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Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
11849
World Ranking
4024
National Ranking
26

Overview

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and specializes in neuroscience. Their research primarily addresses circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and related disorders, as well as sleep and wakefulness research. Additional topics of focus include birth, development, and health, telomeres, telomerase, and senescence, infant nutrition and health, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The main fields of study covered by their work include neuroscience with a concentration in subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and physiology.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist's work comprise:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Pain
  • Current Opinion in Physiology

Several coauthors have collaborated repeatedly with Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen, among them:

  • Tiina Paunio
  • Antti-Jussi Ämmälä
  • Emma Vitikainen
  • Iiris Hovatta
  • E. Juulia Paavonen

Recent publications illustrate the range of topics pursued:

  • "Maternal stress or sleep during pregnancy are not reflected on telomere length of newborns" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Differential DNA methylation in recovery from shift work disorder" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Effects of commonly used analgesics on sleep architecture: a topical review" (2024) in Pain
  • "Molecular mechanisms of (recovery) sleep: lessons from Drosophila melanogaster" (2020) in Current Opinion in Physiology

Best Publications

  • Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Robert E. Strecker;Mahesh Thakkar;Alvhild A. Bjørkum

  • Brain site-specificity of extracellular adenosine concentration changes during sleep deprivation and spontaneous sleep: an in vivo microdialysis study.

    T Porkka-Heiskanen;R.E Strecker;R.W McCarley

  • Sleep Restriction Increases the Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases by Augmenting Proinflammatory Responses through IL-17 and CRP

    Wessel M. A. van Leeuwen;Maili Lehto;Piia Karisola;Harri Lindholm

  • Adenosinergic modulation of basal forebrain and preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neuronal activity in the control of behavioral state

    Robert E Strecker;Stephen Morairty;Mahesh M Thakkar;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Adenosine, energy metabolism and sleep homeostasis

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Anna V. Kalinchuk

  • Adenosine and sleep.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Lauri Alanko;Anna Kalinchuk;Dag Stenberg

  • Women's sleep in health and disease

    Andrea Dzaja;Sara Arber;Jenny Hislop;Myriam Kerkhofs

  • Short sleep duration and behavioral symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in healthy 7- to 8-year-old children.

    E Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Jari Lahti;Niina Komsi

  • Adenosine in sleep and wakefulness

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Sleep quality, duration and behavioral symptoms among 5–6-year-old children

    E. Juulia Paavonen;E. Juulia Paavonen;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Anja Riitta Lahikainen

  • Enhanced Memory Consolidation Via Automatic Sound Stimulation During Non-REM Sleep.

    Miika M. Leminen;Jussi Virkkala;Emma Saure;Teemu Paajanen

  • Sleep, its regulation and possible mechanisms of sleep disturbances

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Kirsi-Marja Zitting;Henna-Kaisa Wigren

  • Sleep homeostasis

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  • Noradrenergic activity in rat brain during rapid eye movement sleep deprivation and rebound sleep.

    T. Porkka-Heiskanen;S. E. Smith;T. Taira;J. H. Urban

  • Sleep and its homeostatic regulation in mice lacking the adenosine A1 receptor.

    Dag Stenberg;Erik Litonius;Linda Halldner;Björn Johansson

  • Correlation between salivary and serum melatonin: dependence on serum melatonin levels.

    Maija-Liisa Laakso;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Aino Alila;Dag Stenberg

  • Sleep quality and cognitive performance in 8-year-old children

    E. Juulia Paavonen;Katri Räikkönen;Anu-Katriina Pesonen;Jari Lahti

  • Insomnia is a frequent finding in adults with Asperger syndrome

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Taina Nieminen-von Wendt;Lennart von Wendt

  • Prolonged sleep restriction induces changes in pathways involved in cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory responses

    Vilma Aho;Hanna M. Ollila;Erkki Kronholm;Isabel Bondia-Pons;Isabel Bondia-Pons

  • Prolonged Sleep Restriction Affects Glucose Metabolism in Healthy Young Men

    Wessel M. A. van Leeuwen;Christer Hublin;Mikael Sallinen;Mikko Härmä

  • Local energy depletion in the basal forebrain increases sleep

    Anna V. Kalinchuk;Anna-Sofia Urrila;Lauri Alanko;Silja Heiskanen

  • Orexin A and B levels in the hypothalamus of female rats: the effects of the estrous cycle and age

    T Porkka-Heiskanen;A Kalinchuk;L Alanko;I Huhtaniemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Nina Lindberg
Nina Lindberg University of Helsinki
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Kaisa Silander
Kaisa Silander Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System
Johannes Kettunen
Johannes Kettunen University of Oulu
Mahesh M. Thakkar
Mahesh M. Thakkar University of Missouri
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki
Anu-Katriina Pesonen
Anu-Katriina Pesonen University of Helsinki

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