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Mikko Laakso

MD, PhD; Adjunct Professor
Verified email at uef.fi
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Midlife vascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease in later life: longitudinal, population based study

M Kivipelto, EL Helkala, MP Laakso, T Hänninen… - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
Objective: To examine the relation of midlife raised blood pressure and serum cholesterol
concentrations to Alzheimer's disease in later life. Design: Prospective, population based study…

Midlife vascular risk factors and late-life mild cognitive impairment: a population-based study

M Kivipelto, EL Helkala, T Hanninen, MP Laakso… - Neurology, 2001 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To evaluate the impact of midlife elevated serum cholesterol levels and blood
pressure on the subsequent development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and to investigate …

MR volumetric analysis of the human entorhinal, perirhinal, and temporopolar cortices.

…, K Partanen, P Vainio, MP Laakso… - American journal …, 1998 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE Our purpose was to investigate the normal volumes of the human entorhinal,
perirhinal, and temporopolar cortices on MR imaging studies using a customized program. …

Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele, elevated midlife total cholesterol level, and high midlife systolic blood pressure are independent risk factors for late-life Alzheimer disease

M Kivipelto, EL Helkala, MP Laakso… - Annals of internal …, 2002 - acpjournals.org
Background: Presence of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) ε4 allele, which is involved in cholesterol
metabolism, is the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease. Elevated …

Hippocampus and entorhinal cortex in mild cognitive impairment and early AD

…, P Hartikainen, T Hänninen, MP Laakso… - Neurobiology of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been suggested as a useful tool in early diagnosis
of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Based on MRI-derived volumes, we studied the hippocampus …

Psychopathy and the posterior hippocampus

MP Laakso, O Vaurio, E Koivisto, L Savolainen… - Behavioural brain …, 2001 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Mikko P. Laakso a b , Olli Vaurio c , Esa Koivisto d , Liisa
Savolainen c , Markku Eronen c d , Hannu J. Aronen b , Panu Hakola c , Eila Repo c , Hilkka …

Comparative MR analysis of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in diagnosing Alzheimer disease

K Juottonen, MP Laakso, K Partanen… - American Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our purpose was to use volumetric MR imaging to
compare the extent of atrophy and discriminative ability of the volumes of two temporal lobe …

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

MP Laakso, GB Frisoni, M Könönen, M Mikkonen… - Biological …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of hippocampal atrophy is a sensitive but
not specific method to support the clinical diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We …

Brain anatomy of persistent violent offenders: more rather than less

J Tiihonen, R Rossi, MP Laakso, S Hodgins… - Psychiatry Research …, 2008 - Elsevier
Most violent crimes in Western societies are committed by a small group of men who display
antisocial behavior from an early age that remains stable across the life-span. It is not …

Cortex and amygdala morphology in psychopathy

…, P Najt, M Pievani, PE Rasser, MP Laakso… - Psychiatry Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Psychopathy displays abnormal emotional processes, but only recent neuroimaging studies
have investigated its cerebral correlates. The study's aim was to map local differences of …