Funda Orhan

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Funda Orhan is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Funda Orhan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Biological Psychiatry, 11 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 10 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Funda Orhan's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (5 papers). Funda Orhan is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (5 papers). Funda Orhan collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Denmark. Funda Orhan's co-authors include Sophie Erhardt, Maria Bhat, Ina Schuppe‐Koistinen, Michel Goiny, Lilly Schwieler, Göran Engberg, Anna Krook, Margareta Porsmyr‐Palmertz, Romain Barrès and Teresa Femenía and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Funda Orhan

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Skeletal Muscle PGC-1α1 Modulates Kynurenine Metabolism and Mediates Resilience to Stress-Induced Depression

2014 560 citations Leandro Z. Agudelo, Teresa Femenía et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Funda Orhan Sweden	12	657	379	278	239	239	23	1.2k
Gaurav Singhal Australia	13	456 0.7×	329 0.9×	185 0.7×	236 1.0×	88 0.4×	17	1.1k
Julian Hellmann‐Regen Germany	20	265 0.4×	329 0.9×	167 0.6×	289 1.2×	114 0.5×	63	1.3k
Jordan McAfoose Switzerland	12	347 0.5×	221 0.6×	240 0.9×	209 0.9×	216 0.9×	12	1.3k
Flurin Cathomas United States	21	565 0.9×	514 1.4×	165 0.6×	250 1.0×	142 0.6×	43	1.4k
Manizheh Izadi Sweden	6	397 0.6×	278 0.7×	370 1.3×	348 1.5×	103 0.4×	8	1.0k
Xiangyang Zhang China	20	318 0.5×	179 0.5×	150 0.5×	238 1.0×	186 0.8×	90	1.2k
Sakiko Tsugawa Japan	15	361 0.5×	180 0.5×	93 0.3×	127 0.5×	253 1.1×	40	1.0k
Adam Roman Poland	18	402 0.6×	371 1.0×	102 0.4×	210 0.9×	151 0.6×	56	1.3k
Sinead M. Gibney Ireland	15	896 1.4×	577 1.5×	222 0.8×	265 1.1×	242 1.0×	22	1.6k
Nathan L. Sparkman United States	16	772 1.2×	559 1.5×	324 1.2×	310 1.3×	104 0.4×	21	2.1k

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Orhan, Funda, Neda Khanlarkhani, Marja Koskuvi, et al.. (2025). Kynurenic Acid and Promotion of Activity-Dependent Synapse Elimination in Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 182(4). 389–400.

Koskuvi, Marja, Anniella Isgren, Helena Fatouros‐Bergman, et al.. (2024). Lower complement C1q levels in first-episode psychosis and in schizophrenia. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 117. 313–319. 2 indexed citations

Edén, Arvid, Janet L. Cunningham, Jonas Bergquist, et al.. (2024). Central and peripheral kynurenine pathway metabolites in COVID-19: Implications for neurological and immunological responses. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 124. 163–176. 3 indexed citations

Orhan, Funda, Lilly Schwieler, Göran Engberg, & Martin Samuelsson. (2024). Kynurenine Metabolites in CSF and Plasma in Healthy Males. PubMed. 17. 944230027–944230027. 6 indexed citations

Schwieler, Lilly, Funda Orhan, Anna Malmqvist, et al.. (2023). Immunological protein profiling of first-episode psychosis patients identifies CSF and blood biomarkers correlating with disease severity. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 111. 376–385. 6 indexed citations

Orhan, Funda, Lilly Schwieler, Jari Tiihonen, et al.. (2023). Kynurenic acid promotes activity-dependent synaptic pruning and associates with genetic risk variance for schizophrenia. Neuroscience Applied. 2. 103551–103551. 1 indexed citations

Shang, Pei, Ada Man‐Choi Ho, Maximilian Tufvesson‐Alm, et al.. (2022). Identification of cerebrospinal fluid and serum metabolomic biomarkers in first episode psychosis patients. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 229–229. 13 indexed citations

Jonsson, Bo H., Funda Orhan, Ana Osório Oliveira, et al.. (2021). Serum concentration of zinc is elevated in clinically stable bipolar disorder patients. Brain and Behavior. 12(1). e2472–e2472. 9 indexed citations

Orhan, Funda, Fredrik Piehl, Simon Červenka, et al.. (2021). Plasma bilirubin levels are reduced in first-episode psychosis patients and associates to working memory and duration of untreated psychosis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7527–7527. 11 indexed citations

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Malmqvist, Anna, Lilly Schwieler, Funda Orhan, et al.. (2019). Increased peripheral levels of TARC/CCL17 in first episode psychosis patients. Schizophrenia Research. 210. 221–227. 10 indexed citations

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Orhan, Funda, Lilly Schwieler, Helena Fatouros‐Bergman, et al.. (2018). Increased number of monocytes and plasma levels ofMCP‐1 andYKL‐40 in first‐episode psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 138(5). 432–440. 25 indexed citations

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Collste, Karin, Pontus Plavén‐Sigray, Helena Fatouros‐Bergman, et al.. (2017). Lower levels of the glial cell marker TSPO in drug-naive first-episode psychosis patients as measured using PET and [11C]PBR28. Molecular Psychiatry. 22(6). 850–856. 78 indexed citations

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Orhan, Funda, Helena Fatouros‐Bergman, Lilly Schwieler, et al.. (2017). First-episode psychosis patients display increased plasma IL-18 that correlates with cognitive dysfunction. Schizophrenia Research. 195. 406–408. 12 indexed citations

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Orhan, Funda, Helena Fatouros‐Bergman, Michel Goiny, et al.. (2017). CSF GABA is reduced in first-episode psychosis and associates to symptom severity. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(5). 1244–1250. 47 indexed citations

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Larsson, Markus K., Maria Bhat, Sophie Imbeault, et al.. (2016). Repeated LPS Injection Induces Distinct Changes in the Kynurenine Pathway in Mice. Neurochemical Research. 41(9). 2243–2255. 27 indexed citations

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Orhan, Funda, Maria Bhat, Kristian Sandberg, et al.. (2016). Tryptophan Metabolism Along the Kynurenine Pathway Downstream of Toll‐like Receptor Stimulation in Peripheral Monocytes. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 84(5). 262–271. 37 indexed citations

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Agudelo, Leandro Z., Teresa Femenía, Funda Orhan, et al.. (2015). Skeletal Muscle PGC-1α1 Modulates Kynurenine Metabolism and Mediates Resilience to Stress-Induced Depression. Cell. 160(1-2). 351–351. 4 indexed citations

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Agudelo, Leandro Z., Teresa Femenía, Funda Orhan, et al.. (2014). Skeletal Muscle PGC-1α1 Modulates Kynurenine Metabolism and Mediates Resilience to Stress-Induced Depression. Cell. 159(1). 33–45. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wennström, Malin, Henrietta M. Nielsen, Funda Orhan, et al.. (2014). Kynurenic Acid Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia with Lewy Bodies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 1–7. 41 indexed citations

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Holtze, M., Susan B. Powell, Niccolò Terrando, et al.. (2013). Behavioral disturbances in adult mice following neonatal virus infection or kynurenine treatment – Role of brain kynurenic acid. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 36. 80–89. 35 indexed citations

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