Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2018
  2. 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.

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  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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  6. 2017
  7. 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.

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  8. 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

  9. Published

    Characterization of energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in cortical glutamatergic neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells: A novel approach to study metabolism in human neurons

    Aldana, Blanca, Zhang, Y., Lihme, M. F., Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, Nielsen, Jørgen Erik, Holst, B., Hyttel, P., Freude, Kristine & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2017, In: Neurochemistry International. 106, p. 48-61

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  10. Published

    Characterization of the L-glutamate clearance pathways across the blood-brain barrier and the effect of astrocytes in an in vitro blood-brain barrier model

    Helms, H. C., Aldana, Blanca, Groth, S., Jensen, M. M., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Nielsen, C. U. & Larsen, Birger Brodin, 2017, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 37, 12, p. 3744–3758

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  11. 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

  12. 2016
  13. Published

    Effect of the Anti-depressant Sertraline, the Novel Anti-seizure Drug Vinpocetine and Several Conventional Antiepileptic Drugs on the Epileptiform EEG Activity Induced by 4-Aminopyridine

    Sitges, M., Aldana, Blanca & Reed, R. C., 1 Jun 2016, In: Neurochemical Research. 41, 6, p. 1365-1374 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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