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Matti S. Airaksinen

Matti S. Airaksinen

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D-Index
59
Citations
14253
World Ranking
3973
National Ranking
25

Overview

Matti S. Airaksinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their scholarly work spans various subfields, including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, General Health Professions, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Surgery, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics of their research focus on aspects such as Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention; Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders; Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life; Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments; Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors; Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare; and Child and Adolescent Health.

Matti S. Airaksinen has authored several papers published in recognized venues. Key publications include:

  • Inclusion of medication-related fall risk in fall risk assessment tool in geriatric care units, 2020, BMC Geriatrics
  • GFRα2 as a GPS marker: Role of GFRα2 in pituitary gland, 2021, Endocrine Abstracts
  • Varhainen puuttuminen nuorten rikoksiin ja hyvinvointiin liittyviin ongelmiin: kyselytutkimus monialaista yhteistyötä tekeville ammattilaisille, 2021, Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti

Their research collaborations include working with various coauthors such as Jana Michalcova, Karel Vašut, Katarína Bielaková, Dieste Alberto Pradilla, and Lavandeira Montserrat García.

Publication activity by venue includes contributions to BMC Geriatrics, Endocrine Abstracts, and Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti, reflecting a diverse engagement with journals in geriatrics, endocrinology, and social medicine.

Best Publications

  • The GDNF family: Signalling, biological functions and therapeutic value

    Matti S. Airaksinen;Mart Saarma

  • Histamine-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the rat brain.

    P. Panula;U. Pirvola;S. Auvinen;M.S. Airaksinen

  • Cation-chloride cotransporters and neuronal function.

    Peter Blaesse;Matti S. Airaksinen;Claudio Rivera;Kai Kaila

  • BDNF-induced TrkB activation down-regulates the K+–Cl− cotransporter KCC2 and impairs neuronal Cl− extrusion

    Claudio Rivera;Hong Li;Judith Thomas-Crusells;Hannele Lahtinen

  • GDNF Family Neurotrophic Factor Signaling: Four Masters, One Servant?☆

    Matti S. Airaksinen;Alexey Titievsky;Mart Saarma

  • LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia

    Clyde Francks;S. Maegawa;J. Laurén;B. S. Abrahams

  • An unbiased expression screen for synaptogenic proteins identifies the LRRTM protein family as synaptic organizers.

    Michael W. Linhoff;Juha Laurén;Juha Laurén;Robert M. Cassidy;Frederick A. Dobie

  • Inactivation of bcl-2 Results in Progressive Degeneration of Motoneurons, Sympathetic and Sensory Neurons during Early Postnatal Development

    T.M Michaelidis;M Sendtner;J.D Cooper;M.S Airaksinen

  • A histamine-containing neuronal system in human brain.

    P. Panula;M.S. Airaksinen;U. Pirvola;E. Kotilainen

  • Retarded Growth and Deficits in the Enteric and Parasympathetic Nervous System in Mice Lacking GFRα2, a Functional Neurturin Receptor

    Jari Rossi;Keijo Luukko;Dmitry Poteryaev;Antti Laurikainen

  • KCC2 interacts with the dendritic cytoskeleton to promote spine development.

    Hong Li;Stanislav Khirug;Chunlin Cai;Anastasia Ludwig

  • The histaminergic system in the guinea pig central nervous system: An immunocytochemical mapping study using an antiserum against histamine

    Matti S. Airaksinen;Pertti Panula

  • Specific subtypes of cutaneous mechanoreceptors require neurotrophin-3 following peripheral target innervation

    Matti S Airaksinen;Martin Koltzenburg;Gary R Lewin;Yasuo Masu

  • Patterns of cation-chloride cotransporter expression during embryonic rodent CNS development

    Hong Li;Janne Tornberg;Kai Kaila;Matti S. Airaksinen

  • Carbodiimide as a tissue fixative in histamine immunohistochemistry and its application in developmental neurobiology.

    P Panula;Olli P Häppölä;M S Airaksinen;S Auvinen

  • Histamine neurons in human hypothalamus: Anatomy in normal and alzheimer diseased brains

    Airaksinen Ms;Paetau A;Paljärvi L;Reinikainen K

  • Purkinje cell survival and axonal regeneration are age dependent: An in vitro study

    Isabelle Dusart;Matti S. Airaksinen;Constantino Sotelo

  • A novel gene family encoding leucine-rich repeat transmembrane proteins differentially expressed in the nervous system.

    Juha Laurén;Matti S Airaksinen;Mart Saarma;Tõnis Timmusk

  • A novel N-terminal isoform of the neuron-specific K-Cl cotransporter KCC2.

    Pavel Uvarov;Anastasia Ludwig;Marika Markkanen;Priit Pruunsild

  • GDNF family ligands and receptors are differentially regulated after brain insults in the rat.

    Zaal Kokaia;Matti S. Airaksinen;Matti S. Airaksinen;Avtandil Nanobashvili;Elin Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mart Saarma
Mart Saarma University of Helsinki
Claudio Rivera
Claudio Rivera University of Helsinki
Kai Kaila
Kai Kaila University of Helsinki
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Sari E. Lauri
Sari E. Lauri University of Helsinki
Yves De Koninck
Yves De Koninck Université Laval
Zaal Kokaia
Zaal Kokaia Lund University
Lynn E. DeLisi
Lynn E. DeLisi Harvard Medical School
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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