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Urban Ungerstedt

Urban Ungerstedt

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
125
Citations
63267
World Ranking
3076
National Ranking
59

Urban Ungerstedt publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urban Ungerstedt sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 475 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Urban Ungerstedt D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Urban Ungerstedt sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Urban Ungerstedt is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses several subfields, including Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their main research topics cover Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, and Epilepsy Research and Treatment. These focus areas guide much of their scientific output and collaborations.

Ungerstedt has contributed at least one recent paper, titled Bedside interpretation of cerebral energy metabolism utilizing microdialysis in neurosurgical and general intensive care, published in 2022 in Frontiers in Neurology. This publication has received citations indicating engagement from the scientific community.

Their frequent coauthors include Carl-Henrik Nordström, Axel Forsse, Rasmus Peter Jakobsen, Simon Mølstrøm, and Troels Halfeldt Nielsen. These collaborations suggest interdisciplinary teamwork across related domains of clinical and neurological research.

Urban Ungerstedt's work is disseminated particularly through the venue Frontiers in Neurology, reflecting a focus on neurological topics and intensive care medicine.

Best Publications

  • Stereotaxic mapping of the monoamine pathways in the rat brain.

    Urban Ungerstedt

  • Postsynaptic supersensitivity after 6-hydroxy-dopamine induced degeneration of the nigro-striatal dopamine system.

    U. Ungerstedt

  • Quantitative recording of rotational behavior in rats after 6-hydroxy-dopamine lesions of the nigrostriatal dopamine system.

    Urban Ungerstedt;Gordon W. Arbuthnott

  • 6-hydroxy-dopamine induced degeneration of central monoamine neurons

    Urban Ungerstedt

  • Adipsia and Aphagia after 6-Hydroxydopamine Induced Degeneration of the Nigro-striatal Dopamine System

    U. Ungerstedt

  • Ascending Monoamine Neurons to the Telencephalon and Diencephalon

    N.-E. Andén;A. Dahlström;K. Fuxe;K. Larsson

  • Receptor activity and turnover of dopamine and noradrenaline after neuroleptics.

    Nils-Erik Andén;Sherrel G. Butcher;Hans Corrodi;Kjell Fuxe

  • Striatal dopamine release after amphetamine or nerve degeneration revealed by rotational behaviour.

    U. Ungerstedt

  • In vivo measurement of dopamine and its metabolites by intracerebral dialysis: changes after d-amphetamine.

    T. Zetterström;T. Sharp;C. A. Marsden;U. Ungerstedt

  • Changes in cortical extracellular levels of energy-related metabolites and amino acids following concussive brain injury in rats.

    P. Nilsson;L. Hillered;U. Pontén;U. Ungerstedt

  • A direct comparison of amphetamine-induced behaviours and regional brain dopamine release in the rat using intracerebral dialysis.

    T. Sharp;T. Zetterström;T. Ljungberg;U. Ungerstedt

  • In vivo measurement of extracellular dopamine and DOPAC in rat striatum after various dopamine-releasing drugs implications for the origin of extracellular DOPAC

    T. Zetterström;T. Sharp;A.K. Collin;U. Ungerstedt

  • Effect of ergot drugs on central catecholamine neurons: evidence for a stimulation of central dopamine neurons.

    H Corrodi;K Fuxe;T Hökfelt;P Lidbrink

  • Morphological and Functional Aspects of Central Monoamine Neurons

    Kjell Fuxe;Tomas Hökfelt;Urban Ungerstedt

  • Direct chemical stimulation of dopaminergic mechanisms in the neostriatum of the rat.

    Urban Ungerstedt;Urban Ungerstedt;Larry L. Butcher;Larry L. Butcher;Sherrel G. Butcher;Sherrel G. Butcher;Nils-Erik Ande´n;Nils-Erik Ande´n

  • Intracerebral microdialysis in clinical practice: baseline values for chemical markers during wakefulness, anesthesia, and neurosurgery.

    Peter Reinstrup;Nils Ståhl;Pekka Mellergård;Tore Uski

  • Purine levels in the intact rat brain. Studies with an implanted perfused hollow fibre.

    T Zetterström;L Vernet;U Ungerstedt;U Tossman

  • Specificity of 6-hydroxydopamine induced degeneration of central monoamine neurones: An electron and fluorescence microscopic study with special reference to intracerebral injection on the nigro-striatal dopamine system

    Tomas Hökfelt;Urban Ungerstedt

  • AAPS-FDA Workshop White Paper: Microdialysis Principles, Application and Regulatory Perspectives

    Chandra S. Chaurasia;Markus Müller;Edward D. Bashaw;Eva Benfeldt

  • Dynamics of extracellular metabolites in the striatum after middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat monitored by intracerebral microdialysis.

    L. Hillered;A. Hallström;S. Segersvärd;L. Persson

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Michel Goiny
Michel Goiny Karolinska Institute
Nils Lindefors
Nils Lindefors Karolinska Institute
Ernst Brodin
Ernst Brodin Karolinska Institute
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Peter Arner
Peter Arner Karolinska Institute
Yasmin L. Hurd
Yasmin L. Hurd Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Sergi Ferré
Sergi Ferré National Institute on Drug Abuse

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