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Maria L. Carlsson

Maria L. Carlsson

University of Gothenburg
Sweden

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
9784
World Ranking
6632
National Ranking
133

Maria L. Carlsson publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria L. Carlsson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 94 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Maria L. Carlsson D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maria L. Carlsson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maria L. Carlsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and specializes in medical research with a focus on epidemiology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, rehabilitation, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their recent research contributions cover multiple aspects of stroke, brain injury, and chronic fatigue syndromes. Key topics in their work include acute ischemic stroke management, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, traumatic brain injury research, and cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases.

Among the recent significant publications are:

  • Effects of oral anticoagulation in people with atrial fibrillation after spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (COCROACH): prospective, individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised trials, 2023, The Lancet Neurology
  • Effect of the monoaminergic stabiliser (−)-OSU6162 on mental fatigue following stroke or traumatic brain injury, 2020, Acta Neuropsychiatrica
  • Barriers to and facilitators for making emergency calls - a qualitative interview study of stroke patients and witnesses, 2022, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • STudy of Antithrombotic Treatment after IntraCerebral Haemorrhage: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial, 2020, European Stroke Journal
  • Open-label study with the monoamine stabilizer (-)-OSU6162 in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2021, Brain and Behavior

The scientist has frequently collaborated with Ole Morten Rønning, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, and Johanna Pennlert, with multiple joint publications.

Maria L. Carlsson's research appears in journals such as The Lancet Neurology, Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Brain and Behavior, and the European Stroke Journal, reflecting a broad engagement in fields related to stroke, brain injury, and neuropsychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Interactions between glutamatergic and monoaminergic systems within the basal ganglia-implications for schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease

    Maria Carlsson;Arvid Carlsson

  • Interactions Between Monoamines, Glutamate, and GABA in Schizophrenia: New Evidence

    Arvid Carlsson;Nicholas Waters;Susanna Holm-Waters;Joakim Tedroff

  • The NMDA antagonist MK-801 causes marked locomotor stimulation in monoamine-depleted mice

    Maria Carlsson;A. Carlsson

  • Schizophrenia: A Subcortical Neurotransmitter Imbalance Syndrome?

    Maria Carlsson;Arvid Carlsson

  • Neurotransmitter interactions in schizophrenia—therapeutic implications

    Arvid Carlsson;Nicholas Waters;Maria L Carlsson

  • Neurotransmitter aberrations in schizophrenia: new perspectives and therapeutic implications.

    Arvid Carlsson;Lars O. Hansson;Nicholas Waters;Maria L. Carlsson

  • Dramatic synergism between MK-801 and clonidine with respect to locomotor stimulatory effect in monoamine-depleted mice

    Maria Carlsson;A. Carlsson

  • (+)-MK-801 induced social withdrawal in rats; a model for negative symptoms of schizophrenia

    Johan P. Rung;Arvid Carlsson;Katarina Rydén Markinhuhta;Maria L. Carlsson

  • Network interactions in schizophrenia — therapeutic implications

    Arvid Carlsson;Nicholas Waters;Susanna Waters;Maria L Carlsson

  • A regional study of sex differences in rat brain serotonin

    Maria Carlsson;Arvid Carlsson

  • Schizophrenia: from dopamine to glutamate and back.

    Maria L. Carlsson;Arvid Carlsson;Marie Nilsson

  • A glutamatergic deficiency model of schizophrenia.

    A. Carlsson;L. O. Hansson;N. Waters;M. L. Carlsson

  • Hypothesis: Is infantile autism a hypoglutamatergic disorder? Relevance of glutamate – serotonin interactions for pharmacotherapy

    Unknown

  • A dopaminergic deficit hypothesis of schizophrenia: the path to discovery

    Arvid Carlsson;Maria L. Carlsson

  • Rat brain serotonin: Biochemical and functional evidence for a sex difference

    Maria Carlsson;K. Svensson;E. Eriksson;A. Carlsson

  • On the role of prefrontal cortex glutamate for the antithetical phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Maria L Carlsson

  • Systemic PCP treatment elevates brain extracellular 5-HT: a microdialysis study in awake rats.

    Peter Martin;Maria L. Carlsson;Stephan Hjorth

  • Rodent data and general hypothesis: antipsychotic action exerted through 5-Ht2A receptor antagonism is dependent on increased serotonergic tone.

    P. Martin;N. Waters;C. J. Schmidt;A. Carlsson

  • Interfering with glutamatergic neurotransmission by means of NMDA antagonist administration discloses the locomotor stimulatory potential of other transmitter systems

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  • The 5-HT2A receptor antagonist M100907 is more effective in counteracting NMDA antagonist- than dopamine agonist-induced hyperactivity in mice

    Maria L. Carlsson;Peter Martin;Marie Nilsson;S. M. Sorensen

  • Differential effects of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 on different stages of object recognition memory in mice.

    M. Nilsson;S. Hansson;A. Carlsson;M.L. Carlsson

  • A 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder: relationship between metabolite concentrations and symptom severity

    Göran Starck;Göran Starck;Maria Ljungberg;Maria Ljungberg;Marie Nilsson;Lars Jönsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Arvid Carlsson
Arvid Carlsson University of Gothenburg
Elias Eriksson
Elias Eriksson University of Gothenburg
Tord Ivarsson
Tord Ivarsson University of Gothenburg
Lars Rönnbäck
Lars Rönnbäck University of Gothenburg
Stephan Hjorth
Stephan Hjorth University of Gothenburg
Christopher Gillberg
Christopher Gillberg University of Gothenburg
Adriaan A. Lammertsma
Adriaan A. Lammertsma VU University Medical Center

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