2026 Eero Pekkonen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	5980	5504	45	43	155	8886

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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

2095
Citations
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

395
Citations
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

336
Citations
Mismatch Negativity in Aging and in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Eero Pekkonen

212
Citations
Oral and nasal microbiota in Parkinson's disease

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

209
Citations
Combined mapping of human auditory EEG and MEG responses

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

202
Citations
Altered generation of spontaneous oscillations in Alzheimer's disease

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

192
Citations
Auditory sensory memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease: an event-related potential study

Eero Pekkonen;Veikko Jousmäki;Mervi Könönen;Kalevi Reinikainen

184
Citations
Variability and replicability of the mismatch negativity

E. Pekkonen;T. Rinne;R. Näätänen

182
Citations
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

155
Citations
Aging effects on auditory processing: an event-related potential study.

E Pekkonen;T Rinne;K Reinikainen;T Kujala

148
Citations
Dopamine modulates involuntary attention shifting and reorienting: an electromagnetic study

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

141
Citations
Auditory sensory memory and the cholinergic system: implications for Alzheimer's disease.

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

130
Citations
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

126
Citations
Scopolamine effects on functional brain connectivity: a pharmacological model of Alzheimer's disease.

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

122
Citations
Mismatch negativity area and age-related auditory memory.

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

120
Citations
Automatic auditory discrimination is impaired in Parkinson's disease

Eero Pekkonen;Veikko Jousmäki;Kalevi Reinikainen;Juhani Partanen

119
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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

115
Citations
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

114
Citations
Memory-based comparison process not attenuated by haloperidol: A combined MEG and EEG study.

Eero Pekkonen;Jyrki Hirvonen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Seppo Kähkönen

112
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