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Oleh Hornykiewicz

Oleh Hornykiewicz

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
34557
World Ranking
16413
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For seminal contributions to our understanding of neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.
  • 1972 - Canada Gairdner International Award

Overview

Oleh Hornykiewicz was affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria during their academic career. Their research contributions focused primarily on neuroscience, with particular attention to neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.

Hornykiewicz received recognition through several awards. In 1972, they were honored with the Canada Gairdner International Award. Later, in 2014, they received the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, which was awarded for seminal contributions to the understanding of neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.

The scientist did not have any documented recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or specific fields and subfields of study publicly listed. There are also no recorded main topics of work or structured bibliometric data on their publications available in the source data.

Best Publications

  • Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington. Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations.

    H. Bernheimer;W. Birkmayer;O. Hornykiewicz;K. Jellinger

  • Distribution of noradrenaline and dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the human brain and their behavior in diseases of the extrapyramidal system.

    H Ehringer;O Hornykiewicz

  • Uneven pattern of dopamine loss in the striatum of patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Pathophysiologic and clinical implications.

    Stephen J. Kish;Kathleen Shannak;Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • DOPAMINE (3-HYDROXYTYRAMINE) AND BRAIN FUNCTION

    Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • Biochemical pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease.

    O Hornykiewicz;S J Kish

  • Kainic acid induced seizures: Neurochemical and histopathological changes

    G. Sperk;H. Lassmann;H. Baran;S.J. Kish

  • Biochemical aspects of Parkinson's disease

    Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • Receptor basis for dopaminergic supersensitivity in Parkinson's disease

    Tyrone Lee;P. Seeman;A. Rajput;Irene J. Farley

  • The role of iron and copper molecules in the neuronal vulnerability of locus coeruleus and substantia nigra during aging

    Luigi Zecca;Antonella Stroppolo;Alberto Gatti;Davide Tampellini

  • Cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration

    D. E. Riley;A. E. Lang;A. Lewis;L. Resch

  • Biochemical Evidence of Dysfunction of Brain Neurotransmitters in the Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

    Kenneth G. Lloyd;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Lynne Davidson;Katherine Shannak

  • Preferential loss of serotonin markers in caudate versus putamen in Parkinson's disease

    Stephen J. Kish;Junchao Tong;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Ali Rajput

  • Glutathione peroxidase activity in Parkinson's disease brain.

    Stephen J. Kish;Caryl Morito;Oleh Hornykiewicz

  • Kainic acid-induced seizures: dose-relationship of behavioural, neurochemical and histopathological changes.

    G. Sperk;H. Lassmann;H. Baran;F. Seitelberger

  • Effect of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine on the regional distribution of brain monoamines in the rhesus monkey.

    Ch. Pifl;G. Schingnitz;O. Hornykiewicz

  • Aging produces a specific pattern of striatal dopamine loss: implications for the etiology of idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

    Stephen J. Kish;Kathleen Shannak;Ali Rajput;John H. N. Deck

  • Hereditary form of parkinsonism-dementia

    Manfred D. Muenter;Lysia S. Forno;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Stephen J. Kish

  • The dopamine autoreceptor agonist B-HT 920 stimulates denervated postsynaptic brain dopamine receptors in rodent and primate models of Parkinson's disease: a novel approach to treatment.

    Dieter Hinzen;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Walter Kobinger;Ludwig Pichler

  • Increased adenosine A2A receptors in the brain of Parkinson’s disease patients with dyskinesias

    Frédéric Calon;Mehdi Dridi;Oleh Hornykiewicz;Paul J Bédard

  • Brain catecholamines in schizophrenia - a good case for noradrenaline

    Oleh Hornykiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Kish
Stephen J. Kish Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Christian Pifl
Christian Pifl Medical University of Vienna
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Yoshiaki Furukawa
Yoshiaki Furukawa Juntendo University
John W. Haycock
John W. Haycock Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Thérèse Di Paolo
Thérèse Di Paolo Université Laval
Paul J. Bédard
Paul J. Bédard Université Laval
Günther Sperk
Günther Sperk Innsbruck Medical University
Frédéric Calon
Frédéric Calon Université Laval
Mark Guttman
Mark Guttman University of Toronto

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