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Sanna-Kaisa Herukka is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with notable contributions in neurology, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and physiology.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

Recent notable publications by Sanna-Kaisa Herukka include:

  • "Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum," 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • "Early Alzheimer's disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states," 2023, Cell
  • "Genome-wide meta-analysis for Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers," 2022, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "GFAP as a biomarker in frontotemporal dementia and primary psychiatric disorders: diagnostic and prognostic performance," 2021, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Neurofilament Light Regulates Axon Caliber, Synaptic Activity, and Organelle Trafficking in Cultured Human Motor Neurons," 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent academic collaborators include:

  • Tarja Kokkola
  • Ville Leinonen
  • Annakaisa Haapasalo
  • Tuomas Rauramaa
  • Mikko Hiltunen

The scientist regularly publishes in a range of specialized journals and platforms, with the most frequent venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • Scientific Reports

The body of work spans across multiple subfields that intersect closely with clinical and molecular aspects of neuroscience and neurology. This multidisciplinary approach reflects in their engagement with disorders such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions, addressing both biomarker development and disease pathology.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    Niklas Mattsson;Henrik Zetterberg;Oskar Hansson;Niels Andreasen

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid 42 and Tau Proteins as Biomarkers of Alzheimer-Type Pathologic Changes in the Brain

    Tero Tapiola;Irina Alafuzoff;Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Laura Parkkinen

  • The Alzheimer's Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

    Niklas Mattsson;Ulf Andreasson;Staffan Persson;Hiroyuki Arai

  • Prevalence and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease at the mild cognitive impairment stage.

    Stephanie J B Vos;Frans Verhey;Lutz Frölich;Johannes Kornhuber

  • CSF biomarker variability in the Alzheimer's Association quality control program

    Niklas Mattsson;Niklas Mattsson;Ulf Andreasson;Staffan Persson;Maria C. Carrillo

  • The cerebrospinal fluid “Alzheimer profile”: Easily said, but what does it mean?

    Flora H. Duits;Charlotte E. Teunissen;Femke H. Bouwman;Pieter-Jelle Visser;Pieter-Jelle Visser

  • CSF Abeta42 and tau or phosphorylated tau and prediction of progressive mild cognitive impairment.

    Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Merja Hallikainen;Hilkka Soininen;Tuula Pirttilä

  • CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer disease correlate with cortical brain biopsy findings.

    T. T. Seppala;O. Nerg;A. M. Koivisto;J. Rummukainen

  • Expression of interleukin-18 is increased in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients

    Johanna Ojala;Irina Alafuzoff;Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Thomas van Groen;Thomas van Groen

  • Early Alzheimer’s disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states

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  • Age and diagnostic performance of Alzheimer disease CSF biomarkers

    N. Mattsson;E. Rosen;O. Hansson;N. Andreasen

  • Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in trials for Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases

    Alberto Lleó;Enrica Cavedo;Lucilla Parnetti;Hugo Vanderstichele

  • Recommendations for CSF AD biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of dementia

    Anja Hviid Simonsen;Sanna Kaisa Herukka;Niels Andreasen;Ines Baldeiras

  • Recommendations for cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of mild cognitive impairment

    Sanna Kaisa Herukka;Anja Hviid Simonsen;Niels Andreasen;Ines Baldeiras

  • Association of Cerebral Amyloid-β Aggregation With Cognitive Functioning in Persons Without Dementia.

    Willemijn J Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Betty M Tijms;Anne M Fagan

  • CSF Aβ42, Tau and phosphorylated Tau, APOE ɛ4 allele and MCI type in progressive MCI

    Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Seppo Helisalmi;Merja Hallikainen;Susanna Tervo

  • CSF biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A large-scale international multicenter study

    Michael Ewers;Niklas Mattsson;Niklas Mattsson;Lennart Minthon;Lennart Minthon;José L. Molinuevo

  • PET Amyloid Ligand [11C]PIB Uptake and Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    J. Koivunen;T. Pirttilä;N. Kemppainen;S. Aalto

  • Pittsburgh compound B imaging and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-β in a multicentre European memory clinic study.

    Antoine Leuzy;Konstantinos Chiotis;Steen G. Hasselbalch;Juha O. Rinne;Juha O. Rinne

  • Biomarker-based prognosis for people with mild cognitive impairment (ABIDE): a modelling study

    Ingrid S. van Maurik;Stephanie J. Vos;Isabelle Bos;Isabelle Bos;Femke H. Bouwman

  • CSFBiomarkersandIncipientAlzheimerDisease in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Niklas Mattsson;Henrik Zetterberg;Oskar Hansson;Niels Andreasen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilkka Soininen
Hilkka Soininen University of Eastern Finland
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Tuula Pirttilä
Tuula Pirttilä University of Eastern Finland
Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Juha O. Rinne
Juha O. Rinne Turku University Hospital
Patrizia Mecocci
Patrizia Mecocci University of Perugia
Dag Aarsland
Dag Aarsland King's College London

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