Håkan Widner

17.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
121 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Håkan Widner is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Håkan Widner has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Neurology, 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Håkan Widner's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (54 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (45 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (37 papers). Håkan Widner is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (54 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (45 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (37 papers). Håkan Widner collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Håkan Widner's co-authors include Patrik Brundin, Olle Lindvall, Stig Rehncrona, Anders Björklund, David J. Brooks, Peter Hagell, C. D. Marsden, G. V. Sawle, Björn Gustavii and Niall Quinn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Håkan Widner

119 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Lewy bodies in grafted neurons in subjects with Parkinson's disease suggest host-to-graft disease propagation

2008 1.3k citations Jiayi Li, Elisabet Englund et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Grafts of Fetal Dopamine Neurons Survive and Improve Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease

1990 876 citations Olle Lindvall, Patrik Brundin et al. profile →
Core assessment program for intracerebral transplantations (CAPIT)

1992 861 citations Håkan Widner, David J. Brooks et al. Movement Disorders profile →
Core assessment program for surgical interventional therapies in Parkinson's disease (CAPSIT-PD)

1999 667 citations Håkan Widner et al. Movement Disorders profile →
Dopamine release from nigral transplants visualized in vivo in a Parkinson's patient

1999 518 citations Paola Piccini, David J. Brooks et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Håkan Widner Sweden	47	6.2k	5.4k	3.5k	1.8k	1.6k	121	11.3k
Stig Rehncrona Sweden	43	4.6k 0.8×	4.9k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	88	9.9k
Curt R. Freed United States	45	2.7k 0.4×	4.4k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	492 0.3×	138	8.6k
Phil Hyu Lee South Korea	48	5.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	987 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	351	10.4k
Ichiro Akiguchi Japan	50	2.4k 0.4×	3.1k 0.6×	3.2k 0.9×	528 0.3×	2.4k 1.5×	277	9.2k
John T. Povlishock United States	59	7.6k 1.2×	1.8k 0.3×	3.7k 1.1×	709 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	132	11.5k
Kathryn E. Saatman United States	57	5.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.3×	3.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	862 0.5×	132	9.1k
Un Jung Kang United States	54	4.6k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	482 0.3×	875 0.6×	127	8.1k
Kōji Abe Japan	46	1.4k 0.2×	2.5k 0.5×	3.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	390	9.1k
Bruce G. Lyeth United States	51	5.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	806 0.5×	131	8.7k
C. Edward Dixon United States	56	6.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.3×	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	940 0.6×	154	10.0k

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Pålhagen, Sven, Olof Sydow, Anders Johansson, et al.. (2016). Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) treatment in routine care of patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease: An open-label prospective observational study of effectiveness, tolerability and healthcare costs. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 29. 17–23. 43 indexed citations

Paul, Gesine, Olof Zachrisson, Andrea Varrone, et al.. (2015). Safety and tolerability of intracerebroventricular PDGF-BB in Parkinson’s disease patients. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 125(3). 1339–1346. 83 indexed citations

Memedi, Mevludin, Dag Nyholm, Anders Johansson, et al.. (2015). Validity and Responsiveness of At-Home Touch Screen Assessments in Advanced Parkinson's Disease. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 19(6). 1829–1834. 13 indexed citations

Surova, Yulia, Markus Nilsson, Jimmy Lätt, et al.. (2015). Disease-specific structural changes in thalamus and dentatorubrothalamic tract in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neuroradiology. 57(11). 1079–1091. 38 indexed citations

Memedi, Mevludin, Dag Nyholm, Anders Johansson, et al.. (2013). Self-reported symptoms and motor tests via telemetry in a 36-month levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel infusion trial. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 2 indexed citations

Puschmann, Andreas, Owen A. Ross, Carles Vilariño‐Güell, et al.. (2009). A Swedish family with de novo α-synuclein A53T mutation: Evidence for early cortical dysfunction. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 15(9). 627–632. 77 indexed citations

Li, Jiayi, Elisabet Englund, Janice L. Holton, et al.. (2008). Lewy bodies in grafted neurons in subjects with Parkinson's disease suggest host-to-graft disease propagation. Nature Medicine. 14(5). 501–503. 1325 indexed citations breakdown →

Hagell, Peter, et al.. (2006). Measuring Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: A Psychometric Study of Two Brief Generic Fatigue Questionnaires. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 32(5). 420–432. 87 indexed citations

Rehncrona, Stig, Bo Johnels, Håkan Widner, et al.. (2002). Long‐term efficacy of thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor: Double‐blind assessments. Movement Disorders. 18(2). 163–170. 220 indexed citations

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Hagell, Peter, Paola Piccini, Anders Björklund, et al.. (2002). Dyskinesias following neural transplantation in Parkinson's disease. Nature Neuroscience. 5(7). 627–628. 327 indexed citations

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Lundin, Susanne & Håkan Widner. (2000). Patientröster om xenotransplantation: "jag skulle göra allt, för jag vill inte dö!". Läkartidningen. 97(16). 3–1940. 1 indexed citations

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Pedersen, E & Håkan Widner. (2000). Chapter 8 Xenotransplantation. Progress in brain research. 127. 157–188. 5 indexed citations

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Widner, Håkan & G. Defer. (1999). Dyskinesias assessment: from CAPIT to CAPSIT. Core Assessment Program for Intracerebral Transplantations. Core Assessment Program for Surgical Interventional Therapies.. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 14 Suppl 1. 60–6. 12 indexed citations

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Larsson, Lena C., Wei‐Ming Duan, & Håkan Widner. (1999). Discordant xenografts: different outcome after mouse and rat neural tissue transplantation to guinea-pigs. Brain Research Bulletin. 49(5). 367–376. 12 indexed citations

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Freeman, Thomas B. & Håkan Widner. (1998). Cell transplantation for neurological disorders : toward reconstruction of the human central nervous system. Humana Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations

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Duan, Wei‐Ming, et al.. (1997). Rat Intrastriatal Neural Allografts Challenged with Skin Allografts at Different Time Points. Experimental Neurology. 148(1). 334–347. 16 indexed citations

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Nakao, Naoyuki, Eva M. Frodl, Håkan Widner, et al.. (1995). Overexpressing Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase enhances survival of transplanted neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Nature Medicine. 1(3). 226–231. 109 indexed citations

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Vinge, Ellen, et al.. (1994). Pravidel kan ge lungförändringar. Aktivitetstecken och viktnedgång ingår i bilden. Läkartidningen. 91(45). 8–4116.

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Johansson, Barbro B., Christer Owman, & Håkan Widner. (1990). Pathophysiology of the blood-brain barrier. Elsevier eBooks. 124 indexed citations

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Brundin, Patrik, Håkan Widner, Ola Nilsson, Robert E. Strecker, & A. Bj�rklund. (1989). Intracerebral xenografts of dopamine neurons: the role of immunosuppression and the blood-brain barrier. Experimental Brain Research. 75(1). 195–207. 122 indexed citations

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