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Asla Pitkänen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asla Pitkänen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 401 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Asla Pitkänen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asla Pitkänen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Asla Pitkänen is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects multiple subfields, including Neurology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research focuses on topics such as Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Epilepsy Research and Treatment, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, S100 Proteins and Annexins, and Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus.

Recent publications illustrate the scope and impact of their work. Notable papers include:

  • Long-lasting blood-brain barrier dysfunction and neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Identification of clinically relevant biomarkers of epileptogenesis - a strategic roadmap, 2021, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Climate change and epilepsy: Insights from clinical and basic science studies, 2021, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Increased expression of miR142 and miR155 in glial and immune cells after traumatic brain injury may contribute to neuroinflammation via astrocyte activation, 2020, Brain Pathology
  • Postinjury weight rather than cognitive or behavioral impairment predicts development of posttraumatic epilepsy after lateral fluid-percussion injury in rats, 2020, Epilepsia

They frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including Pedro Andrade, Noora Puhakka, Xavier Ekolle Ndode-Ekane, Olli Gröhn, and Eppu Manninen, indicating a network of interdisciplinary partnerships within their research domain.

In terms of publication venues, Asla Pitkänen has contributed significantly to journals such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (8 publications)
  • Epilepsia (8 publications)
  • Epilepsy Research (7 publications)
  • Biomedicines (5 publications)
  • Epilepsy & Behavior (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: An emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala

    Asla Pitkänen;Vesa Savander;Joseph E. LeDoux

  • Reciprocal Connections between the Amygdala and the Hippocampal Formation, Perirhinal Cortex, and Postrhinal Cortex in Rat: A Review

    Asla Pitkänen;Maria Pikkarainen;Nina Nurminen;Aarne Ylinen

  • MR volumetric analysis of the human entorhinal, perirhinal, and temporopolar cortices.

    R Insausti;K Juottonen;H Soininen;A M Insausti

  • Is epilepsy a progressive disorder? Prospects for new therapeutic approaches in temporal-lobe epilepsy

    Asla Pitkänen;Thomas P Sutula

  • Amyloid β-Induced Neuronal Hyperexcitability Triggers Progressive Epilepsy

    Rimante Minkeviciene;Sylvain Rheims;Marton B Dobszay;Misha Zilberter

  • Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and potential treatment targets.

    Asla Pitkänen;Katarzyna Lukasiuk

  • Intrinsic connections of the rat amygdaloid complex: Projections originating in the accessory basal nucleus

    Asla Pitkänen;Lisa Stefanacci;Claudia R. Farb;G.-Genevieve Go

  • Projections from the lateral, basal, and accessory basal nuclei of the amygdala to the hippocampal formation in rat.

    Maria Pikkarainen;Seppo Rönkkö;Vesa Savander;Ricardo Insausti

  • Experimental models of traumatic brain injury: do we really need to build a better mousetrap?

    D M Morales;N Marklund;D Lebold;H J Thompson

  • Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

    Asla Pitkanen;Philip A Schwartzkroin;Solomon Moshe

  • A model of posttraumatic epilepsy induced by lateral fluid-percussion brain injury in rats

    I. Kharatishvili;J.P. Nissinen;T.K. McIntosh;A. Pitkänen

  • Molecular and cellular basis of epileptogenesis in symptomatic epilepsy.

    Asla Pitkänen;Katarzyna Lukasiuk

  • Volumetric MRI analysis of the amygdala and the hippocampus in subjects with age‐associated memory impairment Correlation to visual and verbal memory

    H. S. Soininen;K. Partanen;A. Pitkänen;P. Vainio

  • Advances in the development of biomarkers for epilepsy

    Asla Pitkänen;Wolfgang Löscher;Annamaria Vezzani;Albert J Becker

  • Epilepsy biomarkers - eScholarship

    Jerome Engel;Asla Pitkänen;Jeffrey A. Loeb;F. Edward Dudek

  • Volumes of the Entorhinal and Perirhinal Cortices in Alzheimer’s Disease

    K Juottonen;M.P Laakso;R Insausti;M Lehtovirta

  • A new model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy induced by electrical stimulation of the amygdala in rat.

    Jari Nissinen;Toivo Halonen;Esa Koivisto;Asla Pitkänen

  • Distribution of parvalbumin, calretinin, and calbindin-D(28k) immunoreactivity in the rat amygdaloid complex and colocalization with gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Samuli Kemppainen;Asla Pitkänen

  • Intrinsic connections of the rat amygdaloid complex: Projections originating in the lateral nucleus: INTRINSIC CONNECTIONS OF THE RAT AMYGDALA

    Asla Pitkänen;Lisa Stefanacci;Claudia R. Farb;G.-Genevieve Go

  • Past and present definitions of epileptogenesis and its biomarkers.

    Asla Pitkänen;Jerome Engel

  • Amygdala damage in experimental and human temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Asla Pitkänen;Jarkko Tuunanen;Reetta Kälviäinen;Kaarina Partanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli Gröhn
Olli Gröhn University of Eastern Finland
Jari Nissinen
Jari Nissinen University of Eastern Finland
Reetta Kälviäinen
Reetta Kälviäinen University of Eastern Finland
Terence J. O'Brien
Terence J. O'Brien Monash University
Michele Simonato
Michele Simonato University of Ferrara
Heikki Tanila
Heikki Tanila University of Eastern Finland
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Aristea S. Galanopoulou Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aarne Ylinen
Aarne Ylinen University of Eastern Finland
Sandy R. Shultz
Sandy R. Shultz Monash University
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam

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