Kerttu Seppälä - UTU Research Portal

Kerttu Seppälä

- Doctoral Researcher,
Psychiatry (Department of Clinical Medicine)
- Doctoral Researcher,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

kerttu.seppala@utu.fi

: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4068-4059

Endogenous opioid system modulates proximal and distal threat signals in the human brain (2025)
- Molecular Psychiatry
Seppälä, Kerttu; Putkinen, Vesa; Harju, Harri; Rebelos, Eleni; Hirvonen, Jussi; Helin, Semi; Rajander, Johan; Karlsson, Henry K.; Saunavaara, Jani; Hyönä, Jukka; Nummenmaa, Lauri
Exposure to bullying engages social distress circuits in the adolescent and adult brain (2025)
- Journal of Neuroscience
Paranko, Birgitta; Garandeau, Claire F.; Seppälä, Kerttu; Putkinen, Vesa; Santavirta, Severi; Hirvonen, Jussi; Salmivalli, Christina; Nummenmaa, Lauri
Pleasurable music activates cerebral µ-opioid receptors: a combined PET-fMRI study (2025)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Putkinen, Vesa; Seppälä, Kerttu; Harju, Harri; Hirvonen, Jussi; Karlsson, Henry K.; Nummenmaa, Lauri
Reward responses to vicarious feeding depend on body mass index (2025)
- Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience
Järvinen, Lili; Santavirta, Severi; Putkinen, Vesa; Karlsson, Henry K.; Seppälä, Kerttu; Sun, Lihua; Hudson, Matthew; Hirvonen, Jussi; Nuutila, Pirjo; Nummenmaa, Lauri
Endogenous opioid receptor system mediates costly altruism in the human brain (2024)
- Communications Biology
Chen Jinglu; Putkinen Vesa; Seppälä Kerttu; Hirvonen Jussi; Ioumpa Kalliopi; Gazzola Valeria; Keysers Christian; Nummenmaa Lauri
Decoding brain basis of laughter and crying in natural scenes (2023)
- NeuroImage
Nummenmaa Lauri, Malèn Tuulia, Nazari-Farsani Sanaz, Seppälä Kerttu, Sun Lihua, Santavirta Severi, Karlsson Henry K, Hudson Matthew, Hirvonen Jussi, Sams Mikko, Scott Sophie, Putkinen Vesa
Functional organization of social perception networks in the human brain (2023)
- NeuroImage
Santavirta Severi, Karjalainen Tomi, Nazari-Farsani Sanaz, Hudson Matthew, Putkinen Vesa, Seppälä Kerttu, Sun Lihua, Glerean Enrico, Hirvonen Jussi, Karlsson Henry K, Nummenmaa Lauri
Neural responses to biological motion distinguish autistic and schizotypal traits (2023)
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Hudson Matthew, Santavirta Severi, Putkinen Vesa, Seppälä Kerttu, Sun Lihua, Karjalainen Tomi, Karlsson Henry K, Hirvonen Jussi, Nummenmaa Lauri
Pattern recognition reveals sex-dependent neural substrates of sexual perception (2023)
- Human Brain Mapping
Putkinen Vesa, Nazari-Farsani Sanaz, Karjalainen Tomi, Santavirta Severi, Hudson Matthew, Seppälä Kerttu, Sun Lihua, Karlsson Henry K., Hirvonen Jussi, Nummenmaa Lauri
Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism (2022)
- Cerebral Cortex
Sun Lihua, Lukkarinen Lasse, Noppari Tuomo, Nazari-Farsani Sanaz, Putkinen Vesa, Seppälä Kerttu, Hudson Matthew, Tani Pekka, Lindberg Nina, Karlsson Henry K., Hirvonen Jussi, Salomaa Marja, Venetjoki Niina, Lauerma Hannu, Tiihonen Jari, Nummenmaa Lauri
Molecular Imaging of the Human Emotion Circuit (2022) Social and Affective Neuroscience of Everyday Human Interaction Nummenmaa Lauri, Seppälä Kerttu, Putkinen Vesa
Renal Sinus Fat Is Expanded in Patients with Obesity and/or Hypertension and Reduced by Bariatric Surgery Associated with Hypertension Remission (2022)
- Metabolites
Moritz Emilia, Dadson Prince, Saukko Ekaterina, Honka Miikka-Juhani, Koskensalo Kalle, Seppälä Kerttu, Pekkarinen Laura, Moriconi Diego, Helmiö Mika, Salminen Paulina, Nuutila Pirjo, Rebelos Eleni
Brain Basis of Psychopathy in Criminal Offenders and General Population (2021)
- Cerebral Cortex
Nummenmaa Lauri, Lukkarinen Lasse, Sun Lihua, Putkinen Vesa, Seppälä Kerttu, Karjalainen Tomi, Karlsson Henry K., Hudson Matthew, Venetjoki Niina, Salomaa Marja, Rautio Päivi, Hirvonen Jussi, Lauerma Hannu, Tiihonen Jari
Comparison of: (2S,4R)-4-[F-18]Fluoroglutamine, [C-11]Methionine, and 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]Fluoro-D-Glucose and Two Small-Animal PET/CT Systems Imaging Rat Gliomas (2021)
- Frontiers in Oncology
Miner Maxwell WG, Liljenbäck Heidi, Virta Jenni, Helin Semi, Eskola Olli, Elo Petri, Teuho Jarmo, Seppälä Kerttu, Oikonen Vesa, Yang Guangli, Kindler-Röhrborn Andrea, Minn Heikki, Li Xiang-Guo, Roivainen Anne
Decoding Music-Evoked Emotions in the Auditory and Motor Cortex (2021)
- Cerebral Cortex
Putkinen V, Nazari-Farsani S, Seppälä K, Karjalainen T, Sun L, Karlsson HK, Hudson M, Heikkilä TT, Hirvonen J, Nummenmaa L
Dissociable neural systems for unconditioned acute and sustained fear (2020)
- NeuroImage
Hudson M, Seppälä K, Putkinen V, Sun LH, Glerean E, Karjalainen T, Karlsson HK, Hirvonen J, Nummenmaa L
Opioidergic Regulation of Emotional Arousal: A Combined PET-fMRI Study (2019)
- Cerebral Cortex
Tomi Karjalainen, Kerttu Seppälä, Enrico Glerean, Henry K Karlsson, Juha M Lahnakoski, Pirjo Nuutila, Iiro P Jääskeläinen, Riitta Hari, Mikko Sams, Lauri Nummenmaa