Stefan Brené

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Stefan Brené is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Brené has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stefan Brené's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (18 papers). Stefan Brené is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (18 papers). Stefan Brené collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Belgium. Stefan Brené's co-authors include Aleksander A. Mathé, Francesco Angelucci, Astrid Bjørnebekk, Nils Lindefors, Martin Werme, Håkan Persson, Peter Thorén, Michaël Maes, Petr Bob and Bernard Lerer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Brené

77 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

The inflammatory & neurodegenerative (I&ND) hypot... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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.

  1. The inflammatory & neurodegenerative (I&ND) hypothesis of depression: leads for future research and new drug developments in depression
    2008 720 citations Stefan Brené et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Brené Sweden 34 2.4k 1.4k 821 803 700 77 4.9k
Angelika Schmitt Germany 43 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 695 0.8× 588 0.7× 465 0.7× 95 5.0k
David Russell United States 35 3.0k 1.3× 2.3k 1.6× 757 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 798 1.1× 80 6.3k
Maribel Rios United States 29 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 720 1.0× 46 5.9k
Francesco Angelucci Italy 45 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 941 1.1× 578 0.7× 603 0.9× 130 5.7k
Vidita A. Vaidya India 38 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 409 0.5× 1.0k 1.3× 620 0.9× 91 4.8k
Vootele Võikar Finland 34 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 771 0.9× 816 1.0× 475 0.7× 82 4.4k
Heath D. Schmidt United States 40 3.0k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 699 0.9× 680 0.8× 680 1.0× 86 5.5k
P.F. Gardino Brazil 18 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 503 0.6× 571 0.7× 347 0.5× 48 4.0k
Fabio Fumagalli Italy 43 4.1k 1.7× 2.3k 1.6× 565 0.7× 714 0.9× 710 1.0× 175 6.5k
Gregory A. Ordway United States 43 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 950 1.2× 759 0.9× 865 1.2× 128 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Brené

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Brené

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Brené

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Brené. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Brené based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefan Brené. Stefan Brené is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gómez‐Galán, Marta, Teresa Femenía, Elin Åberg, et al.. (2016). Running Opposes the Effects of Social Isolation on Synaptic Plasticity and Transmission in a Rat Model of Depression. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0165071–e0165071. 19 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Tobias E., et al.. (2016). NgR1: A Tunable Sensor Regulating Memory Formation, Synaptic, and Dendritic Plasticity. Cerebral Cortex. 26(4). 1804–1817. 22 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Tobias E., et al.. (2013). Differential Conserted Activity Induced Regulation of Nogo Receptors (1–3), LOTUS and Nogo mRNA in Mouse Brain. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60892–e60892. 11 indexed citations
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Bjørnebekk, Astrid, Aleksander A. Mathé, & Stefan Brené. (2009). The antidepressant effects of running and escitalopram are associated with levels of hippocampal NPY and Y1 receptor but not cell proliferation in a rat model of depression. Hippocampus. 20(7). 820–828. 57 indexed citations
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Åberg, Elin, et al.. (2008). Running increases neurogenesis without retinoic acid receptor activation in the adult mouse dentate gyrus. Hippocampus. 18(8). 785–792. 14 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shunwei, Therese Pham, Elin Åberg, et al.. (2005). Neurotrophin levels and behaviour in BALB/c mice: Impact of intermittent exposure to individual housing and wheel running. Behavioural Brain Research. 167(1). 1–8. 32 indexed citations
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Åberg, Elin, et al.. (2005). Moderate ethanol consumption increases hippocampal cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 8(4). 557–557. 64 indexed citations
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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (2001). Neurotrophic Factors and Receptors in the Immature and Adult Spinal Cord after Mechanical Injury or Kainic Acid. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(10). 3457–3475. 248 indexed citations
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Zachrisson, Olof, Nils Lindefors, & Stefan Brené. (1998). A tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonist, CP-122,721-1, attenuates kainic acid-induced seizure activity. Molecular Brain Research. 60(2). 291–295. 36 indexed citations
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Brené, Stefan, Nils Lindefors, Atsuko Horiuchi, et al.. (1994). Expression of mRNAs encoding ARPP-16/19, ARPP-21, and DARPP-32 in human brain tissue. Journal of Neuroscience. 14(3). 985–998. 53 indexed citations
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Lindefors, Nils, Anders Lindén, Stefan Brené, Göran Sedvall, & H. Persson. (1993). CCK peptides and mRNA in the human brain. Progress in Neurobiology. 40(6). 671–690. 52 indexed citations
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Brené, Stefan, Nils Lindefors, M. Ballarín, & Håkan Persson. (1992). Kainic acid-mediated increase of preprotachykinin-a messenger RNA expression in the rat hippocampus and a region-selective attenuation by dexamethasone. Neuroscience. 50(3). 611–618. 16 indexed citations
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Kopp, Jutta, Nils Lindefors, Stefan Brené, et al.. (1992). Effect of raclopride on dopamine D2 receptor mRNA expression in rat brain. Neuroscience. 47(4). 771–779. 24 indexed citations
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Brené, Stefan, Nils Lindefors, & Håkan Persson. (1992). Midbrain dopamine neurons regulate preprotachykinin-A mRNA expression in the rat forebrain during development. Molecular Brain Research. 14(1-2). 13–19. 8 indexed citations
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Hurd, Yasmin L., et al.. (1992). Amphetamine regulation of mesolimbic dopamine/cholecystokinin neurotransmission. Brain Research. 578(1-2). 317–326. 50 indexed citations
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O’Connor, William T., Nils Lindefors, Stefan Brené, et al.. (1991). Short-term dopaminergic regulation of GABA release in dopamine deafferented caudate-putamen is not directly associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase gene expression. Neuroscience Letters. 128(1). 66–70. 24 indexed citations
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Lindefors, Nils, Stefan Brené, & Håkan Persson. (1990). Increased expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA in rat substantia nigra after an ibotenic acid lesion in the caudate-putamen. Molecular Brain Research. 7(3). 207–212. 16 indexed citations
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Brené, Stefan, Nils Lindefors, Jutta Kopp, Göran Sedvall, & Håkan Persson. (1989). Regional distribution of neuropeptide Y mRNA in postmortem human brain. Molecular Brain Research. 6(4). 241–249. 26 indexed citations

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