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Jukka Peltola

Jukka Peltola

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D-Index
53
Citations
13063
World Ranking
5041
National Ranking
37

Overview

Jukka Peltola is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has a notable record of research contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their main research topics focus on Epilepsy research and treatment, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neurological disorders and treatments, Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Kai Lehtimäki, Pabitra Basnyat, Sirpa Rainesalo, Jani Raitanen, and Soila Järvenpää.

Jukka Peltola has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include Epilepsia Open, Epilepsia, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, Seizure, and Epilepsy Research.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry (2023, Neurology)
  • Norwegian population-based study of long-term effects, safety, and predictors of response of vagus nerve stimulation treatment in drug-resistant epilepsy: The NORPulse study (2021, Epilepsia)
  • European Expert Opinion on ANT-DBS therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (a Delphi consensus) (2020, Seizure)
  • Improving the effectiveness of ANT DBS therapy for epilepsy with optimal current targeting (2020, Epilepsia Open)
  • Chronically reduced IL-10 plasma levels are associated with hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy patients (2020, BMC Neurology)

Best Publications

  • Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

    Robert S. Fisher;J. Helen Cross;Jacqueline A. French;Norimichi Higurashi

  • Instruction manual for the ILAE 2017 operational classification of seizure types

    Robert S. Fisher;J. Helen Cross;Carol D'Souza;Jacqueline A. French

  • The prevalence of neuropsychiatric syndromes in systemic lupus erythematosus

    H. Ainiala;J. Loukkola;J. Peltola;M. Korpela

  • Validity of the new American College of Rheumatology criteria for neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes: a population‐based evaluation

    Hanna Ainiala;A. K. I. Hietaharju;Jukka Loukkola;Jukka Peltola

  • Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in patients with therapy-resistant epilepsy

    J. Peltola;P. Kulmala;J. Isojärvi;A. Saiz

  • Interleukin-6 and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with recent tonic-clonic seizures.

    J Peltola;J Palmio;Laura Korhonen;J Suhonen

  • Expression of cytokines and cytokine receptors in the rat brain after kainic acid-induced seizures

    K.A Lehtimäki;J Peltola;E Koskikallio;T Keränen

  • Cerebral MRI abnormalities and their association with neuropsychiatric manifestations in SLE: a population-based study.

    H Ainiala;P Dastidar;J Loukkola;T Lehtimäki

  • Clinical significance of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies in patients with epilepsy

    Suvi Liimatainen;Maria Peltola;Lidia Sabater;Mahdi Fallah

  • Regulation of IL-6 System in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Compartments by Seizures: The Effect of Seizure Type and Duration

    K.A Lehtimäki;T Keränen;H Huhtala;M Hurme

  • A new era in electroencephalographic monitoring? Subscalp devices for ultra–long‐term recordings

    Jonas Duun-Henriksen;Maxime Baud;Mark P Richardson;Mark Cook

  • Increased plasma levels of cytokines after seizures in localization‐related epilepsy

    K. A. Lehtimäki;T. Keränen;J. Palmio;R. Mäkinen

  • Elevated levels of interleukin-6 may occur in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with recent epileptic seizures

    Jukka Peltola;Mikko Hurme;Ari Miettinen;Tapani Keränen

  • Intranasal administration of human IL-6 increases the severity of chemically induced seizures in rats.

    Allan V Kalueff;Kai A Lehtimaki;Aarne Ylinen;Jari Honkaniemi

  • The effect of ascorbate and ubiquinone supplementation on plasma and CSF total antioxidant capacity

    Kimmo Lönnrot;Timo MetsÄ-KetelÄ;Gábor Molnár;Jukka-Pekka Ahonen

  • Outcome based definition of the anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation target in refractory epilepsy.

    K. Lehtimäki;T. Möttönen;K. Järventausta;J. Katisko

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Working Memory Performance

    Lihua Sun;Jari Peräkylä;Katri Holm;Joonas Haapasalo

  • The balance of inhibitory and excitatory cytokines is differently regulated in vivo and in vitro among therapy resistant epilepsy patients.

    Janne Hulkkonen;Elina Koskikallio;Sirpa Rainesalo;Tapani Keränen

  • Antiphospholipid and antinuclear antibodies in patients with epilepsy or new-onset seizure disorders

    Jukka T Peltola;Anna-Maija Haapala;Jouko I Isojärvi;Anssi Auvinen

  • Increased serum matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations and brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities

    Hanna Ainiala;Aki Hietaharju;Prasun Dastidar;Jukka Loukkola

Frequent Co-Authors

Sameer M. Zuberi
Sameer M. Zuberi University of Glasgow
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Floor E. Jansen
Floor E. Jansen Utrecht University
Robert S. Fisher
Robert S. Fisher Stanford University
Lieven Lagae
Lieven Lagae KU Leuven
Solomon L. Moshé
Solomon L. Moshé Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Edouard Hirsch
Edouard Hirsch University of Strasbourg
Jouko I. T. Isojärvi
Jouko I. T. Isojärvi University of Oulu
Reetta Kälviäinen
Reetta Kälviäinen University of Eastern Finland

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