Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Patient iPSC-derived neurons for disease modeling of frontotemporal dementia with mutation in CHMP2B

    Zhang, Y., Schmid, B., Qas Younan, N. K., Rasmussen, M. A., Garcia, B. I. A., Agger, M., Callø, K., Stummann, T. C., Larsen, H. M., Nielsen, T. T., Huang, J., Xu, F., Liu, X., Bolund, L., Meyer, M., Bak, L. K., Waagepetersen, H. S., Luo, Y., Nielsen, J. E., Consortium, T. FRA. & 4 others, Holst, B., Clausen, C., Hyttel, P. & Freude, Kristine, 2017, In: Stem Cell Reports. 8, 3, p. 648-658

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Alterations in Cerebral Cortical Glucose and Glutamine Metabolism Precedes Amyloid Plaques in the APPswe/PSEN1dE9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Aldana, Blanca, Nissen, J. D., Tanila, H. & Waagepetersen, Helle S., Jun 2017, In: Neurochemical Research. 42, 6, p. 1589–1598

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The novel anticonvulsant neuropeptide and galanin analogue, NAX-5055, does not alter energy and amino acid metabolism in cultured brain cells

    Aldana, Blanca, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Schousboe, Arne, White, H. S., Bulaj, G. & Walls, Anne Byriel, Nov 2017, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 95, 11, p. 2286-2296 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2018
  6. Published

    Integrative Characterization of the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease Reveals Dysfunctional Astrocyte Metabolism

    Skotte, Niels Henning, Andersen, Jens Velde, Santos, A., Aldana, Blanca, Willert, C. W., Nørremølle, Anne, Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Nielsen, Michael Lund, 2018, In: Cell Reports. 23, 7, p. 2211-2224 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Lactate: More than merely a metabolic waste product

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Skytt, D. M., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 2018, In: Acta Ophthalmologica. 96, Supplement 261, p. 137 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Warburg Effect Metabolism Drives Neoplasia in a Drosophila Genetic Model of Epithelial Cancer

    Eichenlaub, T., Villadsen, René, Freitas, F. C. P., Andrejeva, Diana, Aldana, Blanca, Nguyen, H. T., Petersen, Ole William, Gorodkin, Jan, Herranz, Hector & Cohen, S. M., 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 20, p. 3220-3228.e6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Muller cell survival and function is maintained by the presence of lactate

    Vohra, Rupali, Skytt, D. M., Aldana, Blanca, Freude, Kristine, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, Jul 2018, p. 1480. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Essential Roles of Lactate in Müller Cell Survival and Function

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Jensen, Dorte Skytt, Freude, Kristine, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 1 Dec 2018, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 55, 12, p. 9108-9121 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 2019
  12. Published

    Deletion of neuronal GLT-1 in mice reveals its role in synaptic glutamate homeostasis and mitochondrial function

    McNair, Laura M., Andersen, Jens Velde, Aldana, Blanca, Hohnholt, M. C., Nissen, J. D., Sun, Y., Fischer, K. D., Sonnewald, U., Nyberg, N., Webster, S. C., Kapur, K., Rimmele, T. S., Barone, I., Hawks-Mayer, H., Lipton, J. O., Hodgson, N. W., Aoki, C. J., Rosenberg, P. A. & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2019, In: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 39, 25, p. 4847-4863

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Distinct differences in rates of oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis of regionally isolated non-synaptic mouse brain mitochondria

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Jakobsen, Emil, Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Aldana, Blanca, 2019, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 97, p. 961–974

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