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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Lars Terenius is a researcher affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their scientific contributions span multiple disciplines including medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields such as physiology, molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

Their research primarily focuses on neurological and psychiatric disorders with significant attention to Alzheimer's disease research and treatments. Other prominent topics in their body of work include dementia and cognitive impairment research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, autism spectrum disorder research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, as well as child development and digital technology.

Frequent publication venues for Lars Terenius include the Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, Journal of Affective Disorders, Cell & Bioscience, Translational Neurodegeneration, and Molecules. Their recent papers include:

  • Methylation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Val66Met CpG site is associated with early onset bipolar disorder, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Associations of cerebrospinal fluid amyloidogenic nanoplaques with cytokines in Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Translational Neurodegeneration
  • The interwoven fibril-like structure of amyloid-beta plaques in mouse brain tissue visualized using super-resolution STED microscopy, 2023, Cell & Bioscience
  • Non-Peptide Opioids Differ in Effects on Mu-Opioid (MOP) and Serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) Receptors Heterodimerization and Cellular Effectors (Ca2+, ERK1/2 and p38) Activation, 2022, Molecules
  • Amyloidogenic Nanoplaques in Cerebrospinal Fluid: Relationship to Amyloid Brain Uptake and Clinical Alzheimer's Disease in a Memory Clinic Cohort, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

The scientist has frequently collaborated with coauthors such as Vladana Vukojević, Ann Tiiman, Sho Oasa, Mari Aksnes, and Trine Holt Edwin. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse publication record across various research areas.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Lars Terenius was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Distribution of peptide- and catecholamine-containing neurons in the gastro-intestinal tract of rat and guinea-pig: immunohistochemical studies with antisera to substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, enkephalins, somatostatin, gastrin/cholecystokinin, neurotensin and dopamine beta-hydroxylase.

    Schultzberg M;Hökfelt T;Nilsson G;Terenius L

  • Arrest of beta-amyloid fibril formation by a pentapeptide ligand.

    Lars O. Tjernberg;Jan Näslund;Fredrik Lindqvist;Jan Johansson

  • High levels of neuropeptide Y in peripheral noradrenergic neurons in various mammals including man.

    J.M. Lundberg;L. Terenius;T. Hökfelt;M. Goldstein

  • Stereospecific Interaction Between Narcotic Analgesics and a Synaptic Plasma Membrane Fraction of Rat Cerebral Cortex

    Lars Terenius

  • Immunohistochemical studies using antibodies to leucine-enkephalin: Initial observations on the nervous system of the rat

    R. Elde;T. Hökfelt;O. Johansson;L. Terenius

  • Neurochemical Basis of Acupuncture Analgesia

    J S Han;L Terenius

  • The distribution of enkephalin-immunoreactive cell bodies in the rat central nervous system.

    Tomas Hökfelt;Robert Elde;Olle Johansson;Lars Terenius

  • Ibotenic acid-induced neuronal degeneration: a morphological and neurochemical study.

    R. Schwarcz;T. Hökfelt;K. Fuxe;G. Jonsson

  • Effect of low- and high-frequency TENS on Met-enkephalin-Arg-Phe and dynorphin A immunoreactivity in human lumbar CSF

    J. S. Han;X. H. Chen;S. L. Sun;X. J. Xu

  • Elevated CSF levels of substance P and high incidence of Raynaud phenomenon in patients with fibromyalgia: new features for diagnosis.

    Henning Vaerøy;Robert Helle;Øystein Førre;Erik Kåss

  • Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Endorphins after Electro‐Acupuncture

    B. Sjölund;L. Terenius;M. Eriksson

  • Characteristics of the "receptor" for narcotic analgesics in synaptic plasma membrane fraction from rat brain.

    Lars Terenius

  • Locus coeruleus neurons in the rat containing neuropeptide Y, tyrosine hydroxylase or galanin and their efferent projections to the spinal cord, cerebral cortex and hypothalamus

    V.R. Holets;T. Hökfelt;Å Rökaeus;L. Terenius

  • Localization of peptide YY (PYY) in gastrointestinal endocrine cells and effects on intestinal blood flow and motility.

    J M Lundberg;K Tatemoto;L Terenius;P M Hellström

  • Enkephalin immunoreactive nerve fibres and cell bodies in sympathetic ganglia of the guinea-pig and rat

    M. Schultzberg;T. Hökfelt;L. Terenius;L.-G. Elfvin

  • A Molecular Model of Alzheimer Amyloid β-Peptide Fibril Formation

    Lars O. Tjernberg;David J.E. Callaway;Agneta Tjernberg;Solveig Hahne

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide is a potent inhibitor of substance P degradation.

    Pierre Le Greves;Fred Nyberg;Lars Terenius;Tomas Hökfelt

  • NADPH‐diaphorase: A selective histochemical marker for striatal neurons containing both somatostatin‐ and avian pancreatic polypeptide (APP)‐like immunoreactivities

    S.R. Vincent;O. Johansson;T. Hökfelt;L. Skirboll

  • Comparative immunohistochemical and biochemical analysis of pancreatic polypeptide-like peptides with special reference to presence of neuropeptide Y in central and peripheral neurons

    JM Lundberg;L Terenius;T Hokfelt;K Tatemoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Ingrid Agartz
Ingrid Agartz University of Oslo
Erik G. Jönsson
Erik G. Jönsson University of Oslo
Fred Nyberg
Fred Nyberg Uppsala University
Georgy Bakalkin
Georgy Bakalkin Uppsala University
Ole A. Andreassen
Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital
Håkan Hall
Håkan Hall Karolinska Institute
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Rudolf Rigler
Rudolf Rigler Karolinska Institute
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital

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