Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Using stable isotope tracing to unravel the metabolic components of neurodegeneration: Focus on neuron-glia metabolic interactions

    Westi, Emil Winther, Andersen, Jens Velde & Aldana, Blanca, 2023, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 182, 12 p., 106145.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Preserved blood-brain barrier and neurovascular coupling in female 5xFAD model of Alzheimer's disease

    Zhukov, Oleg, He, Chen, Soylu-Kucharz, R., Cai, Changsi, Lauritzen, Andreas, Aldana, Blanca, Björkqvist, M., Lauritzen, Martin & Kucharz, Krzysztof, 2023, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15, 18 p., 1089005.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2022
  5. Published

    Fats, Friends or Foes: Investigating the Role of Short- and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Ameen, Aisha, Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2022, In: Biomedicines. 10, 11, 2778.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Proteomic phenotype of cerebral organoids derived from autism spectrum disorder patients reveal disrupted energy metabolism, cellular components, and biological processes

    Ilieva, M., Aldana, Blanca, Vinten, K. T., Hohmann, S., Woofenden, T. W., Lukjanska, R., Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Michel, T. M., 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 27, p. 3749–3759

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Decreased Glucose Metabolism and Glutamine Synthesis in the Retina of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Tams, A. L. M., Sanz-Morello, B., Westi, Emil Winther, Mouhammad, Zaynab Ahmad, Andersen, Jens Velde, Freude, Kristine, Vohra, Rupali, Hannibal, Jens, Aldana, Blanca & Kolko, Miriam, 2022, In: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 42, 1, p. 291–303

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Prevention of Cell Death by Activation of Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 1 (GPR81) in Retinal Explants

    Vohra, Rupali, Sanz-Morello, B., Tams, A. L. M., Mouhammad, Zaynab Ahmad, Freude, Kristine, Hannibal, Jens, Aldana, Blanca, Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 2022, In: Cells. 11, 13, 2098.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Divergent Cellular Energetics, Glutamate Metabolism, and Mitochondrial Function Between Human and Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Westi, Emil Winther, Jakobsen, Emil, Voss, C. M., Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, Pinborg, Lars Hageman, Aldana, Blanca & Andersen, J. V., 2022, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 59, p. 7495–7512

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    Cellular bioenergetics in human iPSC-derived glutamatergic neurons in health and disease

    Aldana, Blanca, Salcedo, C., Freude, Kristine & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, Current Progress in iPSC-derived Cell Types. Birbrair, A. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 205-221 17 p. (Advances in Stem Cell Biology, Vol. 10).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Hippocampal disruptions of synaptic and astrocyte metabolism are primary events of early amyloid pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Skotte, Niels Henning, Christensen, S. K., Polli, F. S., Shabani, M., Markussen, K. H., Haukedal, H., Westi, Emil Winther, Diaz-delCastillo, M., Sun, R. C., Kohlmeier, Kristi Anne, Schousboe, Arne, Gentry, M. S., Tanila, H., Freude, Kristine, Aldana, Blanca, Mann, Matthias & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, In: Cell Death & Disease. 12, 11, 13 p., 954 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Astrocyte metabolism of the medium-chain fatty acids octanoic acid and decanoic acid promotes GABA synthesis in neurons via elevated glutamine supply

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Jakobsen, Emil, Urruticoechea, N., Borges, K. & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Molecular Brain. 14, 1, 13 p., 132.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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