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Martin Lauritzen 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 Martin Lauritzen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 289 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Lauritzen 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 Martin Lauritzen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Martin Lauritzen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research is concentrated primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a substantial body of work exploring subfields such as Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers several main topics including Barrier Structure and Function Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, as well as Diet and Metabolism Studies.

Martin Lauritzen has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Precapillary sphincters maintain perfusion in the cerebral cortex (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Post-capillary venules are the key locus for transcytosis-mediated brain delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Precapillary sphincters and pericytes at first-order capillaries as key regulators for brain capillary perfusion (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Blood-Brain Barrier Transport of Transferrin Receptor-Targeted Nanoparticles (2022, Pharmaceutics)
  • Brain capillary pericytes and neurovascular coupling (2021, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology)

The most frequent publication venues for Lauritzen include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • GeroScience
  • Nature Communications
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Martin Lauritzen has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, such as:

  • Changsi Cai
  • Krzysztof Kucharz
  • Krisztina Benedek
  • Micael Lønstrup
  • Erik Lykke Mortensen

In recognition of scientific contributions, Lauritzen was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Glial and neuronal control of brain blood flow.

    David Attwell;Alastair M. Buchan;Serge Charpak;Martin Lauritzen

  • Capillary pericytes regulate cerebral blood flow in health and disease

    Catherine N. Hall;Clare Reynell;Bodil Gesslein;Nicola B. Hamilton

  • Pathophysiology of the migraine aura. The spreading depression theory.

    Martin Lauritzen

  • Focal hyperemia followed by spreading oligemia and impaired activation of rcbf in classic migraine

    Jes Olesen;Bo Larsen;Martin Lauritzen

  • Clinical Relevance of Cortical Spreading Depression in Neurological Disorders: Migraine, Malignant Stroke, Subarachnoid and Intracranial Hemorrhage, and Traumatic Brain Injury:

    Martin Lauritzen;Jens Peter Dreier;Martin Fabricius;Jed A Hartings

  • Delayed ischaemic neurological deficits after subarachnoid haemorrhage are associated with clusters of spreading depolarizations

    Jens P Dreier;Johannes Woitzik;Martin Fabricius;Robin Bhatia

  • Cortical spreading ischaemia is a novel process involved in ischaemic damage in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

    Jens P. Dreier;Sebastian Major;Andrew Manning;Johannes Woitzik

  • Spreading Depression, Spreading Depolarizations, and the Cerebral Vasculature

    Cenk Ayata;Martin Lauritzen

  • Cortical spreading depression and peri-infarct depolarization in acutely injured human cerebral cortex

    Martin Fabricius;Susanne Fuhr;Robin Bhatia;Martyn Boutelle

  • Spreading and Synchronous Depressions of Cortical Activity in Acutely Injured Human Brain

    Anthony J. Strong;Martin Fabricius;Martyn G. Boutelle;Stuart J. Hibbins

  • Modification of activity-dependent increases of cerebral blood flow by excitatory synaptic activity and spikes in rat cerebellar cortex.

    Claus Mathiesen;Kirsten Caesar;Nuran Akgören;Martin Lauritzen;Martin Lauritzen

  • REGIONAL CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW DURING MIGRAINE ATTACKS BY XENON-133 INHALATION AND EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

    Martin Lauritzen;Jes Olesen

  • Changes in regional cerebral blood flow during the course of classic migraine attacks.

    Martin Lauritzen;Tom Skyhøj Olsen;Niels A. Lassen;Olaf B. Paulson

  • The continuum of spreading depolarizations in acute cortical lesion development: Examining Leão's legacy

    Jed A Hartings;C William Shuttleworth;Sergei A Kirov;Cenk Ayata

  • Nitric oxide scavenging by hemoglobin or nitric oxide synthase inhibition by N-nitro-L-arginine induces cortical spreading ischemia when K+ is increased in the subarachnoid space.

    Jens P Dreier;Katrin Körner;Nathalie Ebert;Astrid Görner

  • Recording, analysis, and interpretation of spreading depolarizations in neurointensive care: Review and recommendations of the COSBID research group

    Jens P. Dreier;Martin Fabricius;Cenk Ayata;Oliver W. Sakowitz

  • Reading vascular changes in brain imaging: is dendritic calcium the key?

    Martin Lauritzen

  • Relationship of Spikes, Synaptic Activity, and Local Changes of Cerebral Blood Flow

    Martin Lauritzen

  • The Effect of Glutamate Receptor Blockade on Anoxic Depolarization and Cortical Spreading Depression

    Martin Lauritzen;Martin Lauritzen;Anker Jon Hansen;Anker Jon Hansen

  • Persistent increase in oxygen consumption and impaired neurovascular coupling after spreading depression in rat neocortex

    Henning Piilgaard;Martin Lauritzen;Martin Lauritzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Fabricius
Martin Fabricius University of Copenhagen
Merete Osler
Merete Osler University of Copenhagen
Erik Lykke Mortensen
Erik Lykke Mortensen University of Copenhagen
Jes Olesen
Jes Olesen University of Copenhagen
Jens P. Dreier
Jens P. Dreier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jed A. Hartings
Jed A. Hartings University of Cincinnati
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen
Olaf B. Paulson
Olaf B. Paulson University of Copenhagen
Bente Pakkenberg
Bente Pakkenberg University of Copenhagen

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