Antti Pertovaara

Overview

Best Publications

• Noradrenergic pain modulation.

  Antti Pertovaara

  779
  Citations

• Striatal dopamine D2 receptors in modulation of pain in humans: a review.

  Nora Hagelberg;Satu K. Jääskeläinen;Ilkka K. Martikainen;Heikki Mansikka

  256
  Citations

• Lidocaine in the rostroventromedial medulla and the periaqueductal gray attenuates allodynia in neuropathic rats

  Antti Pertovaara;Hong Wei;Minna M. Hämäläinen

  235
  Citations

• Neuropeptide FF and modulation of pain.

  Pertti Panula;Eija Kalso;Maija-Liisa Nieminen;Vesa K Kontinen

  228
  Citations

• Neuropathic pain is associated with depressive behaviour and induces neuroplasticity in the amygdala of the rat.

  Leonor Gonçalves;Rui Silva;Filipa Pinto-Ribeiro;José M. Pêgo

  227
  Citations

• The noradrenergic pain regulation system: a potential target for pain therapy.

  Antti Pertovaara

  221
  Citations

• Attenuation of mechanical hypersensitivity by an antagonist of the TRPA1 ion channel in diabetic animals.

  Hong Wei;Minna M. Hämäläinen;Marja Saarnilehto;Ari Koivisto

  216
  Citations

• Peripheral and spinal neural mechanisms in arthritis, with particular reference to treatment of inflammation and pain.

  Yrjö T. Konttinen;Yrjö T. Konttinen;Pertti Kemppinen;Margaretha Segerberg;Mika Hukkanen

  206
  Citations

• Dopamine D2 receptor binding in the human brain is associated with the response to painful stimulation and pain modulatory capacity.

  Nora Hagelberg;Ilkka K Martikainen;Heikki Mansikka;Susanna Hinkka

  198
  Citations

• Ischemic pain nonsegmentally produces a predominant reduction of pain and thermal sensitivity in man: A selective role for endogenous opioids

  Antti Pertovaara;Pentti Kemppainen;Gunnar Johansson;Sirkka-Liisa Karonen

  197
  Citations

• Modification of dental pain and cutaneous thermal sensitivity by physical exercise in man.

  Pentti Kemppainen;Antti Pertovaara;Timo Huopaniemi;Gunnar Johansson

  196
  Citations

• Antinociception induced by alpha-2-adrenoceptor agonists, with special emphasis on medetomidine studies

  Antti Pertovaara

  179
  Citations

• Inhibiting TRPA1 ion channel reduces loss of cutaneous nerve fiber function in diabetic animals: sustained activation of the TRPA1 channel contributes to the pathogenesis of peripheral diabetic neuropathy.

  Ari Koivisto;Mika Hukkanen;Marja Saarnilehto;Hugh Chapman

  163
  Citations

• Chronic spinal nerve ligation induces changes in response characteristics of nociceptive spinal dorsal horn neurons and in their descending regulation originating in the periaqueductal gray in the rat.

  Antti Pertovaara;Antti Pertovaara;Vesa K. Kontinen;Eija A. Kalso

  160
  Citations

• Pain behavior and response properties of spinal dorsal horn neurons following experimental diabetic neuropathy in the rat: modulation by nitecapone, a COMT inhibitor with antioxidant properties.

  Antti Pertovaara;Hong Wei;Hong Wei;Jaakko Kalmari;Minna Ruotsalainen

  157
  Citations

• A Neuronal Correlate of Secondary Hyperalgesia in the Rat Spinal Dorsal Horn Is Submodality Selective and Facilitated by Supraspinal Influence

  Antti Pertovaara

  153
  Citations

• The impact of age on emotional and cognitive behaviours triggered by experimental neuropathy in rats.

  Hugo Leite-Almeida;Luis Almeida-Torres;Ana Raquel Mesquita;Antti Pertovaara

  152
  Citations

• Behavioural measures of depression and anxiety in rats with spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathy.

  Vesa K. Kontinen;Vesa K. Kontinen;Timo Kauppila;Timo Kauppila;Sami Paananen;Antti Pertovaara;Antti Pertovaara

  150
  Citations

• Efficacy of kilohertz-frequency and conventional spinal cord stimulation in rat models of different pain conditions.

  Zhiyang Song;Hanna Viisanen;Björn A. Meyerson;Antti Pertovaara

  147
  Citations

• THE EFFECTS OF STIMULUS AREA AND ADAPTATION TEMPERATURE ON WARM AND HEAT PAIN THRESHOLDS IN MAN

  Ilpo Kojo;Antti Pertovaara

  145
  Citations