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Finland
2026

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Neuroscience

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115
Citations
43212
World Ranking
457
National Ranking
2

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
43262
World Ranking
4598
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Juha O. Rinne is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland and is an active researcher in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their work has focused extensively on cognitive impairments, neurological disorders, and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms.

Their research emphasizes several main topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

In terms of academic disciplines, Juha O. Rinne's work is primarily situated within medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as physiology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, radiology (including nuclear medicine and imaging), and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders
  • EJNMMI Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Some of the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Juha O. Rinne include:

  • "Tau-targeting antisense oligonucleotide MAPTRx in mild Alzheimer's disease: a phase 1b, randomized, placebo-controlled trial" (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • "Inherited myeloproliferative neoplasm risk affects haematopoietic stem cells" (2020, Nature)
  • "Magia: Robust Automated Image Processing and Kinetic Modeling Toolbox for PET Neuroinformatics" (2020, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics)
  • "Brain Glucose Metabolism in Health, Obesity, and Cognitive Decline-Does Insulin Have Anything to Do with It? A Narrative Review" (2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • "Association of Midlife Inflammatory Markers With Cognitive Performance at 10-Year Follow-up" (2022, Neurology)

Collaboration is a notable feature of their research career, with frequent co-authorship involving:

  • Hilkka Soininen
  • Jaakko Kaprio
  • Jouni Tuisku
  • Laura L. Ekblad
  • Semi Helin

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • C-11-PiB PET assessment of change in fibrillar amyloid-beta load in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with bapineuzumab: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending-dose study

    Juha O Rinne;David J Brooks;Martin N Rossor;Nick C Fox

  • 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

  • Prevalence of amyloid PET positivity in dementia syndromes: a meta-analysis.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Willemijn J Jansen;Gil D Rabinovici;Dirk L Knol

  • Parkinsonism, premature menopause, and mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma mutations: clinical and molecular genetic study.

    Petri Luoma;Atle Melberg;Juha O Rinne;Jyrki A Kaukonen

  • Conversion of amyloid positive and negative MCI to AD over 3 years An 11C-PIB PET study

    A. Okello;J. Koivunen;P. Edison;H. A. Archer

  • A Phase II Trial of Tideglusib in Alzheimer's Disease

    Simon Lovestone;Mercè Boada;Bruno Dubois;Michael Hüll

  • Polygenic and clinical risk scores and their impact on age at onset and prediction of cardiometabolic diseases and common cancers.

    Nina Mars;Jukka T Koskela;Pietari Ripatti;Tuomo T J Kiiskinen

  • The use of PET in Alzheimer disease

    Agneta Nordberg;Juha O. Rinne;Ahmadul Kadir;Bengt Långström

  • Alpha-synuclein-immunoreactive cortical Lewy bodies are associated with cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

    P. M. Mattila;J. O. Rinne;H. Helenius;D. W. Dickson

  • Amyloid load in Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia measured with [11C]PIB positron emission tomography

    P Edison;C C Rowe;J O Rinne;S Ng

  • Dementia in Parkinson's disease is related to neuronal loss in the medial substantia nigra.

    J O Rinne;J Rummukainen;L Paljärvi;U K Rinne

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

    Valtteri Kaasinen;Harry Vilkman;Jarmo Hietala;Kjell Någren

  • Cognitive impairment and the brain dopaminergic system in Parkinson disease: [18F]fluorodopa positron emission tomographic study.

    Juha O. Rinne;Raija Portin;Hanna Ruottinen;Elina Nurmi

  • Frontal and temporal dopamine release during working memory and attention tasks in healthy humans: a positron emission tomography study using the high-affinity dopamine D2 receptor ligand [11C]FLB 457.

    Sargo Aalto;Anna Brück;Matti Laine;Kjell Någren

  • PET amyloid ligand [11C]PIB uptake is increased in mild cognitive impairment.

    N. M. Kemppainen;S. Aalto;I. A. Wilson;K. Någren

  • Role of the dopaminergic system in chronic pain -- a fluorodopa-PET study.

    Satu K Jääskeläinen;Juha O Rinne;Heli Forssell;Olli Tenovuo

  • Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum.

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  • Striatal dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in burning mouth syndrome.

    Nora Hagelberg;Heli Forssell;Juha O Rinne;Harry Scheinin

  • Regional analysis of FDG and PIB-PET images in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease

    Yi Li;Yi Li;Juha O. Rinne;Lisa Mosconi;Elizabeth Pirraglia

  • An FDOPA PET study in patients with periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome

    H.M. Ruottinen;M. Partinen;C. Hublin;J. Bergman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjell Någren
Kjell Någren Odense University Hospital
Valtteri Kaasinen
Valtteri Kaasinen Turku University Hospital
Riitta Parkkola
Riitta Parkkola Turku University Hospital
Matti Laine
Matti Laine Åbo Akademi University
Urpo K. Rinne
Urpo K. Rinne University of Turku
Matti Viitanen
Matti Viitanen University of Turku
Sargo Aalto
Sargo Aalto University of Turku
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Juho Joutsa
Juho Joutsa Turku University Hospital
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland

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