Saku Ruohonen
PhD, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology
saturu@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2503-148X |
Areas of expertise
Pharmacology and toxicology. Cardiovascular sciences in preclinical and epidemiological studies.
Pharmacology and toxicology. Cardiovascular sciences in preclinical and epidemiological studies.
Publications
- TV viewing and subclinical cardiac diastolic dysfunction in early midlife. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. (2016) Helajärvi H, Ruohonen S, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Viikari J, Raitakari OT
(Other publication) - α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone regulates vascular NO availability and protects against endothelial dysfunction (2015)
- Acta Physiologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Subtle increases in heart size persist into adulthood in growth restricted babies: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. (2015)
- Open HeartCardiovascular Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effects of equal caloric high fat and western diet on metabolic syndrome, oxidative stress and vascular endothelial function in mice (2014)
- Acta PhysiologicaJournal of NeuroendocrinologyNeuroendocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pharmacological treatment with a melanocortin analogue protects against pressure-overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy (2013)
- Pharmacogenetics and Genomics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lentivirus-Mediated alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Overexpression in the Hypothalamus Decreases Diet Induced Obesity in Mice (2013)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dorsal hand vein responses to the α₁-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine do not predict responses to the α₂-adrenoceptor agonist dexmedetomidine. (2013)
- FASEB Journal
(Other publication) - Status epilepticus alters neurogenesis and decreases the number of GABAergic neurons in the septal dentate gyrus of 9-day-old rats at the early phase of epileptogenesis (2013)
- Brain Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2013)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neuropeptide Y in the noradrenergic neurons induces the development of cardiometabolic diseases in a transgenic mouse model (2012)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2012) Ruohonen Saku Tuomas, Pesonen Ullamari, Savontaus Eriika
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dietary sodium modulates the interaction between efferent and afferent renal nerve activity by altering activation of α2-adrenoceptors on renal sensory nerves2011
- AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- (2011)
- European Journal of Pharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2011)
- Neuropharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Temporal profiles of age-dependent changes in cytokine mRNA expression and glial cell activation after status epilepticus in postnatal rat hippocampus (2011)
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sympathetic nervous system-targeted neuropeptide Y overexpression in mice enhances neointimal formation in response to vascular injury. (2009)
- Peptides
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cytokine responses during chronic denervation. (2005)
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Distinct expression of TGF-beta1 mRNA in the endo- and epineurium after nerve injury.Contralateral non-operated nerve to transected rat sciatic nerve shows increased expression of IL-1beta, TGF-beta1, TNF-alpha, and IL-10. (2004)
- Journal of Neurotrauma
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Bioplasticity after peripheral nerve injury (2003) Röyttä M, Taskinen H-S, Siironen J, Vuorinen V, Ruohonen S
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2002)
- Journal of Neuroimmunology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



