PhD Tiina Saanijoki - UTU Research Portal

Tiina Saanijoki
PhD

- Research Manager,
Turku PET Centre (Independent units)

tiina.saanijoki@utu.fi

Biomedical imaging; PET; fMRI; research infrastuctures; neuroscience; physical exercise research; opioid system

Turku PET Centre; Turku BioImaging; Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node

Broad interest in the neurobiology of physical exericise, research focusing especially on the effects of exercise in the brain reward system.

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Bodily maps of exercise-induced feelings (2025)
- Scientific Reports
Saanijoki, Tiina; Nummenmaa, Lauri
Endogenous Opioid Release After Orgasm in Man: A Combined PET/Functional MRI Study (2023)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Jern Patrick, Chen Jinglu, Tuisku Jouni, Saanijoki Tiina, Hirvonen Jussi, Lukkarinen Lasse, Manninen Sandra, Helin Semi, Putkinen Vesa, Nummenmaa Lauri
Aerobic Fitness is Associated with Cerebral mu-Opioid Receptor Activation in Healthy Humans (2022)
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Saanijoki Tiina, Kantonen Tatu, Pekkarinen Laura, Kalliokoski Kari, Hirvonen Jussi, Malén Tuulia, Tuominen Lauri, Tuulari Jetro J, Arponen Eveliina, Nuutila Pirjo, Nummenmaa Lauri
68Ga-DOTA-E[c(RGDfK)]2 Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of SHARPIN-Regulated Integrin Activity in Mice (2019)
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Riikka Siitonen, Emilia Peuhu, Anu K Autio, Heidi Liljenbäck, Elina Mattila, Olli Metsälä, Meeri Käkelä, Tiina Saanijoki, Ingrid Dijkgraaf, Sirpa Jalkanen, Johanna Ivaska, Anne Roivainen
Noninvasive and Quantitative Monitoring of the Distributions and Kinetics of MicroRNA-Targeting Molecules in Vivo by Positron Emission Tomography (2019)
- Molecular Pharmaceutics
Jussi Mäkilä, Anu Kiviniemi, Tiina Saanijoki, Heidi Liljenbäck, Meeri Käkelä, Satish Jadhav, Päivi Poijärvi-Virta, Harri Lönnberg, Tiina Laitala-Leinonen, Pasi Virta, Anne Roivainen
Aerobic exercise modulates anticipatory reward processing via the mu-opioid receptor system (2018)
- Human Brain Mapping
Tiina Saanijoki, Lauri Nummenmaa, Jetro J. Tuulari, Lauri Tuominen, Eveliina Arponen, Kari K. Kalliokoski, Jussi Hirvonen
Affective Adaptation to Repeated SIT and MICT Protocols in Insulin-Resistant Subjects (2018)
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Saanijoki T, Nummenmaa L, Koivumaki M, Loyttyniemi E, Kalliokoski KK, Hannukainen JC
Evaluation of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TCTP-1 for the Detection of Metalloproteinase 2/9 Expression in Mouse Atherosclerotic Plaques (2018)
- Molecules
Kiugel M, Hellberg S, Käkelä M, Liljenbäck H, Saanijoki T, Li XG, Tuomela J, Knuuti J, Saraste A, Roivainen A
Evaluation of 68Ga-labeled peptide tracer for detection of gelatinase expression after myocardial infarction in rat (2018)
- Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
Kiugel M, Kytö V, Saanijoki T, Liljenbäck H, Metsälä O, Ståhle M, Tuomela J, Li XG, Saukko P, Knuuti J, Roivainen A, Saraste A
mu-opioid receptor system mediates reward processing in humans (2018)
- Nature Communications
Lauri Nummenmaa, Tiina Saanijoki, Lauri Tuominen, Jussi Hirvonen, Jetro J. Tuulari, Pirjo Nuutila, Kari Kalliokoski