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Markku Partinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research activity spans multiple fields including Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a distinct emphasis on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology. Within the neuroscientific domain, the subfields also include Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Neurology.

The principal research topics addressed by Markku Partinen involve various aspects of sleep and related disorders. The major topics of study include Sleep and related disorders, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Restless Legs Syndrome Research, and Circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Markku Partinen has contributed to research published in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Sleep Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • Nature and Science of Sleep
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Among their recent papers are works addressing clinical and epidemiological aspects of sleep disorders and pandemic-related mental health issues:

  • Insomnia, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international collaborative study (2021) published in Sleep Medicine
  • Pitolisant for Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Who Refuse Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment. A Randomized Trial (2020) published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Diagnosis of central disorders of hypersomnolence: A reappraisal by European experts (2020) published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children (2021) published in European Journal of Neurology
  • European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children (2021) published in Journal of Sleep Research

Markku Partinen collaborates frequently with several researchers in the sleep and neurology fields. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yves Dauvilliers
  • Bjørn Bjorvatn
  • Giuseppe Plazzi
  • Charles M. Morin
  • Frances Chung

Best Publications

  • Long-term Outcome for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients: Mortality

    Markku Partinen;Andrew Jamieson;Christian Guilleminault

  • Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men

    M Koskenvuo;J Kaprio;T Telakivi;M Partinen

  • Daytime sleepiness and vascular morbidity at seven-year follow-up in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

    Markku Partinen;Markku Partinen;Christian Guilleminault;Christian Guilleminault

  • Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire (BNSQ): a quantitated measure of subjective sleep complaints.

    Markku Partinen;Thorarinn Gislason

  • AS03 Adjuvanted AH1N1 Vaccine Associated with an Abrupt Increase in the Incidence of Childhood Narcolepsy in Finland

    Hanna Nohynek;Jukka Jokinen;Markku Partinen;Outi Vaarala

  • SNORING AS A RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERTENSION AND ANGINA PECTORIS

    Markku Koskenvuo;Markku Partinen;Seppo Sarna;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Sleep and mortality: a population-based 22-year follow-up study.

    Christer Hublin;Markku Partinen;Markku Koskenvuo;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Lifestyle intervention with weight reduction: first-line treatment in mild obstructive sleep apnea.

    Henri P. I. Tuomilehto;Juha M. Seppä;Markku M. Partinen;Markku Peltonen

  • SNORING AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION

    Markku Partinen;Heikki Palomaki

  • Epidemiology of sleep disorders.

    Markku Partinen

  • Obstructive sleep apneic patients have craniomandibular abnormalities.

    Andrew Jamieson;Christian Guilleminault;Markku Partinen;Maria Antonia Quera-Salva

  • Increased Incidence and Clinical Picture of Childhood Narcolepsy following the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Vaccination Campaign in Finland

    Markku Partinen;Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä;Ismo Ilveskoski;Christer Hublin

  • SLEEP AND PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS

    M. Billiard;M. Partinen;T. Roth;C. Shapiro

  • Obstructive sleep apnea and cephalometric roentgenograms. The role of anatomic upper airway abnormalities in the definition of abnormal breathing during sleep.

    Markku Partinen;Christian Guilleminault;Maria-Antonia Quera-Salva;Maria-Antonia Quera-Salva;Andrew Jamieson

  • Prevalence and Genetics of Sleepwalking: A Population-based Twin Study

    C Hublin;J Kaprio;Markku Partinen;Kauko Veli Heikkilä

  • Special section World Health Organisation (WHO) - World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) Recommendations - Part 1 Developing ICF Core Sets for persons with sleep disorders based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health q

    A. Stucki;A. Cieza;F. Michel;G. Stucki

  • Trends in self-reported sleep duration and insomnia-related symptoms in Finland from 1972 to 2005: a comparative review and re-analysis of Finnish population samples

    Erkki Kronholm;Timo Partonen;Tiina Laatikainen;Markku Peltonen

  • Genetic and environmental determination of human sleep.

    Markku Partinen;Jaakko Kaprio;Markku Koskenvuo;Pekka Putkonen

  • Determinants of Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    C Guilleminault;M Partinen;M A Quera-Salva;M A Quera-Salva;B Hayes

  • Women and the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Christian Guilleminault;Maria-Antonia Quera-Salva;Markku Partinen;Andrew Jamieson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Markku Koskenvuo
Markku Koskenvuo University of Helsinki
Ilkka Julkunen
Ilkka Julkunen University of Turku
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Christian Guilleminault
Christian Guilleminault Stanford University
Outi Vaarala
Outi Vaarala University of Helsinki
Emmanuel Mignot
Emmanuel Mignot Stanford University
Fabio Pizza
Fabio Pizza University of Bologna
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen

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