{"entity": "researcher", "timestamp": "2026-08-25T13:37:05.347Z", "family": "Fridjonsdottir", "given": "Elva", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0002-3779-3556", "affiliations": ["Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Medical Mass Spectrometry Imaging, National Resource for Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 591, Uppsala, SE-75124, Sweden."], "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/749090040c9c451ba610b0e144fa75e7.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/749090040c9c451ba610b0e144fa75e7"}}, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "c02a57a97f3a4e3686fd502efff11797", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c02a57a97f3a4e3686fd502efff11797.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c02a57a97f3a4e3686fd502efff11797"}}, "title": "Molecular imaging identifies age-related attenuation of acetylcholine in retrosplenial cortex in response to acetylcholinesterase inhibition.", "authors": [{"family": "Vallianatou", "given": "Theodosia", "initials": "T"}, {"family": "Shariatgorji", "given": "Mohammadreza", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Nilsson", "given": "Anna", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Fridjonsdottir", "given": "Elva", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0002-3779-3556", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/749090040c9c451ba610b0e144fa75e7.json"}}, {"family": "K\u00e4llback", "given": "Patrik", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Schintu", "given": "Nicoletta", "initials": "N"}, {"family": "Svenningsson", "given": "Per", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Andr\u00e9n", "given": "Per E", "initials": "PE", "orcid": "0000-0002-4062-7743", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/f1dd27e8b238475383983480e10099f6.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2019-11-00", "journal": {"title": "Neuropsychopharmacology", "issn": "1740-634X", "volume": "44", "issue": "12", "pages": "2091-2098", "issn-l": null}, "abstract": "The neurotransmitter of the cholinergic system, acetylcholine plays a major role in the brain's cognitive function and is involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we present age-related alterations of acetylcholine levels after administration of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor drug tacrine in normal mice. Using a quantitative, robust and molecular-specific mass spectrometry imaging method we found that tacrine administration significantly raised acetylcholine levels in most areas of sectioned mice brains, inter alia the striatum, hippocampus and cortical areas. However, acetylcholine levels in retrosplenial cortex were significantly lower in 14-month-old than in 12-week-old animals following its administration, indicating that normal aging affects the cholinergic system's responsivity. This small brain region is interconnected with an array of brain networks and is involved in numerous cognitive tasks. Simultaneous visualization of distributions of tacrine and its hydroxylated metabolites in the brain revealed a significant decrease in levels of the metabolites in the 14-month-old mice. The results highlight strengths of the imaging technique to simultaneously investigate multiple molecular species and the drug-target effects in specific regions of the brain. The proposed approach has high potential in studies of neuropathological conditions and responses to neuroactive treatments.", "doi": "10.1038/s41386-019-0397-5", "pmid": "31009936", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC6887892"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1038/s41386-019-0397-5"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T08:48:11.409Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T08:48:11.517Z"}, {"entity": "publication", "iuid": "c493d1a4299e4a9288cfd19f537c39f7", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c493d1a4299e4a9288cfd19f537c39f7.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/c493d1a4299e4a9288cfd19f537c39f7"}}, "title": "Comprehensive mapping of neurotransmitter networks by MALDI-MS imaging.", "authors": [{"family": "Shariatgorji", "given": "Mohammadreza", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Nilsson", "given": "Anna", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Fridjonsdottir", "given": "Elva", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0002-3779-3556", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/749090040c9c451ba610b0e144fa75e7.json"}}, {"family": "Vallianatou", "given": "Theodosia", "initials": "T"}, {"family": "K\u00e4llback", "given": "Patrik", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Katan", "given": "Luay", "initials": "L"}, {"family": "S\u00e4vmarker", "given": "Jonas", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Mantas", "given": "Ioannis", "initials": "I"}, {"family": "Zhang", "given": "Xiaoqun", "initials": "X"}, {"family": "Bezard", "given": "Erwan", "initials": "E", "orcid": "0000-0002-0410-4638", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/92f25ac8ff1d46ce8b68fbd88cd36843.json"}}, {"family": "Svenningsson", "given": "Per", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Odell", "given": "Luke R", "initials": "LR", "orcid": "0000-0001-7658-5103", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/49395660c6af4fce9ad0f7f8fc793744.json"}}, {"family": "Andr\u00e9n", "given": "Per E", "initials": "PE", "orcid": "0000-0002-4062-7743", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/f1dd27e8b238475383983480e10099f6.json"}}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2019-10-00", "journal": {"title": "Nat. Methods", "issn": "1548-7105", "volume": "16", "issue": "10", "pages": "1021-1028", "issn-l": "1548-7091"}, "abstract": "We present a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) approach for the comprehensive mapping of neurotransmitter networks in specific brain regions. Our fluoromethylpyridinium-based reactive matrices facilitate the covalent charge-tagging of molecules containing phenolic hydroxyl and/or primary or secondary amine groups, including dopaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmitters and their associated metabolites. These matrices improved the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-MSI detection limit toward low-abundance neurotransmitters and facilitated the simultaneous imaging of neurotransmitters in fine structures of the brain at a lateral resolution of 10 \u00b5m. We demonstrate strategies for the identification of unknown molecular species using the innate chemoselectivity of the reactive matrices and the unique isotopic pattern of a brominated reactive matrix. We illustrate the capabilities of the developed method on Parkinsonian brain samples from human post-mortem tissue and animal models. The direct imaging of neurotransmitter systems provides a method for exploring how various neurological diseases affect specific brain regions through neurotransmitter modulation.", "doi": "10.1038/s41592-019-0551-3", "pmid": "31548706", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pii", "key": "10.1038/s41592-019-0551-3"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T09:02:11.843Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T09:02:11.989Z"}]}