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  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lars Farde is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research output spans various subfields including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's work focuses prominently on topics related to functional brain connectivity studies, medical imaging techniques and applications, schizophrenia research and treatment, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications, advanced neuroimaging techniques, and Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments.

Farde has published numerous articles, including these notable recent papers:

  • Preclinical Comparison of the Blood-brain barrier Permeability of Osimertinib with Other EGFR TKIs, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Brain exposure of the ATM inhibitor AZD1390 in humans-a positron emission tomography study, 2020, Neuro-Oncology
  • Serotonin transporter availability in adults with autism-a positron emission tomography study, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Brain Age Prediction Reveals Aberrant Brain White Matter in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Multisample Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • The genetic architecture of human brainstem structures and their involvement in common brain disorders, 2020, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Farde include:

  • Christer Halldin
  • Magnus Schou
  • Zsolt Cselényi
  • Peter Johnström
  • Simon Červenka

Regarding publication venues, Farde has contributed the most to these journals:

  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Movement Disorders
  • EJNMMI Research
  • Synapse

Their research methods and findings have impacted a range of neuroimaging and psychiatric investigations, particularly those involving advanced imaging technologies and the molecular underpinnings of brain disorders. The combination of medicine and neuroscience within their work supports an interdisciplinary approach to understanding brain function, disorders, and therapeutic targets.

Best Publications

  • Positron Emission Tomographic Analysis of Central D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptor Occupancy in Patients Treated With Classical Neuroleptics and Clozapine: Relation to Extrapyramidal Side Effects

    Lars Farde;Anna-Lena Nordström;Frits-Axel Wiesel;Stefan Pauli

  • Quantitative Analysis of D2 Dopamine Receptor Binding in the Living Human Brain by PET

    Lars Farde;Håkan Hall;Erling Ehrin;Göran Sedvall

  • The correlative triad among aging, dopamine, and cognition: current status and future prospects.

    Lars Bäckman;Lars Nyberg;Ulman Lindenberger;Shu-Chen Li

  • Central D2-Dopamine Receptor Occupancy in Schizophrenic Patients Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs

    Lars Farde;Fritz-Axel Wiesel;Christer Halldin;Göran Sedvall

  • Polymorphisms in the dopamine D2 receptor gene and their relationships to striatal dopamine receptor density of healthy volunteers.

    E G Jönsson;M M Nöthen;F Grünhage;L Farde

  • Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training

    F McNab;A Varrone;L Farde;A Jucaite

  • Age-related cognitive deficits mediated by changes in the striatal dopamine system.

    Lars Bäckman;Nathalie Ginovart;Roger A. Dixon;Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin

  • D2 dopamine receptors in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients. A positron emission tomography study with [11C]raclopride.

    Lars Farde;Frits-Axel Wiesel;Sharon Stone-Elander;Christer Halldin

  • Central D2-dopamine receptor occupancy in relation to antipsychotic drug effects: A double-blind PET study of schizophrenic patients

    Anna-Lena Nordström;Lars Farde;Frits-Axel Wiesel;Kaj Forslund

  • Kinetic analysis of central [11C]raclopride binding to D2-dopamine receptors studied by PET--a comparison to the equilibrium analysis.

    L. Farde;L. Eriksson;G. Blomquist;C. Halldin

  • Distribution of D1- and D2-dopamine receptors, and dopamine and its metabolites in the human brain.

    Håkan Hall;Göran Sedvall;Olle Magnusson;Jutta Kopp

  • Age-related dopamine D2/D3 receptor loss in extrastriatal regions of the human brain.

    Valtteri Kaasinen;Harry Vilkman;Jarmo Hietala;Kjell Någren

  • D1, D2, and 5-HT2 receptor occupancy in relation to clozapine serum concentration: a PET study of schizophrenic patients.

    A L Nordström;L Farde;S Nyberg;P Karlsson

  • D1- and D2-dopamine receptor occupancy during treatment with conventional and atypical neuroleptics.

    L Farde;F A Wiesel;A L Nordström;G Sedvall

  • The serotonin system and spiritual experiences.

    Jacqueline Borg;Bengt Andrée;Henrik Soderstrom;Lars Farde

  • Substituted benzamides as ligands for visualization of dopamine receptor binding in the human brain by positron emission tomography.

    Lars Farde;Erling Ehrin;Lars Eriksson;Torgny Greitz

  • No D2 receptor increase in PET study of schizophrenia.

    Lars Farde;Frits-Axel Wiesel;HÅkan Hall;Christer Halldin

  • PET analysis of human dopamine receptor subtypes using 11C-SCH 23390 and 11C-raclopride.

    L Farde;C Halldin;S Stone-Elander;G Sedvall

  • Transplantation in Parkinson's disease: two cases of adrenal medullary grafts to the putamen.

    Olle Lindvall;Erik‐Olof Backlund;Lars Farde;Göran Sedvall

  • The role of the striatal dopamine transporter in cognitive aging

    Nina Erixon-Lindroth;Lars Farde;Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin;Judit Sovago

  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Christer Halldin
Christer Halldin Karolinska Institute
Göran Sedvall
Göran Sedvall Karolinska Institute
Andrea Varrone
Andrea Varrone Karolinska Institute
Håkan Hall
Håkan Hall Karolinska Institute
Balázs Gulyás
Balázs Gulyás Nanyang Technological University
Victor W. Pike
Victor W. Pike National Institutes of Health
Håkan Wikström
Håkan Wikström University of Groningen
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Kjell Någren
Kjell Någren Odense University Hospital
Per Svenningsson
Per Svenningsson Karolinska Institute

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