin System

    Juan M. Castellano;Agnete H. Bentsen;Miguel A. Sánchez-Garrido;Francisco Ruiz-Pino

  • Serotonergic systems associated with arousal and vigilance behaviors following administration of anxiogenic drugs

    J.K. Abrams;P.L. Johnson;A. Hay-Schmidt;J.D. Mikkelsen

  • Oxytocin--anatomy and functional assignments: a minireview.

    Alexander Kiss;Jens D Mikkelsen

  • RFamide-related peptide gene is a melatonin-driven photoperiodic gene.

    Florent G Revel;Michel Saboureau;Paul Pévet;Valérie Simonneaux

  • Gene expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the rat hypothalamus.

    J. Hannibal;J.D. Mikkelsen;H. Clausen;J.J. Holst

  • Regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the chronic unpredictable stress rat model and the effects of chronic antidepressant treatment

    Marianne H. Larsen;Marianne H. Larsen;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Anders Hay-Schmidt;Carmen Sandi

  • Peptide agonists of GLP-1 activity

    Bjarne Due Larsen;Jens Damsgaard Mikkelsen;Søren Neve

  • Stimulatory effect of RFRP-3 on the gonadotrophic axis in the male Syrian hamster: the exception proves the rule.

    Caroline Ancel;Agnete H. Bentsen;Marie-Emilie Sébert;Manuel Tena-Sempere

  • Circadian Control of Kisspeptin and a Gated GnRH Response Mediate the Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge

    Wilbur P. Williams;Stephan G. Jarjisian;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Lance J. Kriegsfeld

  • Kisspeptins: bridging energy homeostasis and reproduction.

    Juan M. Castellano;Agnete H. Bentsen;Jens D. Mikkelsen;Manuel Tena-Sempere;Manuel Tena-Sempere

  • Developmental expression of α-synuclein in rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex

    K Petersen;O.F Olesen;J.D Mikkelsen

  • Involvement of hippocampal neuropeptide Y in mediating the chronic actions of lithium, electroconvulsive stimulation and citalopram

    Henriette Husum;Jens D Mikkelsen;Sandra Hogg;Aleksander A Mathé

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten Møller
Morten Møller University of Copenhagen
Anders Hay-Schmidt
Anders Hay-Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Alexander Kiss
Alexander Kiss University of Toronto
Jan Fahrenkrug
Jan Fahrenkrug University of Copenhagen
David P.D. Woldbye
David P.D. Woldbye University of Copenhagen
Manuel Tena-Sempere
Manuel Tena-Sempere University of Córdoba
Paul Pévet
Paul Pévet University of Strasbourg
Lars H. Pinborg
Lars H. Pinborg Copenhagen University Hospital
Stafford L. Lightman
Stafford L. Lightman University of Bristol
Jens Hannibal
Jens Hannibal University of Copenhagen

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