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Jörgen A. Engel

Jörgen A. Engel

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
18406
World Ranking
18182
National Ranking
349

Jörgen A. Engel publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jörgen A. Engel sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 273 publications — 12th percentile

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Jörgen A. Engel D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Jörgen A. Engel is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Nursing, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Physiology.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Ghrelin activates the mesolimbic dopamine system via nitric oxide associated mechanisms in the ventral tegmental area, 2022, Nitric Oxide
  • Ghrelin activates the mesolimbic dopamine system via nitric oxide dependent mechanisms in the ventral tegmental area, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Jörgen A. Engel's research concentrates on topics related to the Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Engel include:

  • Erik Pålsson
  • Daniel Vallöf
  • Elisabet Jerlhag

Publications have appeared mainly in the venues Nitric Oxide and Research Square (Research Square), each hosting one of Engel's recent works.

In 2000, Engel was awarded the Nordic Medical Prize from SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research.

Best Publications

  • Ghrelin administration into tegmental areas stimulates locomotor activity and increases extracellular concentration of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens.

    Elisabet Jerlhag;Emil Egecioglu;Suzanne L. Dickson;Annika Douhan

  • Ghrelin stimulates locomotor activity and accumbal dopamine-overflow via central cholinergic systems in mice: implications for its involvement in brain reward.

    Elisabet Jerlhag;Emil Egecioglu;Suzanne L. Dickson;Malin Andersson

  • Requirement of central ghrelin signaling for alcohol reward

    Elisabet Jerlhag;Emil Egecioglu;Sara Landgren;Nicolas Salomé

  • Centrally administered neuropeptide Y (NPY) produces anxiolytic-like effects in animal anxiety models.

    Markus Heilig;Bo Söderpalm;Jörgen A. Engel;Erik Widerlöv

  • Ghrelin Increases Intake of Rewarding Food in Rodents

    Emil Egecioglu;Elisabet Jerlhag;Nicolas Salomé;Karolina P. Skibicka

  • Effects of GABAergic agonists and antagonists on various ethanol-induced behavioral changes

    Sture Liljequist;Jörgen Engel

  • Neurochemical and behavioral studies on ethanol and nicotine interactions

    Anna Larsson;Jörgen A Engel

  • Voluntary ethanol intake in the rat: effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor blockade or subchronic nicotine treatment

    Ola Blomqvist;Mia Ericson;Daniel H. Johnson;Jörgen A. Engel

  • The role of the central ghrelin system in reward from food and chemical drugs

    Suzanne L. Dickson;Emil Egecioglu;Sara Landgren;Karolina P. Skibicka

  • Nicotinic mechanisms involved in the dopamine activating and reinforcing properties of ethanol.

    Bo Söderpalm;Mia Ericson;Peter Olausson;Ola Blomqvist

  • Ghrelin receptor antagonism attenuates cocaine- and amphetamine-induced locomotor stimulation, accumbal dopamine release, and conditioned place preference.

    Elisabeth Jerlhag;Emil Egecioglu;Suzanne L. Dickson;Jörgen A. Engel

  • Effect of insulin on central catecholamines

    A Sauter;M Goldstein;J Engel;K Ueta

  • Anticonflict effect of the putative serotonin receptor agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT)

    Jörgen A. Engel;Stephan Hjorth;Kjell Svensson;Arvid Carlsson

  • Behavioral and biochemical effects of L-dopa after peripheral decarboxylase inhibition.

    Larry L. Butcher;Jörgen Engel

  • Voluntary ethanol intake in the rat and the associated accumbal dopamine overflow are blocked by ventral tegmental mecamylamine

    Mia Ericson;Ola Blomqvist;Jörgen A Engel;Bo Söderpalm

  • Inhibition of ethanol-induced excitation in mice and rats by -methyl-p-tyrosine.

    A. Carlsson;J. Engel;T. H. Svensson

  • Hedonic and incentive signals for body weight control.

    Emil Egecioglu;Karolina P. Skibicka;Caroline Hansson;Mayte Alvarez-Crespo

  • The mesolimbic dopamine-activating properties of ethanol are antagonized by mecamylamine

    Ola Blomqvist;Jörgen A. Engel;Hans Nissbrandt;Bo Söderpalm

  • dl‐5‐Hydroxytryptophan‐induced changes in central monoamine neurons after peripheral decarboxylase inhibition*

    Kjell Fuxe;Larry L. Butcher;Jörgen Engel

  • Ethanol elevates accumbal dopamine levels via indirect activation of ventral tegmental nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Mia Ericson;Anna Molander;Elin Löf;Jörgen A Engel

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabet Jerlhag
Elisabet Jerlhag University of Gothenburg
Lennart Svensson
Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute
Sture Liljequist
Sture Liljequist Karolinska Institute
Arvid Carlsson
Arvid Carlsson University of Gothenburg
Suzanne L. Dickson
Suzanne L. Dickson University of Gothenburg
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Markus Heilig
Markus Heilig Linköping University
Trevor Archer
Trevor Archer University of Gothenburg
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Stephan Hjorth
Stephan Hjorth University of Gothenburg

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