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Patrik Ernfors

Patrik Ernfors

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Neuroscience

D-Index
93
Citations
38688
World Ranking
972
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Patrik Ernfors is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has produced extensive research in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their publications reflect contributions mainly in physiology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and immunology.

The scientist's research topics focus on several areas including pain mechanisms and treatments, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, adipose tissue and metabolism, ion channel regulation and function, stress responses and cortisol, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders.

Significant recent publications authored or co-authored by Patrik Ernfors include:

  • Diversification of molecularly defined myenteric neuron classes revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Single cell transcriptomics of primate sensory neurons identifies cell types associated with chronic pain, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the mesangial identity and species diversity of glomerular cell transcriptomes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Demise of nociceptive Schwann cells causes nerve retraction and pain hyperalgesia, 2021, Pain
  • The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 is expressed in mouse pericytes but not endothelial cells: Implications for COVID-19 vascular research, 2022, Stem Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors with whom Patrik Ernfors has collaborated include:

  • Yizhou Hu
  • Jussi Kupari
  • Dmitry Usoskin
  • Ming-Dong Zhang
  • Laura Calvo-Enrique

Publication venues where Patrik Ernfors has consistently contributed are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Pain

Patrik Ernfors has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System.

    Amit Zeisel;Hannah Hochgerner;Peter Lönnerberg;Anna Johnsson

  • Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing

    Dmitry Usoskin;Alessandro Furlan;Saiful Islam;Hind Abdo

  • Mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor develop with sensory deficits

    Patrik Ernfors;Kuo-Fen Lee;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Oligodendrocyte heterogeneity in the mouse juvenile and adult central nervous system.

    Sueli Marques;Amit Zeisel;Simone Codeluppi;David van Bruggen

  • Identification of cells in rat brain and peripheral tissues expressing mRNA for members of the nerve growth factor family.

    Patrik Ernfors;Cynthia Wetmore;Lars Olson;Håkan Persson

  • Lack of neurotrophin-3 leads to deficiencies in the peripheral nervous system and loss of limb proprioceptive afferents

    Patrik Ernfors;Kuo-Fen Lee;Jan Kucera;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Activation of the TrkB Neurotrophin Receptor Is Induced by Antidepressant Drugs and Is Required for Antidepressant-Induced Behavioral Effects

    Tommi Saarelainen;Panu Hendolin;Guilherme Lucas;Eija Koponen

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and antidepressant drugs have different but coordinated effects on neuronal turnover, proliferation, and survival in the adult dentate gyrus.

    Mikko Sairanen;Guilherme Lucas;Patrik Ernfors;Maija Castrén

  • Molecular cloning and neurotrophic activities of a protein with structural similarities to nerve growth factor: developmental and topographical expression in the brain.

    P Ernfors;C F Ibáñez;T Ebendal;L Olson

  • Differential regulation of mRNAs for nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and neurotrophin 3 in the adult rat brain following cerebral ischemia and hypoglycemic coma.

    Olle Lindvall;Patrik Ernfors;Johan Bengzon;Zaal Kokaia

  • Increased levels of messenger RNAs for neurotrophic factors in the brain during kindling epileptogenesis

    Patrik Ernfors;Johan Bengzon;Zaal Kokaia;Håkan Persson

  • Molecular cloning of rat trkC and distribution of cells expressing messenger RNAs for members of the trk family in the rat central nervous system.

    J.-P. Merlio;P. Ernfors;M. Jaber;H. Persson

  • Schwann Cell Precursors from Nerve Innervation Are a Cellular Origin of Melanocytes in Skin

    Igor Adameyko;Francois Lallemend;Jorge B. Aquino;Jorge B. Aquino;Jorge A. Pereira

  • Learning Deficit in BDNF Mutant Mice

    Sten Linnarsson;Anders Björklund;Patrik Ernfors

  • Cells Expressing mRNA for Neurotrophins and their Receptors During Embryonic Rat Development

    Patrik Ernfors;Jean-Phillipe Merlio;Håkan Persson

  • Spatiotemporal structure of cell fate decisions in murine neural crest

    Ruslan Soldatov;Marketa Kaucka;Marketa Kaucka;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Maria Eleni Kastriti;Julian Petersen;Julian Petersen

  • Complementary roles of BDNF and NT-3 in vestibular and auditory development.

    Patrik Ernfors;Thomas Van De Water;Janet Loring;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Specification and connectivity of neuronal subtypes in the sensory lineage

    Frédéric Marmigère;Patrik Ernfors

  • 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

  • Localization of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA to neurons in the brain by in situ hybridization

    Cynthia Wetmore;Patrik Ernfors;Håkan Persson;Lars Olson

  • Sensory but not motor neuron deficits in mice lacking NT4 and BDNF.

    Xin Liu;Patrik Ernfors;Patrik Ernfors;Hong Wu;Rudolf Jaenisch

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Persson
Håkan Persson Läkemedelsverket
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Zaal Kokaia
Zaal Kokaia Lund University
Kaj Fried
Kaj Fried Karolinska Institute
Merab Kokaia
Merab Kokaia Lund University
Nils Lindefors
Nils Lindefors Karolinska Institute
Josep M. Canals
Josep M. Canals University of Barcelona
Johan Bengzon
Johan Bengzon Lund University
Peter V. Kharchenko
Peter V. Kharchenko Harvard University

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