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Lars Rönnbäck is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, working primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans various subfields, including Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Neurology.

The scientist's work heavily focuses on topics such as Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, and Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation.

Rönnbäck has contributed to scholarly articles in multiple publication venues, including Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, and the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Rönnbäck include:

  • "Effect of the monoaminergic stabiliser (−)-OSU6162 on mental fatigue following stroke or traumatic brain injury" (2020, Acta Neuropsychiatrica)
  • "Long-Lasting Pathological Mental Fatigue After Brain Injury-A Dysfunction in Glutamate Neurotransmission?" (2022, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • "The Brain Fatigue Syndrome-Symptoms, Probable Definition, and Pathophysiological Mechanisms" (2025, Journal of Clinical Medicine)

Frequent collaborators include Birgitta Johansson, Marie K.L. Nilsson, Maria Carlsson, and Robert C. Schuit. Their work with Johansson appears most often among their partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Astrocyte–endothelial interactions at the blood–brain barrier

    N. Joan Abbott;Lars Rönnbäck;Elisabeth Hansson

  • Cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: a consensus report.

    M. Andersson;J. Alvarezcermeno;G. Bernardi;I. Cogato

  • Glial neuronal signaling in the central nervous system

    Elisabeth Hansson;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Mental fatigue and impaired information processing after mild and moderate traumatic brain injury.

    Birgitta Johansson;Peter Berglund;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) improves long-term mental fatigue after stroke or traumatic brain injury

    Birgitta Johansson;H. Bjuhr;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Lipopolysaccharide increases microglial GLT-1 expression and glutamate uptake capacity in vitro by a mechanism dependent on TNF-α

    Mikael Persson;Mona Brantefjord;Elisabeth Hansson;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Astroglia and glutamate in physiology and pathology: aspects on glutamate transport, glutamate-induced cell swelling and gap-junction communication.

    Elisabeth Hansson;Håkan Muyderman;Julia Leonova;Louise Allansson

  • A self-assessment questionnaire for mental fatigue and related symptoms after neurological disorders and injuries

    Birgitta Johansson;Anders Starmark;Peter Berglund;Martin Rödholm

  • Cellular composition of primary cultures from cerebral cortex, striatum, hippocampus, brainstem and cerebellum.

    Elisabeth Hansson;Lars Rönnbäck;Lennart I. Persson;Armand Lowenthal

  • Extent of intercellular calcium wave propagation is related to gap junction permeability and level of connexin-43 expression in astrocytes in primary cultures from four brain regions.

    F Blomstrand;N.D Åberg;P.S Eriksson;E Hansson

  • GABA induces Ca2+ transients in astrocytes.

    M. Nilsson;P.S. Eriksson;L. Rönnbäck;E. Hansson

  • Astrocytes in glutamate neurotransmission.

    Elisabeth Hansson;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Lactate induces tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6 and interleukin-1beta release in microglial- and astroglial-enriched primary cultures.

    Anna K. Andersson;Lars Rönnbäck;Elisabeth Hansson

  • S-100 protein in synapses of the central nervous system

    Kenneth Haglid;Anders Hamberger;Hans-Arne Hansson;Holger Hyden

  • On the potential role of glutamate transport in mental fatigue

    Lars Rönnbäck;Elisabeth Hansson

  • Novel mechanisms of action of three antiepileptic drugs, vigabatrin, tiagabine, and topiramate.

    Mikael Angehagen;Elinor Ben-Menachem;Lars Rönnbäck;Elisabeth Hansson

  • Evaluation of the Mental Fatigue Scale and its relation to Cognitive and Emotional Functioning after Traumatic Brain Injury or Stroke

    Birgitta Johansson;Lars Ronnback

  • Topiramate reduces AMPA-induced Ca2+ transients and inhibits GluR1 subunit phosphorylation in astrocytes from primary cultures

    Mikael Angehagen;Lars Rönnbäck;Elisabeth Hansson;Elinor Ben-Menachem

  • Topiramate modulation of kainate-induced calcium currents is inversely related to channel phosphorylation level.

    Mikael Ängehagen;Elinor Ben-Menachem;Richard Shank;Lars Rönnbäck

  • Distinct pharmacological properties of ET-1 and ET-3 on astroglial gap junctions and Ca2+signaling

    Fredrik Blomstrand;Christian Giaume;Elisabeth Hansson;Lars Rönnbäck

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Hansson
Elisabeth Hansson University of Gothenburg
Michael Nilsson
Michael Nilsson University of Newcastle Australia
Lars Rosengren
Lars Rosengren University of Gothenburg
Elinor Ben-Menachem
Elinor Ben-Menachem University of Gothenburg
Anders Hamberger
Anders Hamberger University of Gothenburg
Maria L. Carlsson
Maria L. Carlsson University of Gothenburg
Christian Giaume
Christian Giaume Collège de France
Sten-Magnus Aquilonius
Sten-Magnus Aquilonius Uppsala University
Marcela Pekna
Marcela Pekna University of Gothenburg
Tomas Bergström
Tomas Bergström University of Gothenburg

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