List of publications
Below you can find a list of publications using quantitative whole brain imaging
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Kanatani, Shigeaki, Judith C. Kreutzmann, Yue Li, Zoe West, Lea Lydolph Larsen, …, Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, and Per Uhlén. 2024. “Whole-Brain Spatial Transcriptional Analysis at Cellular Resolution.” Science 386(6724):907–15 (link)

Vega, Marta Ramos, Henrik H. Hansen, Camilla Stampe Jensen, Evdoxia Alexiou, Martin R. Madsen, Franziska Wichern, … and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2025. “Transferrin Receptor-Binding Blood-Brain Barrier Shuttle Enhances Brain Delivery and Plaque-Clearing Efficacy of a Therapeutic Anti-Aβ Antibody.” Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 22. (link).
Augustin, Robert, Anouk Oldenburger, Tamara Baader-Pagler, Tina Zimmermann, Jens Borghardt , Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, …., Peter Haebel. 2025. “Novel NPY2R agonist BI 1820237 provides synergistic anti-obesity efficacy when combined with the GCGR/GLP-1R dual agonist survodutide.” Molecular Metabolism 99 (link)
Roostalu, Urmas, Henrik H. Hansen, and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2024. “3D Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy in Preclinical and Clinical Drug Discovery.” Drug Discovery Today 29 (11) (link)
Dedic, Nina, Lien Wang, Eva Hajos-Korcsok, Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, Urmas Roostalu, Steven P. Vickers, Serena Wu, et al. 2024. “TAAR1 Agonists Improve Glycemic Control, Reduce Body Weight and Modulate Neurocircuits Governing Energy Balance and Feeding.” Molecular Metabolism 80 (link)
Barbut, Denise, William A Kinney, Hsiao-Huei Chen, Alexandre F R Stewart, Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, Chen Zhang, Alexander Fleming, Michael Zemel, and Michael Zasloff. 2024. “A Novel, Centrally Acting Mammalian Aminosterol, ENT-03, Induces Weight Loss in Obese and Lean Rodents.” Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism 26 (12): 5701–12. (link)

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Skovbjerg, Grethe, Andreas Mæchel Fritzen, Charlotte Sashi Aier Svendsen, Johanna Perens, Jacob Lercke Skytte, Camilla Lund, Jens Lund, Martin Rønn Madsen, Urmas Roostalu , Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen and Christoffer Clemmensen. 2024. “Atlas of Exercise-Induced Brain Activation in Mice.” Molecular Metabolism 82 (link)
Perens, Johanna, Casper Gravesen Salinas, Urmas Roostalu, Jacob Lercke Skytte, Carsten Gundlach, Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, and Tim B Dyrby. 2023. “Multimodal 3D Mouse Brain Atlas Framework with the Skull-Derived Coordinate System.” Neuroinformatics, (link)
Skovbjerg, Grethe, Urmas Roostalu, Casper G. Salinas, Jacob L. Skytte, Johanna Perens, Christoffer Clemmensen, Lisbeth Elster, Camilla K. Frich, Henrik H. Hansen, and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2023. “Uncovering CNS Access of Lipidated Exendin-4 Analogues by Quantitative Whole-Brain 3D Light Sheet Imaging.” Neuropharmacology 238 (link)
Falk, Sarah, Jonas Petersen, Charlotte Svendsen, Cesar R. Romero-Leguizamón, Søren Heide Jørgensen, Nathalie Krauth, Mette Q. Ludwig, et al. 2023. “GLP-1 and Nicotine Combination Therapy Engages Hypothalamic and Mesolimbic Pathways to Reverse Obesity.” Cell Reports 42 (5). (link)
Perens, Johanna, and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2022. “Digital Brain Maps and Virtual Neuroscience: An Emerging Role for Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy in Drug Development.” Frontiers in Neuroscience 16 (link)
Boland, Brandon B., Rhianna C. Laker, Siobhan O’Brien, Sadichha Sitaula, Isabelle Sermadiras, Jens Christian Nielsen, Pernille Barkholt, et al. 2022. “Peptide-YY3-36/Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Combination Treatment of Obese Diabetic Mice Improves Insulin Sensitivity Associated with Recovered Pancreatic β-Cell Function and Synergistic Activation of Discrete Hypothalamic and Brainstem Neuronal Circuitries.” Molecular Metabolism 55 (link)
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Hansen, Henrik H., Johanna Perens, Urmas Roostalu, Jacob Lercke Skytte, Casper Gravesen Salinas, Pernille Barkholt, Ditte Dencker Thorbek and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. “Whole-Brain Activation Signatures of Weight-Lowering Drugs.” Molecular Metabolism 47 (May). (link)

Skovbjerg, Grethe, Urmas Roostalu, Henrik H. Hansen, Thomas A. Lutz, Christelle le Foll, Casper G. Salinas, Jacob L. Skytte, Jacob Jelsing, Niels Vrang, and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2021. “Whole-Brain Mapping of Amylin-Induced Neuronal Activity in Receptor Activity–Modifying Protein 1/3 Knockout Mice.” European Journal of Neuroscience 54 (1): 4154–66. (link)
Perens, Johanna, Jacob Lercke Skytte, Casper Gravesen Salinas, Jacob Hecksher-Sorensen, Tim B. Dyrby, and Anders Bjorholm Dahl. 2021. “Comparative Study of Voxel-Based Statistical Analysis Methods for Fluorescently Labelled and Light Sheet Imaged Whole-Brain Samples.” Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2021-April:1433–37. (link)
Perens, Johanna, Casper Gravesen Salinas, Jacob Lercke Skytte, Urmas Roostalu, … and Jacob Hecksher-Sørensen. 2021. “An Optimized Mouse Brain Atlas for Automated Mapping and Quantification of Neuronal Activity Using IDISCO+ and Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy.” Neuroinformatics 19. (link)
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Additional publications where we have contributed with c-Fos imaging:
Robert Hansford et al., 2025. “Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor signaling in oligodendrocytes increases the weight-loss action of GLP-1R agonism”. Cell Metabolism (link)
Clarissa M Liu et al., 2025. “GIPR-Ab/GLP-1 peptide-antibody conjugate requires brain GIPR and GLP-1R for additive weight loss in obese mice”. Nature Metabolism (link)
Frederike Sass et al., 2024. “NK2R control of energy expenditure and feeding to treat metabolic diseases” Nature 635 (link)
Jonas Petersen et al., 2024. “GLP-1-directed NMDA receptor antagonism for obesity treatment” Nature, 629 (link)
Ricardo Samms et al., 2022. “GIPR Agonism Inhibits PYY-Induced Nausea-Like Behavior” Diabetes, 71 (link)
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