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Neuroscience

D-Index
92
Citations
26909
World Ranking
1039
National Ranking
15

Best Publications

  • Functional interactions between neurons and astrocytes I. Turnover and metabolism of putative amino acid transmitters.

    Leif Hertz

  • Energy metabolism in astrocytes: high rate of oxidative metabolism and spatiotemporal dependence on glycolysis/glycogenolysis.

    Leif Hertz;Liang Peng;Gerald A Dienel

  • Astrocytic control of glutamatergic activity: astrocytes as stars of the show

    Leif Hertz;H. Ronald Zielke

  • Glutathione is present in high concentrations in cultured astrocytes but not in cultured neurons

    Stephen P. Raps;James C.K. Lai;Leif Hertz;Arthur J.L. Cooper

  • Pyruvate Carboxylase Activity in Primary Cultures of Astrocytes and Neurons

    A. C. H. Yu;J. Drejer;L. Hertz;A. Schousboe

  • UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF GLUTAMATE IN ASTROCYTES CULTURED FROM DISSOCIATED MOUSE BRAIN HEMISPHERES

    A. Schousboe;G. Svenneby;L. Hertz

  • Glucose and lactate metabolism during brain activation.

    Gerald A. Dienel;Leif Hertz

  • Metabolic Fate of 14C‐Labeled Glutamate in Astrocytes in Primary Cultures

    A C Yu;A Schousboe;A Schousboe;L Hertz

  • Neurotransmitters as developmental signals

    E. Meier;L. Hertz;A. Schousboe

  • Inhibition of glycogenolysis in astrocytes interrupts memory consolidation in young chickens

    Marie Elizabeth Gibbs;Damian G Anderson;Leif Hertz

  • Kinetic characteristics of the glutamate uptake into normal astrocytes in cultures

    Leif Hertz;Arne Schousboe;Norma Boechler;Srimathie Mukerji

  • Functional interactions between neurons and astrocytes. II. Potassium homeostasis at the cellular level.

    Wolfgang Walz;Leif Hertz

  • Adrenoceptors in brain: Cellular gene expression and effects on astrocytic metabolism and [Ca2+]i

    Leif Hertz;Ditte Lovatt;Steven A. Goldman

  • The Glutamate-Glutamine (GABA) Cycle: Importance of Late Postnatal Development and Potential Reciprocal Interactions between Biosynthesis and Degradation.

    Leif Hertz

  • Uptake and metabolism of GABA in astrocytes cultured from dissociated mouse brain hemispheres.

    A. Schousboe;L. Hertz;G. Svenneby

  • Bioenergetics of cerebral ischemia: a cellular perspective

    Leif Hertz

  • Advances in Cellular Neurobiology

    Sergey Fedoroff;Leif Hertz

  • GFA Content, Glutamate Uptake and Activity of Glutamate Metabolizing Enzymes in Differentiating Mouse Astrocytes in Primary Cultures

    Leif Hertz;Elisabeth Bock;Arne Schousboe

  • Glutamate and glutamine metabolism and compartmentation in astrocytes.

    Arne Schousboe;Niels Westergaard;Ursula Sonnewald;Steffen B. Petersen

  • Why are Astrocytes Important

    Alexei Verkhratsky;Leif Hertz

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