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Johan Bengzon

Johan Bengzon

Lund University
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
11283
World Ranking
7526
National Ranking
149

Johan Bengzon 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 Johan Bengzon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 108 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan Bengzon 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 Johan Bengzon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johan Bengzon is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The scientist's research topics mainly cover areas related to glioma diagnosis and treatment, MRI in cancer diagnosis, advanced MRI techniques and applications, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, pluripotent stem cells research, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Acta Oncologica

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Johan Bengzon include:

  • Pia C. Sundgren (14 publications)
  • Mattias Belting (13 publications)
  • Valeria Governa (10 publications)
  • Anna Rydelius (9 publications)
  • Linda Knutsson (9 publications)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Johan Bengzon give insight into their research themes and include the following:

  • "The Irradiated Brain Microenvironment Supports Glioma Stemness and Survival via Astrocyte-Derived Transglutaminase 2" (2021, Cancer Research)
  • "Grafted human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons integrate into adult human cortical neural circuitry" (2020, Stem Cells Translational Medicine)
  • "Tumoral parkinsonism-Parkinsonism secondary to brain tumors, paraneoplastic syndromes, intracranial malformations, or oncological intervention, and the effect of dopaminergic treatment" (2023, Brain and Behavior)
  • "Human stem cell-derived GABAergic neurons functionally integrate into human neuronal networks" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Assessment of Amide proton transfer weighted (APTw) MRI for pre-surgical prediction of final diagnosis in gliomas" (2020, PLoS ONE)

Best Publications

  • Apoptosis and proliferation of dentate gyrus neurons after single and intermittent limbic seizures

    Johan Bengzon;Zaal Kokaia;Eskil Elmér;Avtandil Nanobashvili

  • Increased neurogenesis in a model of electroconvulsive therapy

    Torsten M Madsen;Alexandra Treschow;Johan Bengzon;Tom G Bolwig

  • Neurotrophins and brain insults

    Olle Lindvall;Zaal Kokaia;Johan Bengzon;Eskil Elmer

  • Differential regulation of mRNAs for nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and neurotrophin 3 in the adult rat brain following cerebral ischemia and hypoglycemic coma.

    Olle Lindvall;Patrik Ernfors;Johan Bengzon;Zaal Kokaia

  • Increased levels of messenger RNAs for neurotrophic factors in the brain during kindling epileptogenesis

    Patrik Ernfors;Johan Bengzon;Zaal Kokaia;Håkan Persson

  • Increased production of the TrkB protein tyrosine kinase receptor after brain insults

    Jean-Philippe Merlio;Patrik Ernfors;Zaal Kokaia;David S. Middlemas

  • Hypoxia triggers a proangiogenic pathway involving cancer cell microvesicles and PAR-2–mediated heparin-binding EGF signaling in endothelial cells

    Katrin J. Svensson;Paulina Kucharzewska;Helena C. Christianson;Stefan Sköld

  • Coexpression of neurotrophins and their receptors in neurons of the central nervous system

    Zaal Kokaia;Johan Bengzon;Madis Metsis;Merab Kokaia

  • Bone Marrow Multipotent Mesenchymal Stroma Cells Act as Pericyte-like Migratory Vehicles in Experimental Gliomas

    Daniel Bexell;Salina Gunnarsson;Ariane Tormin;Anna Darabi

  • CD133 Is Not Present on Neurogenic Astrocytes in the Adult Subventricular Zone, but on Embryonic Neural Stem Cells, Ependymal Cells, and Glioblastoma Cells

    Cosima V. Pfenninger;Teona Roschupkina;Falk Hertwig;Denise Kottwitz

  • Electroconvulsive seizures increase hippocampal neurogenesis after chronic corticosterone treatment

    Johan Hellsten;Malin Wennström;Paul Mohapel;Christine T. Ekdahl

  • Regulation of neurotrophin and trkA, trkB and trkC tyrosine kinase receptor messenger RNA expression in kindling

    J. Bengzon;Z. Kokaia;P. Ernfors;M. Kokaia

  • The adult human brain harbors multipotent perivascular mesenchymal stem cells.

    Gesine Paul;Gesine Paul;Ilknur Özen;Nicolaj S. Christophersen;Thomas Reinbothe

  • Neuronal apoptosis after brief and prolonged seizures

    Johan Bengzon;Paul Mohapel;Christine T Ekdahl;Olle Lindvall

  • Brain insults in rats induce increased expression of the BDNF gene through differential use of multiple promoters.

    Zaal Kokaia;Madis Metsis;Merab Kokaia;Johan Bengzon

  • Toward Brain Tumor Gene Therapy Using Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Vectors

    Daniel Bexell;Stefan Scheding;Johan Bengzon

  • Hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice overexpressing an embryonic subunit of the NMDA receptor.

    Shigeo Okabe;Carlos Collin;Jonathan M. Auerbach;Noam Meiri

  • Electroconvulsive seizures induce endothelial cell proliferation in adult rat hippocampus

    Johan Hellsten;Malin Wennström;Johan Bengzon;Paul Mohapel

  • Rapid increase of BDNF mRNA levels in cortical neurons following spreading depression: regulation by glutamatergic mechanisms independent of seizure activity

    Zaal Kokaia;Gunilla Gidö;Tomas Ringstedt;Johan Bengzon

  • Widespread increase of nerve growth factor protein in the rat forebrain after kindling-induced seizures.

    Johan Bengzon;Stine Söderström;Zaal Kokaia;Merab Kokaia

Frequent Co-Authors

Olle Lindvall
Olle Lindvall Lund University
Merab Kokaia
Merab Kokaia Lund University
Zaal Kokaia
Zaal Kokaia Lund University
Eskil Elmér
Eskil Elmér Lund University
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Bo K. Siesjö
Bo K. Siesjö Lund University
Mattias Belting
Mattias Belting Lund University
Maj-Lis Smith
Maj-Lis Smith Lund University
Håkan Persson
Håkan Persson Läkemedelsverket
David P.D. Woldbye
David P.D. Woldbye University of Copenhagen

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Yale University

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German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Publications: 34

Mark P. Mattson

Mark P. Mattson

Johns Hopkins University

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Texas A&M University

Publications: 29

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Publications: 27

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Merab Kokaia

Lund University

Publications: 26

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James O McNamara

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Publications: 26

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Eero Castrén

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