Tomas Hökfelt

Tomas Hökfelt 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 Tomas Hökfelt sits on this spectrum.

Tomas Hökfelt 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 Tomas Hökfelt sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Sweden Leader Award
• 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 2002 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
• 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—I. Cell bodies and nerve terminals

  Å. Ljungdahl;T. Hökfelt;G. Nilsson

  1609
  Citations

• Substance p: localization in the central nervous system and in some primary sensory neurons

  Tomas Hökfelt;Jan Olof Kellerth;Göran Nilsson;Bengt Pernow

  1493
  Citations

• Neuropeptide Y (NPY)‐like immunoreactivity in peripheral noradrenergic neurons and effects of NPY on sympathetic function

  Jan M. Lundberg;Lars Terenius;Tomas Hökfelt;Claes R. Martling

  1422
  Citations

• Distribution of peptide- and catecholamine-containing neurons in the gastro-intestinal tract of rat and guinea-pig: immunohistochemical studies with antisera to substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, enkephalins, somatostatin, gastrin/cholecystokinin, neurotensin and dopamine beta-hydroxylase.

  Schultzberg M;Hökfelt T;Nilsson G;Terenius L

  1292
  Citations

• Tetracyclines inhibit microglial activation and are neuroprotective in global brain ischemia

  Juha Yrjänheikki;Riitta Keinänen;Milla Pellikka;Tomas Hökfelt

  1251
  Citations

• Experimental immunohistochemical studies on the localization and distribution of substance P in cat primary sensory neurons.

  Tomas Hökfelt;Jan-Olof Kellerth;Göran E. Nilsson;Bengt Pernow

  1244
  Citations

• An atlas of the protein-coding genes in the human, pig, and mouse brain

  Evelina Sjöstedt;Evelina Sjöstedt;Wen Zhong;Linn Fagerberg;Max J. Karlsson

  1124
  Citations

• Evidence for dopamine receptor stimulation by apomorphine

  Nils-Erik Andén;Allan Rubenson;Kjell Fuxe;Tomas Hökfelt

  1111
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical evidence for separate populations of somatostatin-containing and substance P-containing primary afferent neurons in the rat.

  T. Hökfelt;T. Hökfelt;R. Elde;R. Elde;O. Johansson;O. Johansson;R. Luft;R. Luft

  1097
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical analysis of peptide pathways possibly related to pain and analgesia: enkephalin and substance P

  T. Hökfelt;Å. Ljungdahl;L. Terenius;R. Elde

  1064
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical support for three putative transmitters in one neuron: Coexistence of 5-hydroxytryptamine, substance p- and thyrotropin releasing hormone-like immunoreactivity in medullary neurons projecting to the spinal cord

  O. Johansson;T. Hökfelt;B. Pernow;S.L. Jeffcoate

  1046
  Citations

• Hypocretin/Orexin- and melanin-concentrating hormone-expressing cells form distinct populations in the rodent lateral hypothalamus: Relationship to the neuropeptide Y and agouti gene-related protein systems

  C. Broberger;L. De Lecea;J.G. Sutcliffe;T. Hökfelt

  1014
  Citations

• The neuropeptide Y/agouti gene-related protein (AGRP) brain circuitry in normal, anorectic, and monosodium glutamate-treated mice

  Christian Broberger;Jeanette Johansen;Carolina Johansson;Martin Schalling

  1013
  Citations

• Primary sensory neurons of the rat showing calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity and their relation to substance P-, somatostatin-, galanin-, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide- and cholecystokinin-immunoreactive ganglion cells.

  G. Ju;Tomas Hökfelt;E. Brodin;J. Fahrenkrug

  1004
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical evidence of substance P-like immunoreactivity in some 5-hydroxytryptamine-containing neurons in the rat central nervous system.

  T. Hökfelt;T. Hökfelt;Å. Ljungdahl;Å. Ljungdahl;H. Steinbusch;H. Steinbusch;A. Verhofstad;A. Verhofstad

  988
  Citations

• Differential co-existence of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity with catecholamines in the central nervous system of the rat.

  B.J. Everitt;T. Hökfelt;L. Terenius;K. Tatemoto

  983
  Citations

• High levels of neuropeptide Y in peripheral noradrenergic neurons in various mammals including man.

  J.M. Lundberg;L. Terenius;T. Hökfelt;M. Goldstein

  910
  Citations

• Messenger plasticity in primary sensory neurons following axotomy and its functional implications

  T. Hökfelt;X. Zhang;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  901
  Citations

• Potent and nontoxic antisense oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acids

  Claes R Wahlestedt;Peter Salmi;Liam Good;Johanna Kela

  894
  Citations

• Neuropeptides in perspective: The last ten years

  Tomas Hökfelt

  880
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical studies using antibodies to leucine-enkephalin: Initial observations on the nervous system of the rat

  R. Elde;T. Hökfelt;O. Johansson;L. Terenius

  865
  Citations

• Co-existence of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivities in sensory nerves in relation to cardiovascular and bronchoconstrictor effects of capsaicin

  Jan M. Lundberg;Anders Franco-Cereceda;Xiaoying Hua;Tomas Hökfelt

  865
  Citations

• Peptidergic neurones

  Unknown

  335
  Citations