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Eero Pekkonen

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D-Index
49
Citations
8886
World Ranking
5980
National Ranking
44

Eero Pekkonen 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 Eero Pekkonen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 155 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Eero Pekkonen 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 Eero Pekkonen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Eero Pekkonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has a focused research profile in the field of medicine, particularly neurology. Their scholarly contributions include 64 publications within medicine and 58 specifically within neurology. Additional subfield involvement includes epidemiology, speech and hearing, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to neurological disorders and treatments. Key themes in their work include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Eero Pekkonen's recent papers reflect an emphasis on Parkinson's disease, neuromodulation, and quality of life outcomes. Selected recent publications include:

  • Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Reduces Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease in a Randomized Trial, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Cortical beta burst dynamics are altered in Parkinson's disease but normalized by deep brain stimulation, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Personalised Advanced Therapies in Parkinson's Disease: The Role of Non-Motor Symptoms Profile, 2021, Journal of Personalized Medicine
  • Non-motor predictors of 36-month quality of life after subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson disease, 2021, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Fecal microbiome alterations in treatment-naive de novo Parkinson's disease, 2022, npj Parkinson s Disease

Their frequent coauthors include Filip Scheperjans, Valtteri Kaasinen, Tuomas Mertsalmi, Maija Koivu, and Johanna Eerola-Rautio, indicating collaboration within a network of researchers active in similar topics related to Parkinson's disease and neurology.

Publications by Eero Pekkonen appear regularly in journals that focus on movement disorders and neurological practice, including:

  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Brain and Behavior
  • Movement Disorders
  • Journal of Personalized Medicine

Best Publications

  • Gut microbiota are related to Parkinson's disease and clinical phenotype.

    Filip Scheperjans Md;BA Velma Aho MSc;Pedro A. B. Pereira;Kaisa Koskinen

  • Processing of novel sounds and frequency changes in the human auditory cortex: Magnetoencephalographic recordings

    Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;István Winkler;Carles Escera;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

  • Gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease: Temporal stability and relations to disease progression.

    Velma T.E. Aho;Pedro A.B. Pereira;Sari Voutilainen;Lars Paulin

  • Mismatch Negativity in Aging and in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

    Eero Pekkonen

  • Oral and nasal microbiota in Parkinson's disease

    Pedro A.B. Pereira;Velma T.E. Aho;Lars Paulin;Eero Pekkonen

  • Combined mapping of human auditory EEG and MEG responses

    Minna Huotilainen;István Winkler;István Winkler;Kimmo Alho;Kimmo Alho;Carles Escera

  • Altered generation of spontaneous oscillations in Alzheimer's disease

    Daria Osipova;Jyrki Ahveninen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Ole Jensen;Ari Ylikoski

  • Auditory sensory memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease: an event-related potential study

    Eero Pekkonen;Veikko Jousmäki;Mervi Könönen;Kalevi Reinikainen

  • Variability and replicability of the mismatch negativity

    E. Pekkonen;T. Rinne;R. Näätänen

  • More than constipation – bowel symptoms in Parkinson's disease and their connection to gut microbiota

    T. H. Mertsalmi;V. T. E. Aho;P. A. B. Pereira;L. Paulin

  • Aging effects on auditory processing: an event-related potential study.

    E Pekkonen;T Rinne;K Reinikainen;T Kujala

  • Dopamine modulates involuntary attention shifting and reorienting: an electromagnetic study

    Seppo Kähkönen;Seppo Kähkönen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Eero Pekkonen;Eero Pekkonen;Seppo Kaakkola

  • Auditory sensory memory and the cholinergic system: implications for Alzheimer's disease.

    Eero Pekkonen;Jyrki Hirvonen;Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Seppo Kaakkola

  • Effects of scopolamine on MEG spectral power and coherence in elderly subjects

    Daria Osipova;Daria Osipova;Jyrki Ahveninen;Seppo Kaakkola;Iiro P Jääskeläinen;Iiro P Jääskeläinen;Iiro P Jääskeläinen

  • Scopolamine effects on functional brain connectivity: a pharmacological model of Alzheimer's disease.

    R. Bajo;S. Pusil;M. E. López;L. Canuet

  • Mismatch negativity area and age-related auditory memory.

    E. Pekkonen;V. Jousmäki;J. Partanen;J. Karhu

  • Automatic auditory discrimination is impaired in Parkinson's disease

    Eero Pekkonen;Veikko Jousmäki;Kalevi Reinikainen;Juhani Partanen

  • Effects of Haloperidol on Selective Attention: A Combined Whole-Head MEG and High-Resolution EEG Study

    Seppo Kähkönen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Iiro P Jääskeläinen;Iiro P Jääskeläinen;Seppo Kaakkola;Seppo Kaakkola

  • Suppression of transient 40-Hz auditory response by haloperidol suggests modulation of human selective attention by dopamine D2 receptors.

    Jyrki Ahveninen;Seppo Kähkönen;Seppo Kähkönen;Hannu Tiitinen;Hannu Tiitinen;Eero Pekkonen;Eero Pekkonen

  • Memory-based comparison process not attenuated by haloperidol: A combined MEG and EEG study.

    Eero Pekkonen;Jyrki Hirvonen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Seppo Kähkönen

Frequent Co-Authors

Iiro P. Jääskeläinen
Iiro P. Jääskeläinen Aalto University
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Jyrki Ahveninen
Jyrki Ahveninen Harvard University
Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Risto J. Ilmoniemi Aalto University
Hannu Tiitinen
Hannu Tiitinen Aalto University
Seppo Kähkönen
Seppo Kähkönen University of Helsinki
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
Jyrki P. Mäkelä
Jyrki P. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Juha Virtanen
Juha Virtanen General Electric (United States)
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki

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