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Overview

Mervi Könönen is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience, focusing extensively on neurology and advanced neuroimaging methods.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The primary subfields of Könönen's research are:

  • Neurology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Könönen include:

  • Petro Julkunen
  • Laura Säïsänen
  • Ritva Vanninen
  • Sara Määttä
  • Esa Mervaala

The scientist's research is often published in specific venues, notably:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • NeuroImage
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Recent publications demonstrate the range and focus of Könönen's investigations:

  • "Primary hand motor representation areas in healthy children, preadolescents, adolescents, and adults" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "TMS-EEG Biomarkers of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Six Years Prospective Study" (2021, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience)
  • "Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Increased Cortical Amyloid-β Deposition" (2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease)
  • "Corticospinal excitability in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study" (2020, Fluids and Barriers of the CNS)
  • "Atlas-informed computational processing pipeline for individual targeting of brain areas for therapeutic navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation" (2021, Clinical Neurophysiology)

Best Publications

  • Quantitative MRI of the hippocampus and amygdala in severe depression.

    E. Mervaala;J. Föhr;M. Könönen;M. Valkonen-Korhonen

  • Verbal fluency activates the left medial temporal lobe: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Tuomo Hänninen;Mervi Könönen

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and Tract-Based Spatial Statistics in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

    Yawu Liu;Gabriela Spulber;Kimmo K. Lehtimäki;Mervi Könönen

  • Comparison of navigated and non-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor cortex mapping, motor threshold and motor evoked potentials.

    Petro Julkunen;Laura Säisänen;Nils Danner;Eini Niskanen

  • Hippocampus and entorhinal cortex in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: a morphometric MRI study

    Mikko P. Laakso;Giovanni B. Frisoni;Mervi Könönen;Mia Mikkonen

  • A voxel based morphometry study on mild cognitive impairment.

    Pennanen C;Testa C;Laakso Mp;Hallikainen M

  • Cerebral benzodiazepine receptor binding and distribution in generalized anxiety disorder: a fractal analysis.

    J. Tiihonen;J. Kuikka;P. Räsänen;U. Lepola

  • Visual presentation of novel objects and new spatial arrangements of objects differentially activates the medial temporal lobe subareas in humans

    Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Mervi Könönen;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Brain anatomy of persistent violent offenders: more rather than less.

    Jari Tiihonen;Roberta Rossi;Mikko P. Laakso;Sheilagh Hodgins

  • Auditory sensory memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease: an event-related potential study

    Eero Pekkonen;Veikko Jousmäki;Mervi Könönen;Kalevi Reinikainen

  • Factors influencing cortical silent period: optimized stimulus location, intensity and muscle contraction.

    Laura Säisänen;Eriikka Pirinen;Selja Teitti;Mervi Könönen

  • Motor potentials evoked by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects.

    Laura Säisänen;Petro Julkunen;Eini Niskanen;Nils Danner

  • Navigated TMS combined with EEG in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study.

    Petro Julkunen;Anne M. Jauhiainen;Susanna Westerén-Punnonen;Eriikka Pirinen

  • Abnormal hippocampal shape in offenders with psychopathy.

    Marina Boccardi;Rossana Ganzola;Roberta Rossi;Francesca Sabattoli

  • Cerebral hemodynamics in human acute ischemic stroke: a study with diffusion- and perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and SPECT.

    Yawu Liu;Jari O. Karonen;Ritva L. Vanninen;Leif Østergaard

  • Sensorimotor cortex excitability and connectivity in Alzheimer's disease: A TMS-EEG Co-registration study.

    Florinda Ferreri;Fabrizio Vecchio;Luca Vollero;Andrea Guerra

  • Variability of physiological brain perfusion in healthy subjects - A systematic review of modifiers. Considerations for multi-center ASL studies.

    Patricia Clement;Henk-Jan Mutsaerts;Lena Václavů;Eidrees Ghariq

  • Encoding of novel picture pairs activates the perirhinal cortex: an fMRI study.

    Maija Pihlajamäki;Heikki Tanila;Tuomo Hänninen;Mervi Könönen

  • Deep Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Structures in Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome: A Study with nor-β-CIT-Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetry

    Raili S. Riikonen;Pekka Nokelainen;Kirsi Valkonen;Anni I. Kolehmainen

  • Hippocampal damage in newly diagnosed focal epilepsy: A prospective MRI study

    T Salmenpera;M Kononen;Neil Roberts;R Vanninen

Frequent Co-Authors

Petro Julkunen
Petro Julkunen University of Eastern Finland
Esa Mervaala
Esa Mervaala University of Eastern Finland
Jari Karhu
Jari Karhu Nexstim (Finland)
Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland
Reetta Kälviäinen
Reetta Kälviäinen University of Eastern Finland
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Juhani Partanen
Juhani Partanen University of Helsinki
Heikki Tanila
Heikki Tanila University of Eastern Finland
Ina M. Tarkka
Ina M. Tarkka University of Jyväskylä
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland

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