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Jarmo Hietala is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland and has an extensive publication record in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics including schizophrenia research and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, tryptophan and brain disorders, mental health and psychiatry, genetic associations and epidemiology, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jarmo Hietala include:

  • Raimo K. R. Salokangas
  • Jaana Suvisaari
  • Heikki Laurikainen
  • Jari Tiihonen
  • Nikolaos Koutsouleris

Jarmo Hietala has published regularly in several key venues, with multiple contributions appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • European Psychiatry

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Multimodal Machine Learning Workflows for Prediction of Psychosis in Patients With Clinical High-Risk Syndromes and Recent-Onset Depression," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Interindividual variability and lateralization of μ-opioid receptors in the human brain," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Lowered endogenous mu-opioid receptor availability in subclinical depression and anxiety," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • The A1 allele of the human D2 dopamine receptor gene predicts low D2 receptor availability in healthy volunteers.

    T Pohjalainen;J O Rinne;K Någren;P Lehikoinen

  • Age-related dopamine D2/D3 receptor loss in extrastriatal regions of the human brain.

    Valtteri Kaasinen;Harry Vilkman;Jarmo Hietala;Kjell Någren

  • Presynaptic dopamine function in striatum of neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients

    J. Hietala;E. Syvälahti;M. Kuoppamäki;M. Haaparanta

  • Prediction Models of Functional Outcomes for Individuals in the Clinical High-Risk State for Psychosis or with Recent-Onset Depression: A Multimodal, Multisite Machine Learning Analysis

    Nikolaos Koutsouleris;Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic;Stephan Ruhrmann;Marlene Rosen

  • Lack of Efficacy of the Substance P (Neurokinin1 Receptor) Antagonist Aprepitant in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

    Martin Keller;Stuart Montgomery;William Ball;Mary Morrison

  • Striatal D2 dopamine receptor binding characteristics in vivo in patients with alcohol dependence.

    Jarmo Hietala;Curt West;Erkka Syvälahti;Kjell Någren

  • Association between low activity serotonin transporter promoter genotype and early onset alcoholism with habitual impulsive violent behavior.

    T. Hallikainen;T. Saito;H. M. Lachman;Jan Volavka

  • Depressive symptoms and presynaptic dopamine function in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenia

    Jarmo Hietala;Erkka Syvälahti;Harry Vilkman;Klaus Vuorio

  • Sex Differences in the Striatal Dopamine D2 Receptor Binding Characteristics in Vivo

    Tiina Pohjalainen;Juha O. Rinne;Kjell Någren;Erkka SyvÄlahti

  • Long-term use of benzodiazepines: Definitions, prevalence and usage patterns – a systematic review of register-based studies

    T.A.T. Kurko;T.A.T. Kurko;L.K. Saastamoinen;S. Tähkäpää;A. Tuulio-Henriksson

  • Association Between the Functional Variant of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Gene and Type 1 Alcoholism

    Tiihonen J;Hallikainen T;Lachman H;Saito T

  • C957T polymorphism of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene affects striatal DRD2 availability in vivo

    M Hirvonen;A Laakso;K Någren;J O Rinne

  • Striatal dopamine D2 receptors in modulation of pain in humans: a review.

    Nora Hagelberg;Satu K. Jääskeläinen;Ilkka K. Martikainen;Heikki Mansikka

  • Striatal D2 dopamine receptor characteristics in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients studied with positron emission tomography.

    Jarmo Hietala;Erkka Syvälahti;Klaus Vuorio;Kjell Nägren

  • Decrease in human striatal dopamine D2 receptor density with age: a PET study with [11C]raclopride

    Juha O. Rinne;Jarmo Hietala;Ulla Ruotsalainen;Erkki Säkö

  • Mesolimbic dopamine release is linked to symptom severity in pathological gambling.

    Juho Joutsa;Juho Joutsa;Jarkko Johansson;Solja Niemelä;Antti Ollikainen

  • Interactions of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors with the serotonin 5-HT2C receptor

    Esa Pekka Pälvimäki;Bryan L Roth;Hannu Majasuo;Aki Laakso

  • Comparison of the transient equilibrium and continuous infusion method for quantitative pet analysis of [11C]raclopride binding

    Hiroshi Ito;Jarmo Hietala;Gunnar Blomqvist;Christer Halldin

  • Sex differences in striatal presynaptic dopamine synthesis capacity in healthy subjects

    Aki Laakso;Harry Vilkman;J.örgen Bergman;Merja Haaparanta

  • Human positron emission tomography studies of brain neurokinin 1 receptor occupancy by aprepitant.

    Mats Bergström;Richard J Hargreaves;H.Donald Burns;Michael R Goldberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jussi Hirvonen
Jussi Hirvonen Turku University Hospital
Kjell Någren
Kjell Någren Odense University Hospital
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Jaana Suvisaari
Jaana Suvisaari Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Valtteri Kaasinen
Valtteri Kaasinen Turku University Hospital
Sargo Aalto
Sargo Aalto University of Turku
Juha O. Rinne
Juha O. Rinne Turku University Hospital
Oliver D. Howes
Oliver D. Howes King's College London
Jouko Lönnqvist
Jouko Lönnqvist Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Harry Scheinin
Harry Scheinin Turku University Hospital

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