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  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Matti Haltia is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their academic work primarily focuses on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has a particular interest in cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, cell biology, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics of research covered by Matti Haltia include genetic neurodegenerative diseases, cellular transport and secretion, hereditary neurological disorders, RNA regulation and disease, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, and lysosomal storage disorders research, as well as studies on alcoholism and thiamine deficiency.

Recent publications by Matti Haltia feature a range of subjects related to neurological diseases and neuroscience. These papers include:

  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease is genetically heterogeneous, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Hornerin deposits in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease: direct identification of proteins with compositionally biased regions in inclusions, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Finnish neuroscience from past to present, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Letter to the editor on: Hornerin deposits in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease: direct identification of proteins with compositionally biased regions in inclusions by Park et al. (2022), 2024, Acta Neuropathologica Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Matti Haltia include Pentti J. Tienari, Zhongbo Chen, Wai Yan Yau, Zane Jaunmuktane, and Arianna Tucci. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications, illustrating ongoing research partnerships.

Regarding publication venues, Matti Haltia's work is predominantly published in:

  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • European Journal of Neuroscience

In recognition of scholarly contributions, Matti Haltia became a member of the Academia Europaea in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Apolipoprotein E, dementia, and cortical deposition of beta-amyloid protein.

    Tuomo Polvikoski;Raimo Sulkava;Matti Haltia;Katariina Kainulainen

  • Atypical and anaplastic meningiomas: radiology, surgery, radiotherapy, and outcome.

    Juha Jääskeläinen;Matti Haltia;Antti Servo

  • Multiple sclerosis: in situ evidence for antibody- and complement-mediated demyelination.

    Maria K. Storch;Sara Piddlesden;Matti Haltia;Matti Iivanainen

  • Neuropathological Diagnostic-criteria for Creutzfeldt-jakob-disease (cjd) and Other Human Spongiform Encephalopathies (prion Diseases)

    Herbert Budka;Adriano Aguzzi;Paul Brown;Jean-Marie Brucher

  • Cathepsin D deficiency underlies congenital human neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis.

    Eija Siintola;Sanna Partanen;Petter Strömme;Aleksi Haapanen

  • The structure of the presenilin 1 (S182) gene and identification of six novel mutations in early onset AD families

    Robert Clark;Michael Hutton;Rebecca Fuldner;Sue Froelich

  • The Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses

    Matti Haltia

  • A variant of Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques due to deletion of exon 9 of presenilin 1

    Richard Crook;Auli Verkkoniemi;Jordi Perez-Tur;Nitin Mehta

  • Mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit c storage in the ceroid-lipofuscinoses (Batten disease).

    David N. Palmer;Ian M. Fearnley;John E. Walker;Nicholas A. Hall

  • Long-term outcome after removal of spinal schwannoma: a clinicopathological study of 187 cases

    Matti T. Seppälä;Matti J. J. Haltia;Risto J. Sankila;Juha E. Jääskeläinen

  • The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses : batten disease

    Sara E. Mole;Matti Haltia

  • Infantile type of so-called neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis

    P. Santavuori;M. Haltia;J. Rapola;Christina Raitta

  • Multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA in several tissues of a patient with severe retarded depression and familial progressive external ophthalmoplegia.

    A Suomalainen;A Majander;M Haltia;H Somer

  • DAP12/TREM2 deficiency results in impaired osteoclast differentiation and osteoporotic features.

    Juha Paloneva;Jami Mandelin;Anna Kiialainen;Tom Böhling

  • Expression of endothelial cell-specific receptor tyrosine kinases and growth factors in human brain tumors.

    E Hatva;A Kaipainen;P Mentula;J Jääskeläinen

  • An autosomal locus predisposing to deletions of mitochondrial DNA

    Anu Suomalainen;Jyrki Kaukonen;Patrizia Amati;Ritva Timonen

  • The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses: from past to present.

    Matti Haltia

  • The growth rate of intracranial meningiomas and its relation to histology. An analysis of 43 patients

    Juha Jääskeläinen;Matti Haltia;Erkki Laasonen;Torsten Wahlström

  • Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of vascular dementia: a prospective clinical and post-mortem neuropathological study.

    T Erkinjuntti;M Haltia;J Palo;R Sulkava

  • Amyloid β protein (Aβ) deposition in chromosome 14-linked Alzheimer's disease : Predominance of Aβ42(43)

    D. M. A. Mann;T. Iwatsubo;N. J. Cairns;P. L. Lantos

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Paetau
Anders Paetau University of Helsinki
Raimo Sulkava
Raimo Sulkava University of Eastern Finland
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Hannu Kalimo
Hannu Kalimo University of Helsinki
Jordi Pérez-Tur
Jordi Pérez-Tur Spanish National Research Council
Pentti J. Tienari
Pentti J. Tienari University of Helsinki
Jorge Ghiso
Jorge Ghiso New York University
Antti Vaheri
Antti Vaheri University of Helsinki
Kimmo Kontula
Kimmo Kontula University of Helsinki
Leena Peltonen
Leena Peltonen University of Helsinki

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