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Niklas Marklund

Niklas Marklund

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
9201
World Ranking
5140
National Ranking
100

Overview

Niklas Marklund is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a strong focus on Neurology, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Molecular Biology. The main topics covered in their research include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, S100 Proteins and Annexins, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, and Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications.

The scientist has an extensive publication record in several respected venues. Some of the frequent journals where their work appears include:

  • Brain and Spine
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Acta Neurochirurgica
  • Neurocritical Care
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Niklas Marklund has collaborated often with several co-authors. Frequent co-authors include Yelverton Tegner, Karsten Ruscher, Anna Gard, Iftakher Hossain, and Fredrik Clausen.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, and associated biomarkers. Selected recent papers include:

  • Tau aggregation and increased neuroinflammation in athletes after sports-related concussions and in traumatic brain injury patients - A PET/MR study, 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Blood biomarkers for traumatic brain injury: A narrative review of current evidence, 2023, Brain and Spine
  • Effect of Irrigation Fluid Temperature on Recurrence in the Evacuation of Chronic Subdural Hematoma, 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • Interleukin-1 Beta Neutralization Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Microglia Activation and Neuronal Changes in the Globus Pallidus, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Concussion incidence and recovery in Swedish elite soccer - Prolonged recovery in female players, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Best Publications

  • Lateral fluid percussion brain injury: a 15-year review and evaluation.

    Hilaire J. Thompson;Jonathan Lifshitz;Jonathan Lifshitz;Niklas Marklund;M. Sean Grady

  • Experimental models of traumatic brain injury: do we really need to build a better mousetrap?

    D M Morales;N Marklund;D Lebold;H J Thompson

  • Consensus statement from the 2014 International Microdialysis Forum

    Peter J. Hutchinson;Ibrahim Jalloh;Adel Helmy;Keri L.H. Carpenter

  • Coagulopathy and haemorrhagic progression in traumatic brain injury: advances in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management

    Marc Maegele;Herbert Schöchl;Tomas Menovsky;Hugues Maréchal

  • Animal modelling of traumatic brain injury in preclinical drug development: where do we go from here?

    Niklas Marklund;Lars Hillered

  • Evaluation of Pharmacological Treatment Strategies in Traumatic Brain Injury

    Niklas Marklund;Asha Bakshi;Deborah J Castelbuono;Valeria Conte

  • Neutralization of interleukin‐1β modifies the inflammatory response and improves histological and cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury in mice

    Fredrik Clausen;Anders Hånell;Maria Björk;Lars Hillered

  • Structured evaluation of rodent behavioral tests used in drug discovery research

    Anders Hånell;Niklas Marklund

  • Abnormalities at different levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis early after stroke.

    Tommy Olsson;Niklas Marklund;Yngve Gustafson;Birgitta Nasman

  • Gait training after spinal cord injury : safety, feasibility and gait function following 8 weeks of training with the exoskeletons from Ekso Bionics

    Carsten Bach Baunsgaard;Ulla Vig Nissen;Anne Katrin Brust;Angela Frotzler

  • Neutralization of interleukin-1β reduces cerebral edema and tissue loss and improves late cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury in mice.

    Fredrik Clausen;Anders Hånell;Charlotte Israelsson;Johanna Hedin

  • Neurofilament light and tau as blood biomarkers for sports-related concussion

    Pashtun Shahim;Yelverton Tegner;Niklas Marklund;Kaj Blennow

  • Myelin loss and oligodendrocyte pathology in white matter tracts following traumatic brain injury in the rat

    Johanna Flygt;Anders Djupsjö;Frida Lenne;Niklas Marklund

  • Monitoring of brain interstitial total tau and beta amyloid proteins by microdialysis in patients with traumatic brain injury.

    Niklas Marklund;Kaj Blennow;Henrik Zetterberg;Elisabeth Ronne-Engström

  • Amyloid-β Peptides and Tau Protein as Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal and Interstitial Fluid Following Traumatic Brain Injury : A Review of Experimental and Clinical Studies

    Parmenion P Tsitsopoulos;Niklas Marklund

  • Low and high circulating cortisol levels predict mortality and cognitive dysfunction early after stroke.

    N Marklund;Markku Peltonen;T K Nilsson;Tommy Olsson

  • Glycerol as a marker for post-traumatic membrane phospholipid degradation in rat brain.

    Niklas Marklund;Konstantin Salci;Anders Lewén;Lars Hillered

  • Activation of Rho after traumatic brain injury and seizure in rats

    Catherine I. Dubreuil;Niklas Marklund;Niklas Marklund;Kathleen Deschamps;Tracy K. McIntosh;Tracy K. McIntosh

  • Monitoring of reactive oxygen species production after traumatic brain injury in rats with microdialysis and the 4-hydroxybenzoic acid trapping method

    Niklas Marklund;Fredrik Clausen;Tommy Lewander;Lars Hillered

  • Treatments and rehabilitation in the acute and chronic state of traumatic brain injury.

    N. Marklund;B.-M. Bellander;B.-M. Bellander;A. K. Godbolt;H. Levin;H. Levin

  • Cyclooxygenase-2, prostaglandin synthases, and prostaglandin H2 metabolism in traumatic brain injury in the rat.

    Tina Kunz;Niklas Marklund;Lars Hillered;Ernst H Oliw

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Georgy Bakalkin
Georgy Bakalkin Uppsala University
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Karsten Ruscher
Karsten Ruscher Lund University
Jonathan Lifshitz
Jonathan Lifshitz University of Arizona
Asla Pitkänen
Asla Pitkänen University of Eastern Finland
Jens Schouenborg
Jens Schouenborg Lund University
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Elna-Marie Larsson
Elna-Marie Larsson Uppsala University

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