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) - Neuropeptide Y in the noradrenergic neurones induces obesity and inhibits sympathetic tone in mice. – Noradrenergic neurone NPY and obesity (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 Heart
(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 Physiologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A polymorphism in the protein kinase C gene PRKCB is associated with alpha(2)-adrenoceptor-mediated vasoconstriction (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)
- Journal of Neuroendocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pharmacological treatment with a melanocortin analogue protects against pressure-overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy (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) - α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone regulates vascular NO availability and protects against endothelial dysfunction (2013)
- Cardiovascular Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Involvement of α2-adrenoceptor subtypes A and C in glucose homeostasis and adrenaline-induced hyperglycaemia. (2012)
- Neuroendocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



