[HTML][HTML] Infant and child MRI: a review of scanning procedures

…, J Saunavaara, T Lähdesmäki, R Parkkola… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe method to examine human brain. However, a
typical MR scan is very sensitive to motion, and it requires the subject to lie still during the …

Magnetic resonance imaging of the discs and trunk muscles in patients with chronic low back pain and healthy control subjects

R Parkkola, U Rytökoski, M Kormano - Spine, 1993 - journals.lww.com
This study aimed to evaluate the lumbar intervertebral discs and the maximum isometric
strength and size of the trunk muscles of middle-aged healthy volunteers (60 persons) and low …

Is emotional contagion special? An fMRI study on neural systems for affective and cognitive empathy

L Nummenmaa, J Hirvonen, R Parkkola, JK Hietanen - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Empathy allows us to simulate others' affective and cognitive mental states internally, and it
has been proposed that the mirroring or motor representation systems play a key role in such …

Myocardial triglyceride content and epicardial fat mass in human obesity: relationship to left ventricular function and serum free fatty acid levels

…, J Knuuti, P Nuutila, R Parkkola… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Context and Objective: Ectopic fat accumulation within and around the myocardial wall has
been implicated in the pathogenesis of heart disease in obesity. We evaluated myocardial …

Glucose uptake and perfusion in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue during insulin stimulation in nonobese and obese humans

KA Virtanen, P Lönnroth, R Parkkola… - The Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
r = −0.57, P = 0.009 in sc adipose tissue and r = −0.71, P = 0.0007 in visceral adipose tissue,
Fig. 5). Because the obese subjects had lower whole-body uptake rates and enlarged body …

PET amyloid ligand [11C]PIB uptake is increased in mild cognitive impairment

…, M Kailajarvi, M Scheinin, M Viitanen, R Parkkola… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have increased risk to develop
Alzheimer disease (AD). In AD increased brain amyloid burden has been demonstrated in …

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Focal Hyperinsulinism of Infancy With [18F]-DOPA Positron Emission Tomography

…, K Hussain, P Tapanainen, O Eskola, R Parkkola… - Diabetes, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (CHI) is characterized by severe hypoglycemia due to
dysregulated insulin secretion, associated with either focal or diffuse pathology of the …

Prenatal exposures and infant brain: Review of magnetic resonance imaging studies and a population description analysis

…, H Merisaari, L Karlsson, R Parkkola… - Human Brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Brain development is most rapid during the fetal period and the first years of life. This process
can be affected by many in utero factors, such as chemical exposures and maternal health …

Cognitive reserve hypothesis: Pittsburgh Compound B and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in relation to education in mild Alzheimer's disease

…, V Oikonen, M Viitanen, R Parkkola… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in high‐educated individuals has
been proposed to reflect brain cognitive reserve, which would provide more efficient …

Blunted metabolic responses to cold and insulin stimulation in brown adipose tissue of obese humans

J Orava, P Nuutila, T Noponen, R Parkkola, T Viljanen… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
r = −0.37, P = 0.0035). The cold-induced BAT glucose uptake rate also correlated with the M
value (r = 0.35, P = 0.030) and AUC of glucose in OGTT (r … -adjusted Pearson's r and P value …