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Denmark
2023

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77
Citations
20947
World Ranking
1845
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15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ole Kiehn is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields they engage with include cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, neurology, and genetics.

The topics covered in their work encompass diverse aspects of neuroscience and related biomedical fields. These include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Kiehn has contributed to a number of scientific publications across various well-regarded journals. Recent notable papers include:

  • Brainstem neurons that command mammalian locomotor asymmetries, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Brainstem Circuits for Locomotion, 2022, Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • Locomotor deficits in a mouse model of ALS are paralleled by loss of V1-interneuron connections onto fast motor neurons, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Distinct subtypes of proprioceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons regulate adaptive proprioception in mice, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Targeted activation of midbrain neurons restores locomotor function in mouse models of parkinsonism, 2022, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors with whom Kiehn has collaborated include:

  • Raghavendra Selvan
  • Roberto Leiras
  • Ilary Allodi
  • Roser Montañana-Rosell
  • Peter Löw

Ole Kiehn's work has been published mainly in credible venues with the highest concentration of publications in Nature Neuroscience, followed by Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, and Annual Review of Neuroscience.

In recognition of their contributions, Kiehn has been awarded membership in prestigious organizations including the Academia Europaea in 2013 and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • LOCOMOTOR CIRCUITS IN THE MAMMALIAN SPINAL CORD

    Ole Kiehn

  • Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion.

    Ole Kiehn

  • Bistability of alpha-motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5-hydroxytryptophan.

    J Hounsgaard;H Hultborn;B Jespersen;O Kiehn

  • Functional diversity and specificity of neostriatal interneurons.

    James M Tepper;J Paul Bolam

  • Proprioceptive input resets central locomotor rhythm in the spinal cat.

    B. A. Conway;H. Hultborn;O. Kiehn

  • Distribution of networks generating and coordinating locomotor activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro: a lesion study

    Ole Kjaerulff;Ole Kiehn

  • Serotonin-induced bistability of turtle motoneurones caused by a nifedipine-sensitive calcium plateau potential.

    J Hounsgaard;O Kiehn

  • Neuronal atlas of the dorsal horn defines its architecture and links sensory input to transcriptional cell types

    Martin Häring;Amit Zeisel;Hannah Hochgerner;Puneet Rinwa

  • V1 spinal neurons regulate the speed of vertebrate locomotor outputs.

    Simon Gosgnach;Guillermo M. Lanuza;Simon J. B. Butt;Simon J. B. Butt;Harald Saueressig

  • Midbrain circuits that set locomotor speed and gait selection

    Vittorio Caggiano;Vittorio Caggiano;Roberto Leiras;Roberto Leiras;Haizea Goñi-Erro;Haizea Goñi-Erro;Debora Masini

  • Dual-mode operation of neuronal networks involved in left-right alternation

    Adolfo E. Talpalar;Julien Bouvier;Lotta Borgius;Gilles Fortin

  • Genetic Ablation of V2a Ipsilateral Interneurons Disrupts Left-Right Locomotor Coordination in Mammalian Spinal Cord

    Steven A. Crone;Katharina A. Quinlan;Laskaro Zagoraiou;Steven Droho

  • Role of EphA4 and EphrinB3 in local neuronal circuits that control walking.

    Klas Kullander;Simon J. B. Butt;James M. Lebret;Line Lundfald

  • Spatiotemporal characteristics of 5-HT and dopamine-induced rhythmic hindlimb activity in the in vitro neonatal rat

    O. Kiehn;O. Kjaerulff

  • Activation of groups of excitatory neurons in the mammalian spinal cord or hindbrain evokes locomotion

    Martin Hägglund;Lotta Borgius;Kimberly J Dougherty;Ole Kiehn

  • Maintained changes in motoneuronal excitability by short-lasting synaptic inputs in the decerebrate cat.

    C Crone;H Hultborn;O Kiehn;L Mazieres

  • Locomotor Rhythm Generation Linked to the Output of Spinal Shox2 Excitatory Interneurons

    Kimberly J. Dougherty;Laskaro Zagoraiou;Laskaro Zagoraiou;Daisuke Satoh;Daisuke Satoh;Ismini Rozani

  • Development and functional organization of spinal locomotor circuits.

    Ole Kiehn

  • Physiological, anatomical and genetic identification of CPG neurons in the developing mammalian spinal cord.

    Ole Kiehn;Simon J.B Butt

  • Mammalian motor neurons corelease glutamate and acetylcholine at central synapses

    Hiroshi Nishimaru;Carlos Ernesto Restrepo;Jesper Ryge;Yuchio Yanagawa

  • Intrinsic membrane properties causing a bistable behaviour of α-motoneurones

    J. Hounsgaard;H. Hultborn;B. Jespersen;O. Kiehn

  • Ca++ dependent bistability induced by serotonin in spinal motoneurons.

    J. Hounsgaard;O. Kiehn

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Hultborn
Hans Hultborn University of Copenhagen
Jørn Hounsgaard
Jørn Hounsgaard University of Copenhagen
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick Cornell University
Javier DeFelipe
Javier DeFelipe Technical University of Madrid
Onur Güntürkün
Onur Güntürkün Ruhr University Bochum
Andreas S. Tolias
Andreas S. Tolias Baylor College of Medicine
Huibert D. Mansvelder
Huibert D. Mansvelder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christiaan P. J. de Kock
Christiaan P. J. de Kock Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo University of Western Ontario
Natalia A. Shevtsova
Natalia A. Shevtsova Drexel University

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