Theses
2022
131 Elisa Neuvonen: The role of psychosocial factors in dementia prevention : from observational studies to a multidomain prevention trial
2021
130 Juha Onatsu: Inflammatory, neuroaxonal and imaging biomarkers in acute ischemic stroke
2020
129 Antti Cajanus: Diagnostic brain imaging and blood biomarkers for early frontotemporal lobar degeneration
128 Anna Rosenberg: Dementia prevention in at-risk individuals: Focus on selection and engagement of target populations
127 Ruth Stephen: The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to prevent cognitive impairment and disability (FINGER): findings from the structural brain MRI sub-study
126 Timo Pekkala: Multimodal Prediction of Dementia and Brain Pathology
2019
125 Kasper Katisko: Alterations of Immune System Function in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration – Emphasis on Comorbidities and Peripheral Inflammatory Markers
2018
124 Emmi Reijula: Indicators of therapeutic misconception and willingness to participate in clinical drug trials : a survey among patients with epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease
123 Fanni Haapalinna: Alzheimer’s disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in a cognitively healthy population and in patients with memory disorders: emphasis on co-morbidities and preanalytical factors.
122 Lili Cui: Safety and homing of intracarotidly delivered mesenchymal stem cells for treating ischemic stroke.
2017
121 Emmi Bruun: Antiepileptic drug treatment in the elderly : choice of initial treatment, potential interactions and seizure outcome.
120 Anne-Mari Kantanen: Intensive care treated refractory status epilepticus : incidence and outcome in Finland 2010-2012.
119 Teemu Paajanen: CERAD neuropsychological battery and structural magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of mild cognitive impairment and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease.
118 Kristiina Hongisto: Quality of life and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer´s disease – ALSOVA follow-up study.
117 Bushra Imtiaz: Hormone therapy and the risk of dementia, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
2016
116 Elina Siira: The neuronal effects of Interleukin-18: Implications for Alzheimer’s disease.
115 Eino Solje: The spectrum of the phenotypes in the C9ORF72 expansion carriers. Insights at the interface between neurology and psychiatry.
2015
114 Tuomas Rauramaa: Hippocampal lesions in aged populations: neuropathological and epidemiological studies.
113 Anna Junttila: Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases.
112 Pekka Miettinen: Functional magnetic resonance imaging in Azheimer’s disease.
111 Bhimashankar Mitkari: Intra-arterial delivery of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in rats with cerebral ischemia.
110 Ilona Hallikainen: Cognitive performance and progression of Alzheimer’s disease: measurement and intervention. The ALSOVA follow-up study.
2014
109 Miguel Ángel Muñoz Ruiz: Disease State Index and neuroimaging in frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment.
108 Miika Vuorinen: Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia-related structural brain changes on MRI.
107 Anu Lipsanen: Secondary neuropathology after experimental stoke with special emphasis on calcium, amyloid-β and inflammation.
106 Teemu Natunen: Genetic and functional studies of genes involved in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis.
105 Marjo Eskelinen: The effects of midlife diet on late-life cognition.
2013
104 Leena Jutila: Surgical treatment of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: Predictors of long-term outcome.
103 Minna Rusanen: Smoking, pulmonary and heart diseases and the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia: an epidemiological approach.
2012
102 Valtteri Julkunen: Cortical thickness analysis in early diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease.
101 Toni Seppälä: Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease – application in the evaluation of progression and differential diagnosis.
100 Gabriela Spulber: Imaging the progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s disease.
2011
99 Timo Sarajärvi: Alzheimer’s disease-related genes and pathways. Special emphasis on seladin-1, δ-opioid receptor and BACE1.
98 Allan Seppänen: Collagen XVII in the human brain.
97 Jayashree Viswanathan: Genetic and functional characterisation of Alzheimer’s disease-associated risk genes.
2010
95 Arto Immonen: Surgical treatment of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy : preoperative evaluation and seizure outcome.
SERIES OF REPORTS, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY 1979 – 2009:
2009
94 Sari Rastas: Vascular risk factors in the very old with emphasis on mortality and cognition.
93 Alina Solomon: Cholesterol and late-life cognition. An epidemiological and clinical approach.
92 Anna Hicks: Intracerebral stem cell transplantation in experimental stroke models.
2008
91 Anne Jauhiainen: Functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging studies in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
2007
90 Saila Vepsäläinen: A molecular genetic study and expression-based analysis of risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease. Emphasis on amyloid beta degrading enzymes, IDE and NEP.
89 Heli Karhunen: Long-term studies of epileptogenesis after focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
88 Sanna-Kaisa Herukka: Usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease.
87 Katriina Viinikainen: Epilepsy, female reproductive health and neurodevelopment of the offspring.
86 Jari Huuskonen: Microglial response to inflammatory stimuli-impact of protein acetylation and phosphorylation.
2006
85 Corina Pennanen: Brain atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment: MRI volumetric and voxel-based method study.
84 Petri Kerokoski: Regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5) with special emphasis on changes occurring during neuronal cell death.
83 Minna Korolainen: Proteomic analysis of post-translationally modified proteins in Alzheimer’s disease.
82 Taneli Heikkinen: Cognitive effects of estrogen in ovariectomized, aged and transgenic mice modeling Alzheimer’s disease.
81 Anne Koivisto: Genetic components of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease with special emphasis on ApoE, IL-6, CYP46, SERPINA3 and PPARγ.
80 Marina Boccardi: MRI studies in frontotemporal dementia.
2005
79 Giedrius Kalesnykas: Cholinergic neurons of the rodent basal forebrain and their content of estrogen receptor alpha.
78 Jouni Ihalainen: Regulation of dopamine release in the forebrain by alpha2 adrenoceptors and NMDA glutamate receptors.
77 Susan Iivonen: Genetic and expressional studies of Alzheimer’s disease candidate genes. Emphasis on CYP19, seladin-1 and HSPG2 genes.
76 Iain Wilson: Hippocampal place cells as a window into cognitive aging.
75 Laura Parkkinen: Impact of alfa-synuclein pathology on aging.
74 Sinikka Peurala: Rehabilitation of gait in chronic stroke patients.
73 Dimitrije Jakovljevic: The roles of chronobiological and socioeconomic factors in the occurrence of cerebrovascular diseases.
72 Chuan-sheng Zhao: Psychotrophic medication and functional recovery following cortical stroke in aged rats.
2004
71 Maija Pihlajamäki: Functional MRI studies on human declarative memory.
70 Erkki Kuusisto: Role of the p62 protein in the formation of neuropathological cytoplasmic inclusions.
2003
69 Jaana Autere: Genetics of Parkinson’s disease in the finnish population.
68 Johanna Kuhmonen: Neuroprotection in experimental acute cerebral ischaemia.
67 Juhana Aura: Interaction of muscarinic acetylcholine and N-methyl-D-aspartate-type glutamate receptors in the regulation of spatial learning and memory.
2002
64 Marja Äikiä: Verbal memory in newly diagnosed partial epilepsy. A neuropsychological study.
63 Margit Overmyer: Gliosis in relation to Alzheimer’s hallmark lesions in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. A postmortem immunohistochemical study.
62 Miia Kivipelto: Vascular risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: a longitudinal, population-based study.
61 Pauliina Korhonen: Gene regulation in neuronal degeneration – role of mSin3 and YY1 factors.
60 Inga Kadish: Plasticity in the entorhinal-hippocampal pathway. Influences of gene mutations and hormones.
2001
59 Maaria Ikonen: Apoptosis-associated changes in neuronal gene expression. With special emphasis on the insulin-like growth factor system.
58 Kirsi Puurunen: The effects of pharmacotherapy and training on functional recovery after global and focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
57 Tero Tapiola: Biological markers for Alzheimer’s disease. With special emphasis on cerebrospinal fluid b-amyloid and tau.
56 Zinayida Bezvenyuk: Multiple pathways of DNA disintegration during neuronal apoptosis.
55 Tuuli Salmenperä: Damage in the hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal and perirhinal cortex of adults with partial epilepsy.
54 Sami Ikonen: The role of the septohippocampal cholinergic system in cognitive functions.
2000
53 Mikko Hiltunen: A molecular genetic study of factors involved in Alzheimer’s disease.
52 Kauko Pitkänen: Stroke rehabilitation in the elderly. A controlled study of the effectiveness and costs of a multidimensional intervention.
51 Jukka Puoliväli: An experimental study on the cholinergic modulation of cortical arousal and cognitive functions. With special emphasis on apolipoprotein E.
1999
50 Mia Mikkonen: The human entorhinal cortex: anatomic organization and its alteration in Alzheimer’s disease and temporal lobe epilepsy.
49 Tarja Puumala: Monoamines in the modulation of attention and response inhibition: development of a new animal model of attention deficit and impulsivity.
48 Raimo Pussinen: An experimental study on the role of alpha1-adrenoceptors and putrescine in the modulation of hippocampal plasticity and memory encoding – Interactions with NMDA receptors.
1998
47 Kirsi Juottonen: MRI volumes of the entorhinal, perirhinal and temporopolar cortices in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
46 Matti Vanhanen: Cognitive function in glucose intolerance in the elderly: the role of hyperinsulinemia.
45 Merja Hallikainen: Age-associated memory impairment, and apolipoprotein E. A population-based clinical, neuropsychological, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging study.
44 Seppo Helisalmi: Molecular genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. With special emphasis on presenilin, amyloid beta precursor protein and apolipoprotein E genes.
1997
43 Sirja Ruotsalainen: Serotonergic system and its interactions with cholinergic receptor mediated mechanisms in the modulation of working memory. An experimental study.
42 Tiina Kotti: Excitotoxicity-induced neuropathological changes in the rodent hippocampus. Possible functional consequences and drug treatments.
41 Heikki Sorvari: Neurons containing calcium-binding proteins in the human amygdaloid complex.
40 Vesa Savander: Organization of intrinsic connections in the rat amygdaloid complex. With special emphasis on the lateral, basal and accessory basal nuclei.
1996
39 Tuomo Hänninen: Age-associated memory impairment. A neuropsychological and epidemiological study.
38 Maarit Lehtovirta: Familial Alzheimer’s disease. A clinical and molecular genetic study.
37 Mikko Laakso: MRI of hippocampus in incipient Alzheimer’s disease.
36 Olli Kosunen: A neuropathologic study on Alzheimer’s disease with a special emphasis on diagnostic accuracy.
1995
35 Mervi Pitkänen: The role and pharmacological modulation of the NMDA receptor/channel on hippocampal synaptic transmission and behavior.
34 Arja Tuunainen: Evaluation of epileptic patients for temporal lobe surgery and postoperative follow-up. An electrophysiological study with neuropsychological, psychiatric and clinical correlates.
1994
33 Keijo Koivisto: Population-based dementia screening program in the city of Kuopio, Eastern Finland: Evaluation of screening methods, prevalence of dementia and dementia subtypes.
32 Minna Riekkinen: The interaction between cholinergic and serotononergic systems in the modulation of spatial navigation and passive avoidance behavior.
31 Outi Heinonen: Neuropathological and peripheral markers of Alzheimer’s disease with special emphasis on b-amyloid accumulation.
30 Päivi Hartikainen: Normal ageing. A neurochemical, neurophysiological and neuropsychological study with special reference to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1993
29 Hannele Lahtinen: Hippocampus in experimental models of temporal lobe epilepsy. Amino acid mediated neurotransmission and nerve cell injury following the transsection of fimbria-fornix and electrical stimulation of perforant pathway in rat.
28 Riitta Miettinen: Inhibitory circuits and subcortical innervation of the rat hippocampus: Implications for normal function and pathophysiological processes.
1992
27 Kari Alhainen: Anticholinesterase drug, tacrine (THA), in Alzheimer’s disease. Discrimination of responders and nonresponders.
26 Pekka Jäkälä: Modulation of attention and working memory by noradrenergic, serotonergic and cholinergic systems. An experimental neuropsychopharmacological study.
25 Maria Mazurkiewicz: The effects of enhanced GABAergic transmission on cognitive functions: An experimental study.
24 Reetta Kälviäinen: Newly diagnosed epileptic seizure disorder in adults. A prospective follow-up study on 100 patients.
23 Aimo Rissanen: Cerebrovascular disease in Jyväskylä region, Central Finland.
22 Antti Valjakka: The subcortical afferentation of the hippocampus and noradrenergic lesions as experimental models of dementia.
1991
21 Aarne Ylinen: Hippocampal reactions and their pharmacotherapy in experimental epilepsy.
20 Kari Murros: Stress reactions of brain infarction. A prospective study on 105 patients with acute ischemic brain infarction of internal carotid artery territory.
1990
19 Ulla Lepola: Panic disorder. A clinical, neurochemical, neuropsychological and neuroradiological study.
18 Toivo Halonen: Neurotransmitter amino acids in epileptic convulsions and during vigabatrin treatment.
17 Paavo Riekkinen Jr.: Animal models of age-related degeneration of subcortical regulatory system. With special reference to cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic systems.
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15 Eeva-Liisa Helkala: Memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and demented patients with Parkinson’s disease.
1989
14 Asla Pitkänen: Somatostatin in experimental and human epilepsy.
13 Hannu Koponen: Delirium in the elderly. A clinical, neurochemical, neurophysiological and neuroradiological study.
12 Jouni Sirviö: The cholinergic system in ageing and dementia. With special reference to acetylcholinesterase.
1988
11 Jukka Jolkkonen: Vasopressin in the central nervous system. A study based on cerebrospinal fluid measurements.
10 Tapani Keränen: Epilepsy in adults. An epidemiological study in Eastern Finland.
9 Kari Reinikainen: Neurotransmitters in Alzheimer’s disease.
1987
8 Esa Mervaala: Evoked potential in human epilepsy. A neurophysiological study.
7 Asla Pitkänen: Somatostatin in epilepsy. An experimental and clinical study.
1982
6 Juhani Sivenius: Studies on rehabilitation, epidemiology and clinical features of stroke in East Central Finland.
5 Markku Saksa: The autonomic nervous system in experimental allergic neuritis. A functional, morphological and biochemical study.
4 Rolf Danner: Adverse effects of anticonvulsive treatment on peripheral nerve conduction and posterior dominant EEG rhythm.
1981
3 Hilkka Soininen: Senile dementia. A clinical, neurochemical and etiological study.
2 Eeva Leino: Clinical and biochemical studies on progressive myoclonus epilepsy.
1979
1 Juhani Partanen: Time-locked phenomena of human motor unit potentials. An electromyographic study of satellites and doubles.