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Esa Mervaala is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields such as Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Rheumatology, Physiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Mervaala has been involved in publishing research articles in well-known venues such as Clinical Neurophysiology, IEEE Access, Epileptic Disorders, Sleep Medicine, and the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The frequency of publications in these venues includes three in Clinical Neurophysiology, two in IEEE Access, two in Epileptic Disorders, one in Sleep Medicine, and one in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Significant recent papers by Mervaala include:

  • "Neural network analysis of nocturnal SpO2 signal enables easy screening of sleep apnea in patients with acute cerebrovascular disease" (2020, Sleep Medicine)
  • "Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Increased Cortical Amyloid-β Deposition" (2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease)
  • "Deep Learning Enables Accurate Automatic Sleep Staging Based on Ambulatory Forehead EEG" (2022, IEEE Access)
  • "Efficacy and tolerability in patients with chronic facial pain of two consecutive treatment periods of rTMS applied over the facial motor cortex, using protocols differing in stimulation frequency, duration, and train pattern" (2022, Neurophysiologie Clinique)
  • "Acute stroke and TIA patients have specific polygraphic features of obstructive sleep apnea" (2020, Sleep And Breathing)

Frequent collaborators with whom Mervaala has coauthored multiple papers include Reetta Kälviäinen, Jelena Hyppönen, Mervi Könönen, Susanna Westerén-Punnonen, and Laura Säïsänen. These coauthorships indicate ongoing collaborative research efforts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Natural history of peripheral neuropathy in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Juhani Partanen;Leo Niskanen;Juha Lehtinen;Esa Mervaala

  • Quantitative MRI of the hippocampus and amygdala in severe depression.

    E. Mervaala;J. Föhr;M. Könönen;M. Valkonen-Korhonen

  • Comparison of navigated and non-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor cortex mapping, motor threshold and motor evoked potentials.

    Petro Julkunen;Laura Säisänen;Nils Danner;Eini Niskanen

  • Human brain connectivity during single and paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Florinda Ferreri;Patrizio Pasqualetti;Sara Määttä;David Ponzo

  • Clinical picture of EPM1-Unverricht-Lundborg disease.

    Reetta Kälviäinen;Jelena Khyuppenen;Päivi Koskenkorva;Kai Eriksson

  • Vigabatrin vs carbamazepine monotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy : a randomized, controlled study

    Reetta Kälviäinen;Marja Äikiä;Anna Maija Saukkonen;Esa Mervaala

  • Long term outcome of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: analyses of 140 consecutive patients

    L Jutila;A Immonen;E Mervaala;J Partanen

  • MR volumetry of the entorhinal, perirhinal, and temporopolar cortices in drug-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy

    Leena Jutila;Aarne Ylinen;Kaarina Partanen;Irina Alafuzoff

  • Motor potentials evoked by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects.

    Laura Säisänen;Petro Julkunen;Eini Niskanen;Nils Danner

  • Long-term epilepsy surgery outcomes in patients with MRI-negative temporal lobe epilepsy

    Arto Immonen;Leena Jutila;Anu Muraja-Murro;Esa Mervaala

  • Novel parameters indicate significant differences in severity of obstructive sleep apnea with patients having similar apnea–hypopnea index

    Antti Kulkas;Pekka Tiihonen;Petro Julkunen;Esa Mervaala

  • High-dose thiopental in the treatment of refractory status epilepticus in intensive care unit

    I. Parviainen;A. Uusaro;R. Kälviäinen;E. Kaukanen

  • Temporal anteroinferior encephalocele: An underrecognized etiology of temporal lobe epilepsy?

    Taavi Saavalainen;Leena Jutila;Esa Mervaala;Reetta Kälviäinen

  • Propofol in the treatment of refractory status epilepticus

    Ilkka Parviainen;Ari Uusaro;Reetta Kälviäinen;Esa Mervaala

  • Sensorimotor cortex excitability and connectivity in Alzheimer's disease: A TMS-EEG Co-registration study.

    Florinda Ferreri;Fabrizio Vecchio;Luca Vollero;Andrea Guerra

  • [18F]FDG-PET Reveals Temporal Hypometabolism in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Even When Quantitative MRI and Histopathological Analysis Show Only Mild Hippocampal Damage

    Salla Lamusuo;Leena Jutila;Aarne Ylinen;Reetta Kälviäinen

  • The severity of individual obstruction events is related to increased mortality rate in severe obstructive sleep apnea.

    Anu Muraja-Murro;Antti Kulkas;Mikko Hiltunen;Salla Kupari

  • Non-primary motor areas in the human frontal lobe are connected directly to hand muscles.

    S. Teitti;Sara Määttä;Laura Säisänen;Mervi Könönen

  • SPECT and neuropsychological performance in severe depression treated with ECT.

    Esa Mervaala;Mervi Könönen;Jaana Föhr;Minna Husso-Saastamoinen

  • Human brain cortical correlates of short-latency afferent inhibition: a combined EEG-TMS study

    Florinda Ines Maria Ferreri;David Ponzo;Taina Hukkanen;Esa Mervaala

Frequent Co-Authors

Reetta Kälviäinen
Reetta Kälviäinen University of Eastern Finland
Mervi Könönen
Mervi Könönen University of Eastern Finland
Petro Julkunen
Petro Julkunen University of Eastern Finland
Juhani Partanen
Juhani Partanen University of Helsinki
Aarne Ylinen
Aarne Ylinen University of Eastern Finland
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Patrizio Pasqualetti
Patrizio Pasqualetti Sapienza University of Rome
Jari Karhu
Jari Karhu Nexstim (Finland)
Asla Pitkänen
Asla Pitkänen University of Eastern Finland
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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