Ursula Sonnewald

Ursula Sonnewald 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 Ursula Sonnewald sits on this spectrum.

Ursula Sonnewald 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 Ursula Sonnewald sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
• Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
• Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

• The transcriptome and metabolic gene signature of protoplasmic astrocytes in the adult murine cortex.

  Ditte Lovatt;Ursula Sonnewald;Helle S. Waagepetersen;Arne Schousboe

  533
  Citations

• Neuronal and astrocytic shuttle mechanisms for cytosolic-mitochondrial transfer of reducing equivalents: current evidence and pharmacological tools.

  Mary C. McKenna;Helle S. Waagepetersen;Arne Schousboe;Ursula Sonnewald

  385
  Citations

• Glutamate transport and metabolism in astrocytes

  Ursula Sonnewald;Niels Westergaard;Arne Schousboe

  374
  Citations

• High‐resolution magic angle spinning MRS of breast cancer tissue

  Beathe Sitter;Beathe Sitter;Ursula Sonnewald;Manfred Spraul;Hans E. Fjösne

  343
  Citations

• Direct demonstration by [13C]NMR spectroscopy that glutamine from astrocytes is a precursor for GABA synthesis in neurons

  U. Sonnewald;U. Sonnewald;N. Westergaard;A. Schousboe;J.S. Svendsen

  316
  Citations

• (R)-N-[4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)but-3-en-1-yl]nipecotic acid binds with high affinity to the brain gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake carrier.

  Claus Braestrup;Erik B. Nielsen;Ursula Sonnewald;Lars J. S. Knutsen

  313
  Citations

• Metabolism of [U-13C]glutamate in astrocytes studied by 13C NMR spectroscopy: incorporation of more label into lactate than into glutamine demonstrates the importance of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

  U. Sonnewald;N. Westergaard;S. B. Petersen;G. Unsgård

  264
  Citations

• Glutamate and glutamine metabolism and compartmentation in astrocytes.

  Arne Schousboe;Niels Westergaard;Ursula Sonnewald;Steffen B. Petersen

  242
  Citations

• Trafficking of amino acids between neurons and glia in vivo. Effects of inhibition of glial metabolism by fluoroacetate.

  Bjornar Hassel;Herman Bachelard;Paula Jones;Frode Fonnum

  235
  Citations

• Trafficking between glia and neurons of TCA cycle intermediates and related metabolites

  Arne Schousboe;Niels Westergaard;Helle S. Waagepetersen;Orla M. Larsson

  232
  Citations

• Characterization of tiagabine (NO-328), a new potent and selective GABA uptake inhibitor

  Unknown

  232
  Citations

• Glial-neuronal interactions as studied by cerebral metabolism of [2-13C]acetate and [1-13C]glucose: an ex vivo 13C NMR spectroscopic study.

  Bjørnar Hassel;Ursula Sonnewald;Frode Fonnum

  227
  Citations

• Energy Metabolism of the Brain

  Mary C. McKenna;Gerald A. Dienel;Ursula Sonnewald;Helle S. Waagepetersen

  223
  Citations

• First direct demonstration of preferential release of citrate from astrocytes using [13C]NMR spectroscopy of cultured neurons and astrocytes

  U. Sonnewald;U. Sonnewald;U. Sonnewald;N. Westergaard;N. Westergaard;J. Krane;G. Unsgård;G. Unsgård

  223
  Citations

• A Possible Role of Alanine for Ammonia Transfer Between Astrocytes and Glutamatergic Neurons

  Helle S Waagepetersen;Ursula Sonnewald;Orla M Larsson;Arne Schousboe

  216
  Citations

• The Glutamine–Glutamate/GABA Cycle: Function, Regional Differences in Glutamate and GABA Production and Effects of Interference with GABA Metabolism

  Anne B. Walls;Helle S. Waagepetersen;Lasse K. Bak;Arne Schousboe

  213
  Citations

• The GABA paradox: multiple roles as metabolite, neurotransmitter, and neurodifferentiative agent.

  Helle S. Waagepetersen;Ursula Sonnewald;Arne Schousboe

  205
  Citations

• Neuronal-glial interactions in rats fed a ketogenic diet.

  Torun Margareta Melø;Astrid Nehlig;Ursula Sonnewald

  190
  Citations

• Glucose is necessary to maintain neurotransmitter homeostasis during synaptic activity in cultured glutamatergic neurons.

  Lasse K Bak;Arne Schousboe;Ursula Sonnewald;Helle S Waagepetersen

  190
  Citations

• Glutamate synthesis has to be matched by its degradation – where do all the carbons go?

  Ursula Sonnewald

  190
  Citations