M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor. Principal Investigator of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab, Head of Neuroimaging, InterLearn Jetro Tuulari - UTU Research Portal

Jetro Tuulari
M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor. Principal Investigator of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab, Head of Neuroimaging, InterLearn

- Doctoral Researcher,
Department of Computing (Faculty of Technology)
- Research Manager,
Clinical Neurosciences (Department of Clinical Medicine)
- Docent,
Department of Clinical Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)
- Collegium Researcher,
Psychiatry (Department of Clinical Medicine)

Turku Collegium for science and medicine

jjtuul@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2864

+358 40 828 3978

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-8000

1_CV_UTU_TUULARI.pdf

Web page of me and our research group

FinnBrain Birth Cohort study

InterLearn Center of Excellence

Areas of expertise

Neuroscience, Brain development, Obesity, Pleasure in the brain, Eating, Exercise, Social touch, Neuroimaging, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI, dMRI), Positron emission tomography (PET). Connectomics, Whole brain modelling. Emerging expertise in population neuroscience.

Research community or research topic

We study how early life exposures, genes and environment shape the brain structure, brain function and how these relate to health and wellbeing.

Biography

After getting an M.D. degree in 2014, I defended my awarded PhD thesis on the brain changes
of morbid obesity and weight loss surgery in 2015 and received Adjunct professorship in Cognitive Neuroscience
in 2018. I am currently Principal Investigator of the FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab and the work is related to solving the mysteries of the developing brain.

Research

Teaching

I have had seminal role in the launch of Human Neuroscience Master's Programme at the Turku Brain and Mind Center, where my teaching activities will continue as the leading coordinator of courses on neuroimaging methods.

Publications

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Newborn left amygdala volume associates with attention disengagement from fearful faces at eight months (2020)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Tuulari Jetro J., Kataja Eeva-Leena, Leppänen Jukka M., Lewis John D., Nolvi Saara, Häikiö Tuomo, Lehtola Satu J., Hashempour Niloofar, Saunavaara Jani, Scheinin Noora M., Korja Riikka, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Newborn white matter microstructure moderates the association between maternal postpartum depressive symptoms and infant negative reactivity (2020)
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Saara Nolvi, Jetro J Tuulari, Tuomas Lavonius, Noora M Scheinin, Satu J Lehtola, Maria Lavonius, Harri Merisaari, Jani Saunavaara, Riikka Korja, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Juho Pelto, Riitta Parkkola, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Partial Support for an Interaction Between a Polygenic Risk Score for Major Depressive Disorder and Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Infant Right Amygdalar Volumes (2020)
- Cerebral Cortex
Acosta H, Kantojärvi K, Hashempour N, Pelto J, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Lewis JD, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lähdesmäki T, Saunavaara J, Karlsson L, Merisaari H, Karlsson H, Paunio T, Tuulari JJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms are associated with smaller amygdalar volumes of four-year-old children (2020)
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Acosta H, Tuulari JJ, Scheinin NM, Hashempour N, Rajasilta O, Lavonius TI, Pelto J, Saunavaara V, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Incidental Findings in Brain MRIs of Healthy Neonates — The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- Frontiers in Neurology
Venla Kumpulainen, Satu J. Lehtola, Jetro J. Tuulari, Eero Silver, Anni Copeland, Riikka Korja, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Harri Merisaari, Riitta Parkkola, Jani Saunavaara, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Noora M. Scheinin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Relationship between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and infant brain responses to emotional speech – a pilot study (2020)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Ambika Maria, Ilkka Nissilä, Shashank Shekhar, Kalle Kotilahti, Jetro J. Tuulari, Pauliina Hirvi, Minna Huotilainen, Juha Heiskala, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Resting-state networks of the neonate brain identified using independent component analysis (2020)
- Developmental Neurobiology
Rajasilta O, Tuulari JJ, Björnsdotter M, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Saunavaara J, Häkkinen S, Merisaari H, Parkkola R, Lähdesmäki T, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sex-specific association between infant caudate volumes and a polygenic risk score for major depressive disorder (2020)
- Journal of Neuroscience Research
Acosta H, Kantojarvi K, Tuulari JJ, Lewis JD, Hashempour N, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Saunavaara J, Merisaari H, Karlsson L, Paunio T, Karlsson H, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Alexithymia, body mass index and gestational diabetes in pregnant women — FinnBrain birth cohort study (2019)
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Noora M. Scheinin, Jetro J. Tuulari, Hanna Ahrnberg, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
A Novel Approach for Manual Segmentation of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in Neonate MRI (2019)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
Niloofar Hashempour, Jetro J. Tuulari, Harri Merisaari, Kristian Lidauer, Iiris Luukkonen, Jani Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Satu J. Lehtola, Maria Keskinen, John D. Lewis, Noora M. Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Associations of age and sex with brain volumes and asymmetry in 2–5-week-old infants (2019)
- Brain Structure and Function
S. J. Lehtola, J. J. Tuulari, L. Karlsson, R. Parkkola, H. Merisaari, J. Saunavaara, T. Lähdesmäki, N. M. Scheinin, H. Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hemodynamic responses to emotional speech in two-month-old infants imaged using diffuse optical tomography (2019)
- Scientific Reports
Shekhar S, Maria A, Kotilahti K, Huotilainen M, Heiskala J, Tuulari JT, Hirvi P, Karlsson L, Karlsson H, Nissilä I
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Larger Newborn Left Amygdala Volume Predicts Poorer Working Memory in Toddlerhood (2019)
- Biological Psychiatry
Nolvi S, Tuulari JJ, Eskola E, Scheinin NM, Lehtola S, Keskinen M, Merisaari H, Saunavaara J, Korja R, Bridgett DJ, Parkkola R, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(Other publication)
Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children (2019)
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Henriette Acosta, Jetro J. Tuulari, Noora M. Scheinin, Niloofar Hashempour, Olli Rajasilta, Tuomas I. Lavonius, Juho Pelto, Virva Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Neural correlates of gentle skin stroking in early infancy (2019)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Jetro J.Tuulari, Noora M.Scheinin, Satu Lehtola, Harri Merisaari, Jani Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Isac Sehlstedt, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Malin Björnsdotter
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Paternal early life stress and newborn brain development (2019)
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Karlsson H, Merisaari H, Karlsson L, Scheinin NM, Parkkola R, Saunavaara J, Lahdesmaki T, Lehtola SJ, Keskinen M, Pelto J, Lewis JD, Tuulari JJ
(Other publication)
Prenatal exposures and infant brain: Review of magnetic resonance imaging studies and a population description analysis (2019)
- Human Brain Mapping
Pulli E.P., Kumpulainen V., Kasurinen J.H., Korja R., Merisaari H., Karlsson L., Parkkola R., Saunavaara J., Lähdesmäki T., Scheinin N.M., Karlsson H., Tuulari J.J.
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Prenatal maternal distress associates with a blunted cortisol response in rhinovirus-positive infants (2019)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Korhonen L., Kortesluoma S., Lukkarinen M., Peltola V., Pesonen H., Pelto J., Tuulari J., Lukkarinen H., Vuorinen T., Karlsson H., Karlsson L.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Test-retest reliability of Diffusion Tensor Imaging metrics in neonates (2019)
- NeuroImage
Merisaari H., Tuulari J.J., Karlsson L., Scheinin N.M., Parkkola R., Saunavaara J., Lähdesmäki T., Lehtola S.J., Keskinen M., Lewis J.D., Evans A.C., Karlsson H.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)