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Ursula Sonnewald
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Neuroscience
Norway
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
72
Citations
14370
World Ranking
2353
National Ranking
10

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

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

  • 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

  • Glutamate transport and metabolism in astrocytes

    Ursula Sonnewald;Niels Westergaard;Arne Schousboe

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

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

  • 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

  • (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

  • 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

  • Glutamate and glutamine metabolism and compartmentation in astrocytes.

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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  • 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

  • Energy Metabolism of the Brain

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Helle S. Waagepetersen;Ursula Sonnewald;Arne Schousboe

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

    Torun Margareta Melø;Astrid Nehlig;Ursula Sonnewald

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

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

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

    Ursula Sonnewald

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