Helene Benveniste

27.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
166 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Helene Benveniste is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Helene Benveniste has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 46 papers in Neurology and 45 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Helene Benveniste's work include Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (48 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers). Helene Benveniste is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (48 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers). Helene Benveniste collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Helene Benveniste's co-authors include Nils Henrik Diemer, Arne Schousboe, Jørgen Drejer, Maiken Nedergaard, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Rashid Deane, Hedok Lee, Yonghong Liao, Weiguo Peng and Erlend A. Nagelhus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Helene Benveniste

161 papers receiving 19.3k citations

Hit Papers

A Paravascular Pathway Fa... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2012 1984 2013 2000 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. A Paravascular Pathway Facilitates CSF Flow Through the Brain Parenchyma and the Clearance of Interstitial Solutes, Including Amyloid β
    2012 3.8k citations Jeffrey J. Iliff, Helene Benveniste et al. profile →
  2. Elevation of the Extracellular Concentrations of Glutamate and Aspartate in Rat Hippocampus During Transient Cerebral Ischemia Monitored by Intracerebral Microdialysis
    1984 2.4k citations Helene Benveniste et al. Journal of Neurochemistry profile →
  3. Brain-wide pathway for waste clearance captured by contrast-enhanced MRI
    2013 836 citations Jeffrey J. Iliff, Hedok Lee et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  4. In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of transgene expression
    2000 624 citations Helene Benveniste et al. profile →
  5. β-Amyloid accumulation in the human brain after one night of sleep deprivation
    2018 612 citations Ehsan Shokri‐Kojori, Gene‐Jack Wang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Microdialysis—Theory and application
    1990 551 citations Helene Benveniste et al. profile →
  7. Perivascular spaces in the brain: anatomy, physiology and pathology
    2020 512 citations Joanna M. Wardlaw, Helene Benveniste et al. Nature Reviews Neurology profile →
  8. Brain Microdialysis
    1989 461 citations Helene Benveniste Journal of Neurochemistry profile →
  9. Suppression of glymphatic fluid transport in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
    2016 425 citations Humberto Mestre, Helene Benveniste et al. profile →
  10. The Glymphatic System and Waste Clearance with Brain Aging: A Review
    2018 349 citations Helene Benveniste, Xiaodan Liu et al. Gerontology profile →
  11. The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling
    2022 193 citations Tomas Bohr, Poul G. Hjorth et al. iScience profile →
  12. Impact of Sleep Disorders and Disturbed Sleep on Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2024 77 citations Helene Benveniste et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helene Benveniste United States 55 10.2k 4.7k 3.7k 3.1k 2.8k 166 19.7k
Jeffrey J. Iliff United States 42 8.8k 0.9× 5.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 96 16.0k
Rashid Deane United States 48 8.6k 0.8× 6.2k 1.3× 3.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 2.5k 0.9× 74 22.4k
Charles Nicholson United States 67 9.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 150 19.7k
Weiguo Peng United States 24 5.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 30 10.2k
Erlend A. Nagelhus Norway 39 5.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 4.4k 1.2× 974 0.3× 1.5k 0.5× 74 11.8k
Robert B. Innis United States 84 10.6k 1.0× 3.4k 0.7× 6.5k 1.7× 4.2k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 412 25.7k
W. Dalton Dietrich United States 90 6.2k 0.6× 10.5k 2.2× 9.0k 2.4× 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 0.9× 420 32.0k
Stanley I. Rapoport United States 80 4.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 6.9k 1.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 487 22.7k
Richard J. Traystman United States 71 3.1k 0.3× 3.8k 0.8× 4.9k 1.3× 2.6k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 467 20.3k
David S. Goldstein United States 91 4.9k 0.5× 6.7k 1.4× 3.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 720 0.3× 484 30.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helene Benveniste

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helene Benveniste. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helene Benveniste based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Helene Benveniste. Helene Benveniste is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mangia, Silvia, Mauro DiNuzzo, Sara Ponticorvo, et al.. (2025). Reduced removal of waste products from energy metabolism takes center stage in human brain aging. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 8127–8127.
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Klausen, Mette Kruse, Jens Pedersen, Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen, et al.. (2025). Does semaglutide reduce alcohol intake in Danish patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity? Trial protocol of a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial (the SEMALCO trial). BMJ Open. 15(1). e086454–e086454. 7 indexed citations
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Koundal, Sunil, Jesús D. Melgarejo, Kaiming Xu, et al.. (2025). Age-dependent brain responses to mechanical stress determine resilience in a chronic lymphatic drainage impairment model. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(17). 2 indexed citations
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Veluw, Susanne J. van, Helene Benveniste, Erik N.T.P. Bakker, et al.. (2024). Is CAA a perivascular brain clearance disease? A discussion of the evidence to date and outlook for future studies. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 239–239. 16 indexed citations
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Phan, Duy Tung, Peter H. Dahl, Sunil Koundal, et al.. (2023). 195 Aberrant Brain Biomechanics Initiates Ventricular Dilation in a Genetic Subtype of Congenital Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery. 69(Supplement_1). 32–32. 1 indexed citations
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Demiral, Şükrü Barış, Christopher Kure Liu, Helene Benveniste, Dardo Tomasi, & Nora D. Volkow. (2023). Activation of brain arousal networks coincident with eye blinks during resting state. Cerebral Cortex. 33(11). 6792–6802. 9 indexed citations
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Bohr, Tomas, Poul G. Hjorth, Sebastian C. Holst, et al.. (2022). The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling. iScience. 25(9). 104987–104987. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wardlaw, Joanna M., Helene Benveniste, Maiken Nedergaard, et al.. (2020). Perivascular spaces in the brain: anatomy, physiology and pathology. Nature Reviews Neurology. 16(3). 137–153. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shokri‐Kojori, Ehsan, Gene‐Jack Wang, Corinde E. Wiers, et al.. (2018). β-Amyloid accumulation in the human brain after one night of sleep deprivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(17). 4483–4488. 612 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benveniste, Helene, Hedok Lee, Shane Smith, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous Preclinical Positron Emission Tomography-Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Lymphatic Drainage of Chelator-Free 64 Cu-Labeled Nanoparticles. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 33(6). 213–220. 14 indexed citations
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Benveniste, Helene, Xiaodan Liu, Sunil Koundal, et al.. (2018). The Glymphatic System and Waste Clearance with Brain Aging: A Review. Gerontology. 65(2). 106–119. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Hyun Joo, Lianshun Xie, Mei Yu, et al.. (2015). The Effect of Body Posture on Brain Glymphatic Transport. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(31). 11034–11044. 303 indexed citations
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Iliff, Jeffrey J., Hedok Lee, Mei Yu, et al.. (2013). Brain-wide pathway for waste clearance captured by contrast-enhanced MRI. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(3). 1299–1309. 836 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palacios, Rafael Delgado y, Kim Henningsen, Marleen Verhoye, et al.. (2011). Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Reveal Differential Hippocampal Changes in Anhedonic and Resilient Subtypes of the Chronic Mild Stress Rat Model. Biological Psychiatry. 70(5). 449–457. 99 indexed citations
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Manganas, Louis N., Xueying Zhang, Li Yao, et al.. (2007). Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Identifies Neural Progenitor Cells in the Live Human Brain. Science. 318(5852). 980–985. 323 indexed citations
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Johnson, G. Allan, et al.. (1997). Magnetic Resonance Microscopy in Basic Studies of Brain Structure and Functiona, b. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 820(1). 139–148. 27 indexed citations
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Benveniste, Helene, et al.. (1996). A Newin VivoMethod for Quantitative Analysis of Stroke Lesions Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Microscopy. NeuroImage. 3(3). 158–166. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Helene Benveniste, & Claude A. Piantadosi. (1993). Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase increases extracellular cerebral glutamate concentration after global ischemia. Neuroscience Letters. 157(2). 179–182. 22 indexed citations

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