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Heikki Tanila

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Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
20678
World Ranking
1697
National Ranking
11

Heikki Tanila 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 Heikki Tanila sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 309 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heikki Tanila 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 Heikki Tanila sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Heikki Tanila is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, contributing extensively to cognitive neuroscience, physiology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The scientific work of Heikki Tanila covers a range of topics including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Deficient astrocyte metabolism impairs glutamine synthesis and neurotransmitter homeostasis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Hippocampal disruptions of synaptic and astrocyte metabolism are primary events of early amyloid pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • Astrocyte remodeling in the beneficial effects of long-term voluntary exercise in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Epilepsy and epileptiform activity in late-onset Alzheimer disease: clinical and pathophysiological advances, gaps and conundrums, 2024, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Neuronal spreading and plaque induction of intracellular Aβ and its disruption of Aβ homeostasis, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Heikki Tanila include:

  • Olli Gröhn
  • Shalom Michaeli
  • Silvia Mangia
  • Jaakko Paasonen
  • Ekaterina Paasonen

Heikki Tanila's work has been published multiple times in several journals, with frequent publication venues as follows:

  • Glia
  • Acta Ophthalmologica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The Hippocampus, Memory, and Place Cells: Is It Spatial Memory or a Memory Space?

    Howard Eichenbaum;Paul Dudchenko;Emma Wood;Matthew Shapiro

  • Amyloid β-Induced Neuronal Hyperexcitability Triggers Progressive Epilepsy

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

  • Role of alpha-synuclein in presynaptic dopamine recruitment.

    Leonid Yavich;Heikki Tanila;Saila Vepsäläinen;Pekka Jäkälä

  • Neurocognitive aging: prior memories hinder new hippocampal encoding.

    Iain A. Wilson;Michela Gallagher;Howard Eichenbaum;Heikki Tanila

  • Cues that hippocampal place cells encode: dynamic and hierarchical representation of local and distal stimuli.

    Matthew L. Shapiro;Heikki Tanila;Howard Eichenbaum

  • Increased fMRI responses during encoding in mild cognitive impairment.

    Anne Hämäläinen;Maija Pihlajamäki;Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Impact of different saturated fatty acid, polyunsaturated fatty acid and cholesterol containing diets on beta-amyloid accumulation in APP/PS1 transgenic mice

    M. Oksman;H. Iivonen;E. Hogyes;Z. Amtul

  • Gender differences in the amount and deposition of amyloidβ in APPswe and PS1 double transgenic mice

    Jun Wang;Heikki Tanila;Jukka Puoliväli;Inga Kadish

  • Altered Insulin Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease Brain - Special Emphasis on PI3K-Akt Pathway.

    Sami Gabbouj;Simo Ryhänen;Mikael Marttinen;Rebekka Wittrahm

  • Age-Associated Alterations of Hippocampal Place Cells Are Subregion Specific

    Iain A. Wilson;Sami Ikonen;Michela Gallagher;Howard Eichenbaum

  • Intrahippocampal injection of a lentiviral vector expressing Nrf2 improves spatial learning in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Katja Kanninen;Riikka Heikkinen;Tarja Malm;Taisia Rolova

  • Orexin loss in Huntington's disease

    Åsa Petersén;Joana Gil;Marion L.C. Maat-Schieman;Maria Björkqvist

  • Verbal fluency activates the left medial temporal lobe: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Tuomo Hänninen;Mervi Könönen

  • Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 protects against beta amyloid.

    Katja Kanninen;Tarja M. Malm;Henna-Kaisa Jyrkkänen;Gundars Goldsteins

  • Flexible polyimide microelectrode array for in vivo recordings and current source density analysis

    Karen C. Cheung;Philippe Renaud;Heikki Tanila;Kaj Djupsund

  • What electrophysiology tells us about Alzheimer's disease: a window into the synchronization and connectivity of brain neurons.

    Claudio Babiloni;Katarzyna Blinowska;Laura Bonanni;Andrej Cichocki

  • Expression of interleukin-18 is increased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients

    Johanna Ojala;Irina Alafuzoff;Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Thomas van Groen;Thomas van Groen

  • Age-related decrease in stimulated glutamate release and vesicular glutamate transporters in APP/PS1 transgenic and wild-type mice.

    R. Minkeviciene;J. Ihalainen;T. Malm;O. Matilainen

  • WNT Signaling in Activated Microglia Is Proinflammatory

    Carina Halleskog;Jan Mulder;Jenny Dahlström;Ken Mackie

  • Molecular reorganization of endocannabinoid signalling in Alzheimer’s disease

    Jan Mulder;Misha Zilberter;Susana J. Pasquaré;Susana J. Pasquaré;Alán Alpár

  • Visual presentation of novel objects and new spatial arrangements of objects differentially activates the medial temporal lobe subareas in humans

    Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Mervi Könönen;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Abnormal Hippocampal Spatial Representations in αCaMKIIT286A and CREBαΔ− Mice

    Yoon H. Cho;Karl P. Giese;Karl P. Giese;Karl P. Giese;Heikki Tanila;Heikki Tanila;Heikki Tanila;Alcino J. Silva;Alcino J. Silva;Alcino J. Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikko Hiltunen
Mikko Hiltunen University of Eastern Finland
Jari Koistinaho
Jari Koistinaho University of Helsinki
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Synnöve Carlson
Synnöve Carlson Aalto University
Asla Pitkänen
Asla Pitkänen University of Eastern Finland
Olli Gröhn
Olli Gröhn University of Eastern Finland
Mervi Könönen
Mervi Könönen University of Eastern Finland
Tobias Hartmann
Tobias Hartmann Saarland University

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