Lars Edström

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Lars Edström is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Edström has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 27 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Lars Edström's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (50 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (24 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (22 papers). Lars Edström is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (50 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (24 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (22 papers). Lars Edström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Lars Edström's co-authors include E. Kugelberg, Lars Larsson, Lennart Grimby, Kent Sahlin, Hans Sjöholm, Kristian Borg, Maria Anvret, Stefano Schiaffino, Lars‐Eric Thornell and Björn Ekblom and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Lars Edström

104 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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Histochemical composition, distribution of fibres and fatiguability of single motor units. Anterior tibial muscle of the rat.

1968 513 citations Lars Edström, E. Kugelberg Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Edström Sweden	37	2.7k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	969	107	5.2k
Kenneth K. Kaiser United States	26	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	686 0.6×	868 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	41	5.5k
Gerta Vrbovà United Kingdom	43	4.0k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	2.8k 2.5×	958 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	179	7.5k
Peter Tsairis United States	22	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	957 0.8×	528 0.5×	534 0.6×	30	5.4k
Lars‐Eric Thornell Sweden	50	3.9k 1.5×	852 0.7×	678 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.8×	197	7.7k
Stanley Salmons United Kingdom	37	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	796 0.8×	126	5.6k
H. Schmalbruch Denmark	40	2.9k 1.1×	983 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	412 0.4×	616 0.6×	127	5.8k
Lloyd Guth United States	47	2.7k 1.0×	849 0.7×	2.7k 2.3×	530 0.5×	997 1.0×	100	6.9k
Michael H. Brooke United States	35	5.3k 2.0×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	100	8.6k
W. King Engel United States	50	4.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	2.5k 2.2×	947 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	195	9.1k
V. Reggie Edgerton United States	50	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 2.2×	1.1k 1.0×	462 0.5×	854 0.9×	152	7.3k

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Borg, Kristian, et al.. (2009). Paramyotonia congenita (Eulenburg): clinical, neurophysiological and muscle biopsy observations in a Swedish family. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 87(1). 37–42. 3 indexed citations

Borg, Kristian & Lars Edström. (2009). Prior poliomyelitis: an immunohistochemical study of cytoskeletal proteins and a marker for muscle fibre regeneration in relation to usage of remaining motor units. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 87(2). 128–132. 4 indexed citations

Lange, Stephan, Fengqing Xiang, Anna Vihola, et al.. (2005). The Kinase Domain of Titin Controls Muscle Gene Expression and Protein Turnover. Science. 308(5728). 1599–1603. 454 indexed citations

Engvall, Martin, Gunnel Ahlberg, Birgitta Hedberg, Lars Edström, & Tor Ansved. (2005). Sarcoplasmic body myopathy - a rare hereditary myopathy with characteristic inclusions. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 112(4). 223–227. 1 indexed citations

Abo, Masahiro, Masahiko Suzuki, Satoshi MIYANO, et al.. (2004). Influence of Isoflurane Concentration and Hypoxia on Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Bicuculline-Induced Neuronal Activation. Neurosignals. 13(3). 144–149. 10 indexed citations

Tell, Désirée von, Hannu Somer, Bjarne Udd, et al.. (2002). Welander distal myopathy outside the Swedish population: phenotype and genotype. Neuromuscular Disorders. 12(6). 544–547. 20 indexed citations

Moore, Richard C., Fengqing Xiang, Dong Han, et al.. (2001). Huntington Disease Phenocopy Is a Familial Prion Disease. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(6). 1385–1388. 95 indexed citations

Xiang, Fengqing, et al.. (1999). A second locus for autosomal dominant myopathy with proximal muscle weakness and early respiratory muscle involvement: a likely chromosomal locus on 2q21. Neuromuscular Disorders. 9(5). 308–312. 18 indexed citations

Xiang, Fengqing, Lars‐Gunnar Gunnarsson, Bruno Giometto, et al.. (1999). Autosomal Dominant Myopathy with Proximal Weakness and Early Respiratory Muscle Involvement Maps to Chromosome 2q. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(3). 788–792. 34 indexed citations

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Setten, G.‐B. van, Lars Edström, Helena Stibler, Susan Rasmussen, & Gregory S. Schultz. (1999). Levels of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF‐a)in human cerebrospinal fluid. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 17(2). 131–134. 16 indexed citations

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Åhlberg, Gabrielle, Kristian Borg, Lars Edström, & Maria Anvret. (1998). Welander hereditary distal myopathy, a molecular genetic comparison to hereditary myopathies with inclusion bodies. Neuromuscular Disorders. 8(2). 111–114. 13 indexed citations

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Gullberg, Donald, Teet Velling, Kátriina Salmivirta, et al.. (1997). Tenascin-C expression correlates with macrophage invasion in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and in myositis. Neuromuscular Disorders. 7(1). 39–54. 24 indexed citations

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Sjöberg, Gunnar, Lars Edström, Urban Lendahl, & Thomas Sejersen. (1994). Myofibers from Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy and Myositis Express the Intermediate Filament Nestin. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 53(4). 416–423. 36 indexed citations

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Ahlberg, Gunnel, et al.. (1994). Distribution of muscle degeneration in Welander distal myopathy—A magnetic resonance imaging and muscle biopsy study. Neuromuscular Disorders. 4(1). 55–62. 19 indexed citations

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Anvret, Maria, Gunnel Ahlberg, Ulla Grandell, et al.. (1993). Larger expansions of the CTG repeat in muscle compared to lymphocytes from patients with myotonic dystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 2(9). 1397–1400. 159 indexed citations

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Borg, Kristian, Göran Solders, Jörgen Borg, Lars Edström, & Krister Kristensson. (1989). Neurogenic involvement in distal myopathy (Welander). Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 91(1-2). 53–70. 33 indexed citations

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Edström, Lars & R Wróblewski. (1989). Intracellular elemental composition of single muscle fibres in muscular dystrophy and dystrophia myotonica. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 80(5). 419–424. 17 indexed citations

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Borg, Kristian, Jörgen Borg, Lars Edström, & Lennart Grimby. (1988). Effects of excessive use of remaining muscle fibers in prior polio and LV lesion. Muscle & Nerve. 11(12). 1219–1230. 72 indexed citations

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Edström, Lars & Christer Lindquist. (1973). Histochemical Fiber Composition of Some Facial Muscles in the Cat in Relation to their Contraction Properties. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 89(4). 491–503. 11 indexed citations

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Edström, Lars & E. Kugelberg. (1968). Histochemical composition, distribution of fibres and fatiguability of single motor units. Anterior tibial muscle of the rat.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 31(5). 424–433. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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