Patrik Ernfors

33.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
180 papers, 23.4k citations indexed

About

Patrik Ernfors is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrik Ernfors has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 23.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 79 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 73 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Patrik Ernfors's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (85 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (79 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers). Patrik Ernfors is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (85 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (79 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers). Patrik Ernfors collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Patrik Ernfors's co-authors include Håkan Persson, Rudolf Jaenisch, Sten Linnarsson, Jens Hjerling‐Leffler, Kuo‐Fen Lee, Wael M. ElShamy, Zaal Kokaia, Cynthia Wetmore, Olle Lindvall and Peter Lönnerberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patrik Ernfors

179 papers receiving 23.0k 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.

Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System

2018 1.6k citations Amit Zeisel, Hannah Hochgerner et al. Cell profile →
Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing

2014 1.5k citations Dmitry Usoskin, Alessandro Furlan et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor develop with sensory deficits

1994 912 citations Patrik Ernfors, Rudolf Jaenisch et al. profile →
Identification of cells in rat brain and peripheral tissues expressing mRNA for members of the nerve growth factor family

1990 733 citations Patrik Ernfors, Håkan Persson et al. Neuron profile →
Lack of neurotrophin-3 leads to deficiencies in the peripheral nervous system and loss of limb proprioceptive afferents

1994 684 citations Patrik Ernfors, Rudolf Jaenisch et al. Cell profile →
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Antidepressant Drugs Have Different But Coordinated Effects on Neuronal Turnover, Proliferation, and Survival in the Adult Dentate Gyrus

2005 645 citations Patrik Ernfors et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Activation of the TrkB Neurotrophin Receptor Is Induced by Antidepressant Drugs and Is Required for Antidepressant-Induced Behavioral Effects

2003 634 citations Patrik Ernfors et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Molecular cloning and neurotrophic activities of a protein with structural similarities to nerve growth factor: developmental and topographical expression in the brain.

1990 616 citations Patrik Ernfors, Håkan Persson et al. profile →
Molecular cloning of rat trkC and distribution of cells expressing messenger RNAs for members of the trk family in the rat central nervous system

1992 533 citations Jean‐Philippe Merlio, Patrik Ernfors et al. Neuroscience profile →
Increased levels of messenger RNAs for neurotrophic factors in the brain during kindling epileptogenesis

1991 529 citations Patrik Ernfors et al. Neuron 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 →
An Atlas of Vagal Sensory Neurons and Their Molecular Specialization

2019 275 citations Jussi Kupari, Martin Häring et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial organization, chromatin accessibility and gene-regulatory programs defining mouse sensory neurons 2025 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), Jussi Kupari, Dmitry Usoskin, Jie Su, Yizhou Hu, Mingdong Zhang, Patrik Ernfors	0
2	Single-cell MultiOmics and spatial transcriptomics demonstrate neuroblastoma developmental plasticity 2025 ·Developmental Cell ·Yunyun Xu, (unknown), Ping Chen, Gang Li, Dmitry Usoskin, Jian Pan, Fang Li, Shungen Huang, Corine J. Hess, (unknown), Xiaohan Hu, Juanjuan Yu, (unknown), Ronald R. de Krijger, Arthur S. Tischler, Susanne Schlisio, Patrik Ernfors, Yizhou Hu, Jian Wang	3
3	Sensory Schwann cells set perceptual thresholds for touch and selectively regulate mechanical nociception 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Laura Calvo-Enrique, Ricardo Paricio-Montesinos, Rakesh Kumar, Ming-Dong Zhang, James F.A. Poulet, Patrik Ernfors, Gary R. Lewin	24
4	Structural changes in Schwann cells and nerve fibres in type 1 diabetes: relationship with diabetic polyneuropathy 2023 ·Diabetologia ·Xiaoli Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Karoline Schousboe, (unknown), (unknown), Troels S. Jensen, Christian Stevns Hansen, Knud Bonnet Yderstræde, Ming-Dong Zhang, Patrik Ernfors, Jens Randel Nyengaard, Páll Karlsson	7
5	Neural network learning defines glioblastoma features to be of neural crest perivascular or radial glia lineages 2022 ·Science Advances ·Yizhou Hu, Yiwen Jiang, Jinan Behnan, (unknown), (unknown), Ming-Dong Zhang, (unknown), Martin Häring, Nilesh Sharma, Satoshi Okawa, Antonio del Sol, Igor Adameyko, Mikael Svensson, Oscar Persson, Patrik Ernfors	16
6	Specialized cutaneous Schwann cells initiate pain sensation 2019 ·Science ·Hind Abdo, Laura Calvo-Enrique, José A. Martínez‐López, Jianren Song, Ming-Dong Zhang, Dmitry Usoskin, Abdeljabbar El Manira, Igor Adameyko, Jens Hjerling‐Leffler, Patrik Ernfors	225
7	Neuronal atlas of the dorsal horn defines its architecture and links sensory input to transcriptional cell types breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Martin Häring, Amit Zeisel, Hannah Hochgerner, Puneet Rinwa, Jon E. T. Jakobsson, Peter Lönnerberg, Gioele La Manno, Nilesh Sharma, Lotta Borgius, Ole Kiehn, Malin C. Lagerström, Sten Linnarsson, Patrik Ernfors	297
8	Striking parallels between carotid body glomus cell and adrenal chromaffin cell development 2018 ·Developmental Biology ·Dorit Hockman, Igor Adameyko, Markéta Kaucká, Perrine Barraud, Tomoki Otani, (unknown), (unknown), Elisabeth Sock, Dominic Waithe, Marina C. M. Franck, Patrik Ernfors, (unknown), Marthe J. Howard, Naoko Brown, Jeff Reese, Clare V. H. Baker	26
9	Multipotent peripheral glial cells generate neuroendocrine cells of the adrenal medulla 2017 ·Science ·Alessandro Furlan, Vyacheslav Dyachuk, Maria Eleni Kastriti, Laura Calvo-Enrique, Hind Abdo, Saïda Hadjab, (unknown), Natalia Akkuratova, Dmitry Usoskin, Dmitrii Kamenev, Julian Petersen, Kazunori Sunadome, Fatima Memic, Ulrika Marklund, Kaj Fried, Piotr Topilko, François Lallemend, Peter V. Kharchenko, Patrik Ernfors, Igor Adameyko	222
10	New origin firing is inhibited by APC/C^Cdh1activation in S-phase after severe replication stress 2016 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sergi Aranda, Patrik Ernfors, Raimundo Freire, Neus Agell	13
11	Parasympathetic neurons originate from nerve-associated peripheral glial progenitors 2014 ·Science ·Vyacheslav Dyachuk, Alessandro Furlan, (unknown), (unknown), Nina Kaukua, (unknown), Vassilis Pachnis, Fatima Memic, Ulrika Marklund, Thomas Müller, Carmen Birchmeier, Kaj Fried, Patrik Ernfors, Igor Adameyko	168
12	The transcription factor Cux2 marks development of an A-delta sublineage of TrkA sensory neurons 2011 ·Developmental Biology ·Isabelle Bachy, Marina C. M. Franck, Lili Li, Hind Abdo, Alexandre Pattyn, Patrik Ernfors	35
13	Schwann Cell Precursors from Nerve Innervation Are a Cellular Origin of Melanocytes in Skin 2009 ·Cell ·Igor Adameyko, François Lallemend, Jorge B. Aquino, Jorge A. Pereira, Piotr Topilko, Thomas Müller, Nicolas Fritz, (unknown), Makoto Mochii, Isabel Liste, Dmitry Usoskin, Ueli Suter, Carmen Birchmeier, Patrik Ernfors	417
14	The boundary cap: a source of neural crest stem cells that generate multiple sensory neuron subtypes 2005 ·Development ·Jens Hjerling‐Leffler, Frédéric Marmigère, Mikael Heglind, Anna Cederberg, Martin Koltzenburg, Sven Enerbäck, Patrik Ernfors	104
15	Region‐specific generation of functional neurons from naive embryonic stem cells in adult brain 2004 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Tibor Harkany, Michael Andäng, (unknown), Tamäs J. Görcs, Carl Holmgren, Yuri Zilberter, Patrik Ernfors	39
16	Endocannabinoid-Independent Retrograde Signaling at Inhibitory Synapses in Layer 2/3 of Neocortex: Involvement of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3 2004 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Tibor Harkany, Carl Holmgren, Wolfgang Härtig, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Farrukh A. Chaudhry, Jon Storm‐Mathisen, Márton B. Dobszay, Paul Berghuis, Gunnar Schulte, Kyle M. Sousa, Robert T. Fremeau, Robert H. Edwards, Ken Mackie, Patrik Ernfors, Yuri Zilberter	82
17	Differential Dependency of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors on Neurotrophins, trk Receptors, and P75 LNGFR 1997 ·Developmental Biology ·Bengt T. Fundín, I. Silos-Santiago, Patrik Ernfors, Anne M. Fagan, Håkan Aldskogius, Thomas M. DeChiara, Heidi Phillips, Mariano Barbacid, George D. Yancopoulos, Frank L. Rice	161
18	A Local Action of Neurotrophin-3 Prevents the Death of Proliferating Sensory Neuron Precursor Cells 1996 ·Neuron ·Wael M. ElShamy, Patrik Ernfors	90
19	Reduction in the number of spinal motor neurons in neurotrophin-3-deficient mice 1995 ·Neuroscience ·Jan Kučera, Patrik Ernfors, J. M. Walro, Rudolf Jaenisch	40
20	Molecular cloning of rat trkC and distribution of cells expressing messenger RNAs for members of the trk family in the rat central nervous system breakdown → 1992 ·Neuroscience ·Jean‐Philippe Merlio, Patrik Ernfors, Mohamed Jaber, Håkan Persson	533

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