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 articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    β-Hydroxybutyrate and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids are Metabolized by Different Cell Types in Mouse Cerebral Cortex Slices

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Neal, E. S., Aldana, Blanca & Borges, K., 2023, In: Neurochemical Research. 48, p. 54–61

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  4. 2022
  5. 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 articlepeer-review

  6. 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 articlepeer-review

  7. 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 articlepeer-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 articlepeer-review

  9. 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 articlepeer-review

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    Amino acids: Glutamate dehydrogenase: An anaplerotic enzyme in neurons and an energy producing enzyme in astrocytes

    Schousboe, Arne & Aldana, Blanca, 29 Jul 2021, Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry: Third Edition. Elsevier, Vol. 1. p. 51-55 5 p.

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

  12. 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 articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Astrocytic reactivity triggered by defective autophagy and metabolic failure causes neurotoxicity in frontotemporal dementia type 3

    Chandrasekaran, A., Dittlau, K. S., Corsi, G. I., Haukedal, H., Doncheva, N. T., Ramakrishna, S., Ambardar, S., Salcedo, C., Schmidt, S. I., Zhang, Y., Cirera, S., Pihl, M., Schmid, B., Nielsen, T. T., Nielsen, J. E., Kolko, M., Kobolák, J., Dinnyés, A., Hyttel, P., Palakodeti, D. & 5 others, Gorodkin, Jan, Muddashetty, R. S., Meyer, M., Aldana, Blanca & Freude, Kristine, 2021, In: Stem Cell Reports. 16, 11, p. 2736-2751

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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