Peter Thorén

14.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
199 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Thorén is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Thorén has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 70 papers in Physiology and 55 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Peter Thorén's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (69 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers). Peter Thorén is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (69 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers). Peter Thorén collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Iceland. Peter Thorén's co-authors include Bengt ÖBerg, Sven‐Erik Ricksten, Marie Åsberg, Leif Bertilsson, Mikael Elam, Lil Träskman, Pavel Hoffmann, S. Lundin, T.H. Svensson and Torgny H. Svensson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Thorén

196 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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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.

"Serotonin Depression"—A Biochemical Subgroup Within the Affective Disorders?

1976 489 citations Marie Åsberg, Peter Thorén et al. profile →
Abnormal Vascular Function and Hypertension in Mice Deficient in Estrogen Receptor β

2002 409 citations Peter Thorén et al. profile →
Role of cardiac vagal c-fibers in cardiovascular control

1979 384 citations Peter Thorén profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Thorén Sweden	60	3.7k	2.6k	2.5k	2.4k	1.5k	199	11.5k
Juan M. Saavedra United States	60	2.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.6×	1.9k 0.7×	4.2k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	213	11.4k
Alan Kim Johnson United States	61	4.8k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	3.9k 2.6×	386	13.6k
M. J. Rand Australia	43	1.6k 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.3×	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	274	9.2k
Willis K. Samson United States	56	2.3k 0.6×	3.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	3.6k 2.4×	217	11.3k
Samuel H.H. Chan Taiwan	44	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	263	6.6k
Colin Sumners United States	57	5.3k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	4.7k 2.0×	872 0.6×	281	10.4k
Eduardo E. Benarroch United States	73	2.7k 0.7×	3.9k 1.5×	2.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	351	17.4k
Daniel T. O’Connor United States	67	1.9k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	6.9k 2.9×	706 0.5×	368	15.7k
Mika Scheinin Finland	65	1.7k 0.5×	4.4k 1.7×	2.7k 1.1×	4.1k 1.7×	527 0.3×	389	15.3k
Jolanta Gutkowska Canada	57	5.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	3.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	346	11.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thorén, Peter, Ilkka Julkunen, Johanna Ivaska, et al.. (2025). COVID-19 vaccine type controls stromal reprogramming in draining lymph nodes. Science Immunology. 10(110). eadr6787–eadr6787.

Hemdahl, Anne-Louise, Giuseppina Caligiuri, Göran K. Hansson, & Peter Thorén. (2005). Electrocardiographic characterization of stress‐induced myocardial infarction in atherosclerotic mice. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 184(2). 87–94. 10 indexed citations

Tinnikov, Alexander A., Kristina Nordström, Peter Thorén, et al.. (2002). Retardation of post-natal development caused by a negatively acting thyroid hormone receptor α1. The EMBO Journal. 21(19). 5079–5087. 136 indexed citations

Saltó, Carmen, Jenny M. Kindblom, Catarina Johansson, et al.. (2001). Ablation of TRα2 and a Concomitant Overexpression of α1 Yields a Mixed Hypo- and Hyperthyroid Phenotype in Mice. Molecular Endocrinology. 15(12). 2115–2128. 83 indexed citations

Zhang, Weiguo, et al.. (1999). The effect of a neuropeptide Y antagonist, BIBP 3226, on short-term arterial pressure control in conscious unrestrained rats with congestive heart failure. Life Sciences. 65(17). 1839–1844. 5 indexed citations

Thorén, Peter, et al.. (1999). Enhanced phenylephrine‐induced rhythmic activity in the atherosclerotic mouse aorta via an increase in opening of K_Ca channels: relation to K_v channels and nitric oxide. British Journal of Pharmacology. 128(3). 637–646. 24 indexed citations

Corswant, Christian von, Peter Thorén, & Sven Engström. (1998). Triglyceride-Based Microemulsion for Intravenous Administration of Sparingly Soluble Substances. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 87(2). 200–208. 93 indexed citations

Zhang, Weiguo & Peter Thorén. (1998). Hyper-responsiveness of adrenal sympathetic nerve activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats to ganglionic blockade, mental stress and neuronglucopenia. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 437(1). 56–60. 21 indexed citations

Asea, Alexzander, et al.. (1996). Natural immunity and chronic exercise in rats. The involvement of the spleen and the splenic nerves. Life Sciences. 58(23). 2137–2146. 10 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Pavel, Sten Carlsson, J. O. SKARPHEDINSSON, & Peter Thorén. (1990). Role of different serotonergic receptors in the long‐lasting blood pressure depression following muscle stimulation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 139(1-2). 305–310. 8 indexed citations

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Thorén, Peter, H. Westling, & J. O. SKARPHEDINSSON. (1989). Effect of the calcium antagonists felodipine and nimodipine on cortical blood flow in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.. PubMed. 7(4). S153–8; discussion S159. 8 indexed citations

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Floras, John S., Christine A. Sinkey, Philip E. Aylward, et al.. (1989). Postexercise hypotension and sympathoinhibition in borderline hypertensive men.. Hypertension. 14(1). 28–35. 167 indexed citations

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SKARPHEDINSSON, J. O. & Peter Thorén. (1987). The effects of naloxone on behavioural depression due to hypotensive haemorrhage in unanaesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 129(1). 27–34. 5 indexed citations

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Thorén, Peter, Allyn L. Mark, Donald A. Morgan, et al.. (1986). Activation of vagal depressor reflexes by atriopeptins inhibits renal sympathetic nerve activity. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 251(6). H1252–H1259. 100 indexed citations

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Åsberg, Marie, Leif Bertilsson, Björn Mårtensson, et al.. (1984). CSF monoamine metabolites in melancholia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 69(3). 201–219. 224 indexed citations

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Muirhead, E. E., Björn Folkow, Lawrence W. Byers, et al.. (1983). Cardiovascular effects of antihypertensive polar and neutral renomedullary lipids.. Hypertension. 5(2_pt_2). 23 indexed citations

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ÖBerg, Bengt, et al.. (1981). Reflex cardiovascular responses to graded stimulations of low‐ and high‐threshold afferents in the carotid sinus and aortic nerves in the cat. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 113(2). 129–137. 11 indexed citations

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Johansson, B, Aubrey Leatham, A. E. G. Raine, et al.. (1978). Proceedings of the British Cardiac Society and Swedish Society of Cardiology. Heart. 40(4). 430–463. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, John V. & Peter Thorén. (1977). Characteristics of Aortic Baroreceptors with Non‐medullated Afferents Arising from the Aortic Arch of Rabbits with Chronic Renovascular Hypertension. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 101(3). 286–293. 50 indexed citations

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ÖBerg, Bengt & Peter Thorén. (1971). Studies on Cardiac Ventricular Receptors: A preliminary report. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 82(4). 574–576. 4 indexed citations

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