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Karsten Ruscher

Karsten Ruscher

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
7011
World Ranking
8056
National Ranking
158

Overview

Karsten Ruscher is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, where their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields, notably neurology, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, epidemiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

Ruscher has published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Neuroprotection/Neuroprotection (Chichester, England. Print)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Brain and Spine
  • The EMBO Journal

Selected recent papers include:

  • "IFN-β rescues neurodegeneration by regulating mitochondrial fission via STAT5, PGAM5, and Drp1" (2021), The EMBO Journal
  • "Interleukin-1 Beta Neutralization Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Microglia Activation and Neuronal Changes in the Globus Pallidus" (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Beta secretase 1-dependent amyloid precursor protein processing promotes excessive vascular sprouting through NOTCH3 signalling" (2020), Cell Death and Disease
  • "Crosstalk Between GABAergic Neurotransmission and Inflammatory Cascades in the Post-ischemic Brain: Relevance for Stroke Recovery" (2022), Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "Inhibiting metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 after stroke restores brain function and connectivity" (2023), Brain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruscher include:

  • Niklas Marklund
  • Ílknur Özen
  • Daniela Talhada
  • Georgios Michalettos
  • Fredrik Clausen

Best Publications

  • Stroke-induced immunodeficiency promotes spontaneous bacterial infections and is mediated by sympathetic activation reversal by poststroke T helper cell type 1-like immunostimulation.

    Konstantin Prass;Christian Meisel;Conny Höflich;Johann Braun

  • Erythropoietin Is a Paracrine Mediator of Ischemic Tolerance in the Brain: Evidence from an In Vitro Model

    Karsten Ruscher;Dorette Freyer;Maria Karsch;Nikolai Isaev

  • Hypoxia-Induced Stroke Tolerance in the Mouse Is Mediated by Erythropoietin

    Konstantin Prass;Anna Scharff;Karsten Ruscher;Diana Löwl

  • DNA methyltransferase contributes to delayed ischemic brain injury.

    Matthias Endres;Andreas Meisel;Detlev Biniszkiewicz;Shobu Namura

  • Desferrioxamine induces delayed tolerance against cerebral ischemia in vivo and in vitro.

    Konstantin Prass;Karsten Ruscher;Maria Karsch;Nikolay Isaev

  • Lack of Neuronal IFN-β-IFNAR Causes Lewy Body- and Parkinson’s Disease-like Dementia

    Patrick Ejlerskov;Jeanette Göransdotter Hultberg;JunYang Wang;Robert Carlsson

  • Serial analysis of gene expression identifies metallothionein-II as major neuroprotective gene in mouse focal cerebral ischemia.

    George Trendelenburg;Konstantin Prass;Josef Priller;Krisztian Kapinya

  • Pharmacological stimulation of sigma-1 receptors has neurorestorative effects in experimental parkinsonism

    Veronica Francardo;Francesco Bez;Tadeusz Wieloch;Hans Nissbrandt

  • Respiratory chain inhibition induces tolerance to focal cerebral ischemia.

    F Wiegand;W Liao;C Busch;S Castell

  • Induction of tolerance in rat cortical neurons: hypoxic preconditioning

    Ulrike Bruer;Markus K Weih;Nikolaj K Isaev;Andreas Meisel

  • The sigma-1 receptor enhances brain plasticity and functional recovery after experimental stroke

    Karsten Ruscher;Mehrdad Shamloo;Mattias Rickhag;Istvan Ladunga

  • Induction of hypoxia inducible factor 1 by oxygen glucose deprivation is attenuated by hypoxic preconditioning in rat cultured neurons

    Karsten Ruscher;Nikolaj Isaev;George Trendelenburg;Markus Weih

  • Inhibition of CXCL12 signaling attenuates the postischemic immune response and improves functional recovery after stroke

    Karsten Ruscher;Enida Kuric;Yawei Liu;Helene L Walter

  • Can diffusion kurtosis imaging improve the sensitivity and specificity of detecting microstructural alterations in brain tissue chronically after experimental stroke? Comparisons with diffusion tensor imaging and histology.

    S Umesh Rudrapatna;Tadeusz Wieloch;Kerstin Beirup;Karsten Ruscher

  • Hemoglobin induces inflammation after preterm intraventricular hemorrhage by methemoglobin formation

    Magnus Gram;Snjolaug Sveinsdottir;Karsten Ruscher;Stefan R Hansson

  • The involvement of the sigma-1 receptor in neurodegeneration and neurorestoration.

    Karsten Ruscher;Tadeusz Wieloch

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor promotes cell death and aggravates neurologic deficits after experimental stroke.

    Ana R Inácio;Karsten Ruscher;Lin Leng;Richard Bucala

  • Ecstasy-induced cell death in cortical neuronal cultures is serotonin 2A-receptor-dependent and potentiated under hyperthermia.

    J P Capela;Karsten Ruscher;M Lautenschlager;D Freyer

  • Multisensory stimulation improves functional recovery and resting-state functional connectivity in the mouse brain after stroke.

    Jakob Hakon;Miriana Jlenia Quattromani;Carin Sjölund;Gregor Tomasevic

  • Enriched housing enhances recovery of limb placement ability and reduces aggrecan-containing perineuronal nets in the rat somatosensory cortex after experimental stroke.

    Alexandre Madinier;Miriana Jlenia Quattromani;Carin Sjölund;Karsten Ruscher

  • Levodopa Treatment Improves Functional Recovery After Experimental Stroke

    Karsten Ruscher;Enida Kuric;Tadeusz Wieloch

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Akt-Kinase-Dependent Phosphorylation of p21Waf1/Cip1 as a Novel Mechanism of Neuroprotection by Glucocorticoids

    Christoph Harms;Katharina Albrecht;Ulrike Harms;Kerstin Seidel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Niklas Marklund
Niklas Marklund Lund University
Michael P. Coleman
Michael P. Coleman University of Cambridge
Mehrdad Shamloo
Mehrdad Shamloo Stanford University
Denis Vivien
Denis Vivien Université de Caen Normandie
Jin-Moo Lee
Jin-Moo Lee Washington University in St. Louis
Hans Nissbrandt
Hans Nissbrandt University of Gothenburg
Carlos B. Duarte
Carlos B. Duarte University of Coimbra
Michael A. Moskowitz
Michael A. Moskowitz Harvard University
André Rosenthal
André Rosenthal Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

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