Ole Kiehn

17.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
123 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Ole Kiehn is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ole Kiehn has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 67 papers in Cell Biology and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ole Kiehn's work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (66 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (27 papers). Ole Kiehn is often cited by papers focused on Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (66 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (27 papers). Ole Kiehn collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United States. Ole Kiehn's co-authors include Ole Kjærulff, Jørn Hounsgaard, H. Hultborn, Simon J. B. Butt, Torsten Eken, Lotta Borgius, Kimberly J. Dougherty, B. Conway, Bo Jespersen and Ronald M. Harris‐Warrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ole Kiehn

123 papers receiving 12.5k 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.

LOCOMOTOR CIRCUITS IN THE MAMMALIAN SPINAL CORD

2006 652 citations Ole Kiehn profile →
Bistability of alpha‐motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5‐hydroxytryptophan.

1988 543 citations H. Hultborn, Ole Kiehn et al. profile →
Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

2016 507 citations Ole Kiehn profile →
Neuronal atlas of the dorsal horn defines its architecture and links sensory input to transcriptional cell types

2018 297 citations Martin Häring, Amit Zeisel et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Midbrain circuits that set locomotor speed and gait selection

2018 292 citations Vittorio Caggiano, Roberto Leiras et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ole Kiehn Sweden	65	6.2k	4.7k	3.6k	2.7k	2.2k	123	12.7k
E. Jankowska Sweden	64	4.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	4.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	3.1k 1.4×	240	12.6k
Silvia Arber Switzerland	54	5.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	5.8k 2.1×	556 0.2×	86	12.8k
Tommaso Pizzorusso Italy	49	6.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	4.8k 1.7×	434 0.2×	141	11.8k
Abdeljabbar El Manira Sweden	46	3.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	576 0.3×	110	6.6k
Roland R. Roy United States	82	4.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	7.2k 2.7×	8.2k 3.7×	413	25.8k
Michael J. O’Donovan United States	46	3.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	123	6.4k
H. Hultborn Denmark	57	3.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.2×	3.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	4.0k 1.8×	129	10.6k
Larry M. Jordan Canada	43	2.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	997 0.4×	834 0.4×	96	5.3k
Chris I. De Zeeuw Netherlands	83	8.8k 1.4×	2.2k 0.5×	6.3k 1.8×	6.7k 2.5×	388 0.2×	376	21.0k
Serge Rossignol Canada	53	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	418 0.2×	2.5k 1.1×	110	9.4k

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Clemmensen, Christoffer, et al.. (2025). A hypothalamus–brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs. Nature Neuroscience. 28(7). 1473–1485. 2 indexed citations

Cregg, Jared M., et al.. (2024). Basal ganglia–spinal cord pathway that commands locomotor gait asymmetries in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(4). 716–727. 14 indexed citations

Selvan, Raghavendra, et al.. (2024). Spinal inhibitory neurons degenerate before motor neurons and excitatory neurons in a mouse model of ALS. Science Advances. 10(22). eadk3229–eadk3229. 7 indexed citations

Hsu, Li, et al.. (2023). Deconstructing the modular organization and real-time dynamics of mammalian spinal locomotor networks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 873–873. 15 indexed citations

Kiehn, Ole, et al.. (2023). Dopamine and noradrenaline activate spinal astrocyte endfeet via D1‐like receptors. European Journal of Neuroscience. 59(6). 1278–1295. 1 indexed citations

Selvan, Raghavendra, et al.. (2023). Pedunculopontine Chx10+ neurons control global motor arrest in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 26(9). 1516–1528. 15 indexed citations

Masini, Débora & Ole Kiehn. (2022). Targeted activation of midbrain neurons restores locomotor function in mouse models of parkinsonism. Nature Communications. 13(1). 504–504. 51 indexed citations

Bellardita, Carmelo, et al.. (2021). Identification of Vulnerable Interneuron Subtypes in 15q13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Biological Psychiatry. 91(8). 727–739. 11 indexed citations

Selvan, Raghavendra, et al.. (2021). Locomotor deficits in a mouse model of ALS are paralleled by loss of V1-interneuron connections onto fast motor neurons. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3251–3251. 47 indexed citations

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Wu, Haohao, Charles Petitpré, Paula Fontanet, et al.. (2021). Distinct subtypes of proprioceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons regulate adaptive proprioception in mice. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1026–1026. 50 indexed citations

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Fuchs, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Early delivery and prolonged treatment with nimodipine prevents the development of spasticity after spinal cord injury in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 12(539). 30 indexed citations

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Cregg, Jared M., et al.. (2020). Brainstem neurons that command mammalian locomotor asymmetries. Nature Neuroscience. 23(6). 730–740. 85 indexed citations

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Häring, Martin, Amit Zeisel, Hannah Hochgerner, et al.. (2018). Neuronal atlas of the dorsal horn defines its architecture and links sensory input to transcriptional cell types. Nature Neuroscience. 21(6). 869–880. 297 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bellardita, Carmelo, Vittorio Caggiano, Roberto Leiras, et al.. (2017). Spatiotemporal correlation of spinal network dynamics underlying spasms in chronic spinalized mice. eLife. 6. 57 indexed citations

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Restrepo, Carlos E., et al.. (2011). Change in the balance of excitatory and inhibitory midline fiber crossing as an explanation for the hopping phenotype in EphA4 knockout mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 34(7). 1102–1112. 25 indexed citations

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Crone, Steven A., Katharina A. Quinlan, Laskaro Zagoraiou, et al.. (2008). Genetic Ablation of V2a Ipsilateral Interneurons Disrupts Left-Right Locomotor Coordination in Mammalian Spinal Cord. Neuron. 60(1). 70–83. 244 indexed citations

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Nishimaru, Hiroshi, Carlos E. Restrepo, Jesper Ryge, Yuchio Yanagawa, & Ole Kiehn. (2005). Mammalian motor neurons corelease glutamate and acetylcholine at central synapses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(14). 5245–5249. 195 indexed citations

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Schouenborg, Jens & Ole Kiehn. (2002). The Segerfalk symposium on principles of spinal cord function, plasticity and repair. Brain Research Reviews. 40(1-3). vii–vii. 2 indexed citations

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Kiehn, Ole & Torsten Eken. (1998). Functional role of plateau potentials in vertebrate motor neurons. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 8(6). 746–752. 116 indexed citations

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Kiehn, Ole, Ronald M. Harris‐Warrick, Larry M. Jordan, H. Hultborn, & Norio Kudo. (1998). Neuronal mechanisms for generating locomotor activity. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 88 indexed citations

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