Klas Kullander

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Klas Kullander is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Klas Kullander has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 45 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Klas Kullander's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (19 papers). Klas Kullander is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (24 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (19 papers). Klas Kullander collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Klas Kullander's co-authors include Rüdiger Klein, Ted Ebendal, Henrik Gezelius, Anders Enjin, Ole Kiehn, Åsa Wallén‐Mackenzie, Malin C. Lagerström, Richardson N. Leão, Sanja Mikulovic and Katarina E. Leão and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Klas Kullander

98 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Mechanisms and functions of eph and ephrin signalling

2002 951 citations Klas Kullander, Rüdiger Klein profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klas Kullander Sweden	36	3.6k	2.2k	1.3k	966	769	101	5.5k
Deanna L. Benson United States	40	3.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	788 0.8×	683 0.9×	96	5.3k
Francisco J. Álvarez United States	42	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	749 0.8×	652 0.8×	109	4.9k
Richard J. Reimer United States	31	3.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	868 0.7×	522 0.5×	918 1.2×	53	6.7k
Liliana Minichiello Italy	43	3.9k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	642 0.5×	1.8k 1.8×	766 1.0×	81	7.0k
Tomoaki Shirao Japan	45	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	908 0.9×	414 0.5×	135	5.4k
Charles C. Ouimet United States	31	2.7k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	850 0.7×	581 0.6×	461 0.6×	43	4.4k
Michisuke Yuzaki Japan	51	4.5k 1.3×	4.4k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	941 1.0×	705 0.9×	163	7.7k
Atsu Aiba Japan	42	3.1k 0.9×	3.3k 1.5×	741 0.6×	568 0.6×	894 1.2×	126	6.2k
Dušan Bartsch Germany	35	3.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.3×	689 0.5×	446 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	97	6.4k
Maria Passafaro Italy	36	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	351 0.4×	586 0.8×	82	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Klas Kullander

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Klas Kullander

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Nascimento, George, et al.. (2025). Auditory regulation of hippocampal locomotion circuits by a non-canonical reticulo-limbic pathway. Progress in Neurobiology. 252. 102811–102811.

Henriksson, Katharina, et al.. (2025). Layer‐Specific Connectivity and Functional Interference of Chrna2+ Layer 5 Martinotti Cells in the Primary Motor Cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(7). e70086–e70086. 1 indexed citations

Thulin, Anders, et al.. (2025). Differentiated Presynaptic Input to OLMɑ2 Cells Along the Hippocampal Dorsoventral Axis: Implications for Hippocampal Microcircuit Function. Hippocampus. 35(5). e70026–e70026.

Chamberland, Simon, et al.. (2024). Functional specialization of hippocampal somatostatin-expressing interneurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(17). e2306382121–e2306382121. 18 indexed citations

Yamamuro, Kazuhiko, Lucy Bicks, Daisuke Kato, et al.. (2020). A prefrontal–paraventricular thalamus circuit requires juvenile social experience to regulate adult sociability in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 23(10). 1240–1252. 109 indexed citations

Larhammar, Martin, et al.. (2018). Characterization of Dmrt3-Derived Neurons Suggest a Role within Locomotor Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(10). 1771–1782. 30 indexed citations

Ivanova, Anna, Fábio V. Caixeta, Lore Becker, et al.. (2018). Neuron-specific inactivation of Wt1 alters locomotion in mice and changes interneuron composition in the spinal cord. Life Science Alliance. 1(4). e201800106–e201800106. 26 indexed citations

França, Arthur S. C., Sanja Mikulovic, Markus M. Hilscher, et al.. (2018). OLMα2 Cells Bidirectionally Modulate Learning. Neuron. 99(2). 404–412.e3. 44 indexed citations

Wählby, Carolina, et al.. (2017). Differential Neuroprotective Effects of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist on Spinal Cord Neurons after Excitotoxic Injury. NeuroImmunoModulation. 24(4-5). 220–230. 4 indexed citations

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Pettersson, Hanna, et al.. (2017). SLC10A4 regulates IgE-mediated mast cell degranulation in vitro and mast cell-mediated reactions in vivo. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1085–1085. 9 indexed citations

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Enjin, Anders, Markus M. Hilscher, Martin Larhammar, et al.. (2017). Developmental Disruption of Recurrent Inhibitory Feedback Results in Compensatory Adaptation in the Renshaw Cell–Motor Neuron Circuit. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(23). 5634–5647. 19 indexed citations

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Rogóż, Katarzyna, et al.. (2015). VGLUT2 controls heat and punctuate hyperalgesia associated with nerve injury via TRPV1-Cre primary afferents. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0116568–e0116568. 7 indexed citations

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Bernhardt, Nadine, Fatima Memic, Henrik Gezelius, et al.. (2012). DCC mediated axon guidance of spinal interneurons is essential for normal locomotor central pattern generator function. Developmental Biology. 366(2). 279–289. 34 indexed citations

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Hellström, Anders R., Brenda Watt, Danièle Tenza, et al.. (2011). Inactivation of Pmel Alters Melanosome Shape But Has Only a Subtle Effect on Visible Pigmentation. PLoS Genetics. 7(9). e1002285–e1002285. 107 indexed citations

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Israelsson, Charlotte, Henrik Bengtsson, Anna Lobell, et al.. (2010). Appearance of Cxcl10‐expressing cell clusters is common for traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(5). 852–863. 37 indexed citations

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Wootz, Hanna, Anders Enjin, Åsa Wallén‐Mackenzie, Dan Lindholm, & Klas Kullander. (2009). Reduced VGLUT2 expression increases motor neuron viability in Sod1G93A mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 37(1). 58–66. 34 indexed citations

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Filosa, Alessandro, Sónia Paixão, Marı́a A. Carmona, et al.. (2009). Neuron-glia communication via EphA4/ephrin-A3 modulates LTP through glial glutamate transport. Nature Neuroscience. 12(10). 1285–1292. 226 indexed citations

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Grunwald, Iris Q., Martin Körte, Giselind Adelmann, et al.. (2003). Hippocampal plasticity requires postsynaptic ephrinBs. Nature Neuroscience. 7(1). 33–40. 213 indexed citations

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Kullander, Klas, et al.. (1997). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of the Neurotrophins from Monotremes and Marsupials. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 45(3). 311–321. 31 indexed citations

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Hallböök, Finn, Anders Bäckström, Klas Kullander, et al.. (1995). Neurotrophins and their receptors in chicken neuronal development. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 39(5). 855–868. 37 indexed citations

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