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
- Neuropeptide Y in the noradrenergic neurons induces the development of cardiometabolic diseases in a transgenic mouse model (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 nervesSympathetic nervous system-targeted neuropeptide Y overexpression in mice enhances neointimal formation in response to vascular injury. (2011)
- AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
(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. (2011)
- European Journal of Pharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kainic acid-induced neurodegeneration and activation of inflammatory processes in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: Treatment with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor does not prevent neuronal death (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) - Cytokine responses during chronic denervation. (2009)
- Peptides
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Distinct expression of TGF-beta1 mRNA in the endo- and epineurium after nerve injury. (2005)
- Journal of Neuroinflammation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (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 ) - Contralateral non-operated nerve to transected rat sciatic nerve shows increased expression of IL-1beta, TGF-beta1, TNF-alpha, and IL-10. (2002)
- Journal of Neuroimmunology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



