Göran Hellekant

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Göran Hellekant is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Sensory Systems and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Göran Hellekant has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 41 papers in Sensory Systems and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Göran Hellekant's work include Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (52 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (41 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (24 papers). Göran Hellekant is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (52 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (41 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (24 papers). Göran Hellekant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Göran Hellekant's co-authors include Vicktoria Danilova, Yuzo Ninomiya, Albert I. Farbman, Dianna L Bartel, Alison J. Vigers, Thomas E. Finger, Sue C. Kinnamon, Leslie M. Stone, Thomas W. Roberts and John L. Markley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Göran Hellekant

58 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ATP Signaling Is Crucial for Communication from Taste Buds to Gustatory Nerves

2005 611 citations Thomas E. Finger, Vicktoria Danilova et al. Science profile →
CALHM1 ion channel mediates purinergic neurotransmission of sweet, bitter and umami tastes

2013 380 citations Akiyuki Taruno, Valérie Vingtdeux et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Göran Hellekant United States	25	2.1k	1.7k	989	656	389	60	2.8k
Sami Damak United States	24	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	689 1.1×	327 0.8×	34	3.5k
Nirupa Chaudhari United States	38	3.9k 1.9×	3.5k 2.1×	2.4k 2.4×	1.4k 2.1×	826 2.1×	69	5.5k
Jean‐Pierre Montmayeur France	21	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	739 0.7×	790 1.2×	554 1.4×	45	2.7k
Marianna Max United States	21	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	838 1.3×	595 1.5×	23	2.8k
Vicktoria Danilova United States	19	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	623 0.6×	221 0.3×	141 0.4×	24	1.5k
Bernd Lindemann Germany	37	2.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	2.4k 3.7×	1.8k 4.7×	102	5.3k
Steven D. Munger United States	28	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	729 0.7×	477 0.7×	972 2.5×	52	2.9k
Sue C. Kinnamon United States	43	4.8k 2.3×	4.2k 2.5×	2.7k 2.7×	1.2k 1.8×	1.2k 3.1×	96	5.9k
Lloyd M. Beidler United States	24	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	878 0.9×	562 0.9×	668 1.7×	45	2.7k
Timothy A. Gilbertson United States	30	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	665 1.0×	747 1.9×	66	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hellekant, Göran. (2024). Neuroscience of taste: unlocking the human taste code. BMC Neuroscience. 25(1). 19–19.

Taruno, Akiyuki, Valérie Vingtdeux, Makoto Ohmoto, et al.. (2013). CALHM1 ion channel mediates purinergic neurotransmission of sweet, bitter and umami tastes. Nature. 495(7440). 223–226. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Yiwen, et al.. (2009). The sweet taste quality is linked to a cluster of taste fibers in primates: lactisole diminishes preference and responses to sweet in S fibers (sweet best) chorda tympani fibers of M. fascicularis monkey. BMC Physiology. 9(1). 1–1. 54 indexed citations

Finger, Thomas E., Vicktoria Danilova, Dianna L Bartel, et al.. (2005). ATP Signaling Is Crucial for Communication from Taste Buds to Gustatory Nerves. Science. 310(5753). 1495–1499. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

Danilova, Vicktoria & Göran Hellekant. (2005). Elucidating coding of taste qualities with the taste modifier miraculin in the common marmoset. Brain Research Bulletin. 68(5). 315–321. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Qin, et al.. (2005). Probing the sweet determinants of brazzein: Wild-type brazzein and a tasteless variant, brazzein-ins(R18a-I18b), exhibit different pH-dependent NMR chemical shifts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 335(1). 256–263. 7 indexed citations

Schilling, Alain, Vicktoria Danilova, & Göran Hellekant. (2004). Behavioral study in the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) using compounds considered sweet by humans. American Journal of Primatology. 62(1). 43–48. 7 indexed citations

Danilova, Vicktoria, et al.. (2003). Critical regions for the sweetness of brazzein¹. FEBS Letters. 544(1-3). 33–37. 51 indexed citations

Pasquet, Patrick, et al.. (2003). The evolution of taste perception: psychophysics and taste nerves tell the same story in human and non-human primates. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2(4). 281–287. 4 indexed citations

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Ninomiya, Yuzo, Kiyohito Nakashima, Atsuo Fukuda, et al.. (2000). Responses to Umami Substances in Taste Bud Cells Innervated by the Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerves. Journal of Nutrition. 130(4). 950S–953S. 63 indexed citations

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Gao, Guanghua, Jixun Dai, Ming Ding, et al.. (1999). Studies on solution NMR structure of brazzein. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 42(4). 409–419. 5 indexed citations

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Dai, Jixun, et al.. (1999). Solution conformation of brazzein by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance: resonance assignment and secondary structure. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24(4). 351–359. 12 indexed citations

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Danilova, Vicktoria, Göran Hellekant, Thomas W. Roberts, Jean-Marie Tinti, & C Nofre. (1998). Behavioral and Single Chorda Tympani Taste Fiber Responses in the Common Marmoset,: Callithrix jacchus jacchus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 855(1). 160–164. 22 indexed citations

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Hellekant, Göran, Yuzo Ninomiya, & Vicktoria Danilova. (1997). Taste in Chimpanzees II: Single Chorda Tympani Fibers. Physiology & Behavior. 61(6). 829–841. 58 indexed citations

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Hellekant, Göran, Vicktoria Danilova, Thomas W. Roberts, & Yuzo Ninomiya. (1997). The taste of ethanol in a primate model: I. Chorda tympani nerve response in Macaca mulatta. Alcohol. 14(5). 473–484. 38 indexed citations

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Nagarajan, Srinivasan, Michael S. Kellogg, Grant E. DuBois, & Göran Hellekant. (1996). Understanding the Mechanism of Sweet Taste: Synthesis of Ultrapotent Guanidinoacetic Acid Photoaffinity Labeling Reagents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(21). 4167–4172. 13 indexed citations

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Hellekant, Göran, et al.. (1994). Brazzein, a new high‐potency thermostable sweet protein from Pentadiplandra brazzeana B. FEBS Letters. 355(1). 106–108. 168 indexed citations

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Hellekant, Göran & Yuzo Ninomiya. (1994). Bitter taste in single chorda tympani taste fibers from chimpanzee. Physiology & Behavior. 56(6). 1185–1188. 21 indexed citations

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Menco, Bert Ph. M. & Göran Hellekant. (1993). Ultrastructural evidence for a binding substance to the sweet‐tasting protein thaumatin inside taste bud pores of rhesus monkey foliate papillae. Microscopy Research and Technique. 26(2). 133–141. 5 indexed citations

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Hellekant, Göran & Yuzo Ninomiya. (1991). On the taste of umami in chimpanzee. Physiology & Behavior. 49(5). 927–934. 52 indexed citations

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