Hans Brændgaard

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Hans Brændgaard is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Brændgaard has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Physiology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Hans Brændgaard's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (16 papers), Point processes and geometric inequalities (6 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Hans Brændgaard is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (16 papers), Point processes and geometric inequalities (6 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Hans Brændgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Hans Brændgaard's co-authors include H.J.G. Gundersen, Hanne Gottrup, H. J. G. Gundersen, C. V. Howard, Stephen M. Evans, Janice L. Holton, Tamás Révész, Arne Møller, Agueda Rostagno and Jorge Ghiso and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Hans Brændgaard

43 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The impact of recent stereological advances on quantitative studies of the nervous system

1986 465 citations Hans Brændgaard et al. profile →
In Alzheimer’s Disease, 6-Month Treatment with GLP-1 Analog Prevents Decline of Brain Glucose Metabolism: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial

2016 346 citations Michael Gejl, Albert Gjedde et al. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Brændgaard Denmark	24	1.2k	737	608	597	521	43	2.9k
H. Pakkenberg Denmark	30	545 0.5×	680 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	498 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	108	3.4k
Fabien Marchand France	26	2.6k 2.2×	758 1.0×	1.7k 2.8×	506 0.8×	483 0.9×	52	4.3k
Taihei Miyakawa Japan	27	1.1k 0.9×	630 0.9×	367 0.6×	591 1.0×	313 0.6×	106	2.3k
Birgitte Andersen Denmark	31	414 0.4×	1.5k 2.0×	412 0.7×	181 0.3×	106 0.2×	77	2.7k
Enikò Kövari Switzerland	38	1.6k 1.4×	899 1.2×	603 1.0×	996 1.7×	982 1.9×	84	4.1k
Gareth W. Roberts United Kingdom	27	1.8k 1.5×	1.5k 2.0×	775 1.3×	679 1.1×	602 1.2×	49	3.6k
P. O. Yates United Kingdom	40	2.3k 1.9×	1.3k 1.8×	1.5k 2.5×	779 1.3×	1.2k 2.3×	96	5.7k
Jacob Jelsing Denmark	38	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	681 1.1×	145 0.2×	197 0.4×	102	4.9k
Karen M. Cullen Australia	24	667 0.6×	473 0.6×	376 0.6×	479 0.8×	356 0.7×	35	2.2k
Liying Han China	21	1.4k 1.2×	943 1.3×	540 0.9×	587 1.0×	256 0.5×	51	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Brændgaard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Brændgaard

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Parbo, Peter, Rola Ismail, Michael Sommerauer, et al.. (2018). Does inflammation precede tau aggregation in early Alzheimer's disease? A PET study. Neurobiology of Disease. 117. 211–216. 50 indexed citations

Gejl, Michael, Albert Gjedde, Lærke Egefjord, et al.. (2016). In Alzheimer’s Disease, 6-Month Treatment with GLP-1 Analog Prevents Decline of Brain Glucose Metabolism: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 8. 108–108. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

Eskildsen, Simon Fristed, Louise Gyldensted, Kartheeban Nagenthiraja, et al.. (2016). Increased cortical capillary transit time heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: a DSC-MRI perfusion study. Neurobiology of Aging. 50. 107–118. 63 indexed citations

Gjedde, Albert, Joel Aanerud, Hans Brændgaard, & Anders Rodell. (2013). Blood-brain transfer of Pittsburgh compound B in humans. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 5. 70–70. 23 indexed citations

Rodell, Anders, Joel Aanerud, Hans Brændgaard, & Albert Gjedde. (2013). Washout allometric reference method (WARM) for parametric analysis of [11C]PIB in human brains. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 5. 45–45. 13 indexed citations

Rodell, Anders, Joel Aanerud, Hans Brændgaard, & Albert Gjedde. (2012). Low Residual CBF Variability in Alzheimer’s Disease after Correction for CO2 Effect. PubMed. 4. 8–8. 15 indexed citations

Østergaard, Leif, Rasmus Aamand, Eugenio Gutiérrez‐Jiménez, et al.. (2012). The capillary dysfunction hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 34(4). 1018–1031. 155 indexed citations

Lindquist, Suzanne Granhøj, Hans Brændgaard, Kirsten Svenstrup, Adrian M. Isaacs, & Jørgen E. Nielsen. (2008). Frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 3 (FTD‐3) – current concepts and the detection of a previously unknown branch of the Danish FTD‐3 family. European Journal of Neurology. 15(7). 667–670. 32 indexed citations

Rostagno, Agueda, Tammaryn Lashley, Douglas Ng, et al.. (2007). Preferential association of serum amyloid P component with fibrillar deposits in familial British and Danish dementias: Similarities with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 257(1-2). 88–96. 18 indexed citations

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Lashley, Tammaryn, Janice L. Holton, Marcel M. Verbeek, et al.. (2006). Molecular chaperons, amyloid and preamyloid lesions in the BRI2 gene‐related dementias: a morphological study. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 32(5). 492–504. 24 indexed citations

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Tomidokoro, Yasushi, Tammaryn Lashley, Agueda Rostagno, et al.. (2005). Familial Danish Dementia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(44). 36883–36894. 58 indexed citations

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Licht, Rasmus Wentzer, John Larsen, Donald F. Smith, & Hans Brændgaard. (2003). Chronic lithium treatment with or without haloperidol fails to affect the morphology of the rat cerebellum. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 13(3). 173–176. 5 indexed citations

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Josephs, Keith A., Janice L. Holton, Martin N. Rossor, et al.. (2003). Neurofilament inclusion body disease: a new proteinopathy?. Brain. 126(10). 2291–2303. 133 indexed citations

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Rostagno, Agueda, Tamás Révész, Tammaryn Lashley, et al.. (2002). Complement Activation in Chromosome 13 Dementias. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(51). 49782–49790. 54 indexed citations

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Holton, Janice L., Tammaryn Lashley, Jorge Ghiso, et al.. (2002). Familial Danish Dementia: A Novel Form of Cerebral Amyloidosis Associated with Deposition of Both Amyloid-Dan and Amyloid-Beta. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 61(3). 254–267. 99 indexed citations

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Ghiso, Jorge, Tamás Révész, Janice L. Holton, et al.. (2001). Chromosome 13 dementia syndromes as models of neurodegeneration. Amyloid. 8(4). 277–284. 23 indexed citations

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Licht, Rasmus Wentzer, Donald F. Smith, & Hans Brændgaard. (1997). The effect of chronic lithium treatment on the calibre of axons and nerve fibres in the rat sural nerve. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 7(2). 95–98. 5 indexed citations

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Larsen, Jytte Overgaard, Trine Tandrup, & Hans Brændgaard. (1993). Number and size distribution of cerebellar neurons estimated by the optical fractionator and the vertical rotator. Image Analysis & Stereology. 4 indexed citations

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Brændgaard, Hans, Stephen M. Evans, C. V. Howard, & H. J. G. Gundersen. (1990). The total number of neurons in the human neocortex unbiasedly estimated using optical disectors. Journal of Microscopy. 157(3). 285–304. 255 indexed citations

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Brændgaard, Hans & Per Sidenius. (1986). Anterograde Components of Axonal Transport in Motor and Sensory Nerves in Experimental 2,5‐Hexanedione Neuropathy. Journal of Neurochemistry. 47(1). 31–37. 19 indexed citations

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