Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2021
  2. Published

    Deficient astrocyte metabolism impairs glutamine synthesis and neurotransmitter homeostasis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Westi, Emil Winther, Diaz-delcastillo, M., Tanila, H., Schousboe, Arne, Aldana, Blanca & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 148, 13 p., 105198.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Glutamate metabolism and recycling at the excitatory synapse in health and neurodegeneration

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Markussen, K. H., Jakobsen, Emil, Schousboe, Arne, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Rosenberg, P. A. & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Neuropharmacology. 196, 14 p., 108719.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  4. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Brain endothelial cells metabolize glutamate via glutamate dehydrogenase to replenish TCA-intermediates and produce ATP under hypoglycemic conditions

    Hinca, S. B., Salcedo, C., Wagner, A., Goldeman, C., Sadat, E., Aibar, M. M. D., Maechler, P., Larsen, Birger Brodin, Aldana, Blanca & Helms, H. C. C., 2021, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. 157, 6, p. 1861-1875

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Pharmacological inhibition of mitochondrial soluble adenylyl cyclase in astrocytes causes activation of AMP-activated protein kinase and induces breakdown of glycogen

    Jakobsen, Emil, Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Siamka, O., Larsen, M. R., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Aldana, Blanca & Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, 2021, In: Glia. 69, 12, p. 2828-2844 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Inhibition of Glutamate Release, but Not of Glutamine Recycling to Glutamate, Is Involved in Delaying the Onset of Initial Lithium-Pilocarpine-Induced Seizures in Young Rats by a Non-Convulsive MSO Dose

    Pawlik, M. J., Aldana, Blanca, Belfiori-Carrasco, L. F., Obara-Michlewska, M., Popek, M. P., Czarnecka, A. M. & Albrecht, J., 2021, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22, 20, 16 p., 11127.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Neuronal Loss of the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 Promotes Excitotoxic Injury in the Hippocampus

    Rimmele, T. S., Li, S., Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Rotenberg, A., Wang, J., Aldana, Blanca, Selkoe, D. J., Aoki, C. J., Dulla, C. G. & Rosenberg, P. A., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15, 788262.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Downregulation of GABA Transporter 3 (GAT3) is Associated with Deficient Oxidative GABA Metabolism in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease

    Salcedo, C., Wagner, A., Andersen, Jens Velde, Vinten, K. T., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Schousboe, Arne, Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Neurochemical Research. 46, p. 2676–2686

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Functional Metabolic Mapping Reveals Highly Active Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in Human Astrocytes, Which Is Impaired in iPSC-Derived Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease

    Salcedo, C., Andersen, Jens Velde, Vinten, K. T., Pinborg, Lars Hageman, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13, 736580.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  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

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