Heikki Tanila

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
240 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Heikki Tanila is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Heikki Tanila has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 96 papers in Physiology and 85 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Heikki Tanila's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (84 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (77 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (52 papers). Heikki Tanila is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (84 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (77 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (52 papers). Heikki Tanila collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Heikki Tanila's co-authors include Howard Eichenbaum, Matthew L. Shapiro, Thomas van Groen, Michela Gallagher, Jukka Puoliväli, Paul A. Dudchenko, Emma R. Wood, Kestutis Gurevicius, Iain A. Wilson and Rimante Minkeviciene and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Heikki Tanila

236 papers receiving 12.5k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Hippocampus, Memory, and Place Cells

1999 772 citations Howard Eichenbaum, Heikki Tanila et al. profile →
Amyloid β-Induced Neuronal Hyperexcitability Triggers Progressive Epilepsy

2009 520 citations Heikki Tanila et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Altered Insulin Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain – Special Emphasis on PI3K-Akt Pathway

2019 300 citations Heikki Tanila, Teemu Natunen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heikki Tanila Finland	61	5.4k	4.3k	4.0k	3.1k	2.0k	240	12.7k
Jorge J. Palop United States	31	5.6k 1.0×	6.9k 1.6×	2.6k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	48	11.2k
Lin Xu China	59	4.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	273	11.9k
Yves De Koninck Canada	59	8.0k 1.5×	5.9k 1.4×	2.2k 0.6×	4.4k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	187	13.6k
Charles V. Vorhees United States	55	5.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	335	15.4k
Robert M. J. Deacon United Kingdom	52	4.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	116	11.5k
Paul G.M. Luiten Netherlands	56	3.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.4×	202	11.3k
Changiz Geula United States	55	3.2k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	173	11.5k
Teresa A. Milner United States	75	9.2k 1.7×	3.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	6.3k 2.0×	2.0k 1.0×	270	19.6k
Erik D. Roberson United States	42	3.6k 0.7×	5.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.3×	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	95	9.3k
Eric Klann United States	76	6.8k 1.3×	3.8k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	10.3k 3.3×	2.1k 1.0×	187	18.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heikki Tanila

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20 of 20 papers shown

Miettinen, Pasi, et al.. (2024). Three‐dimensional view of microglia—amyloid plaque interactions. Glia. 73(1). 196–209. 4 indexed citations

Leinonen, Henri, Antti M. Salo, Ghulam Shere Raza, et al.. (2024). Metabolic characteristics of transmembrane prolyl 4-hydroxylase (P4H-TM) deficient mice. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 476(9). 1339–1351. 2 indexed citations

Kamondi, Anita, Madeleine Grigg‐Damberger, Wolfgang Löscher, Heikki Tanila, & András Horváth. (2024). Epilepsy and epileptiform activity in late-onset Alzheimer disease: clinical and pathophysiological advances, gaps and conundrums. Nature Reviews Neurology. 20(3). 162–182. 32 indexed citations

Ponticorvo, Sara, Jaakko Paasonen, Petteri Stenroos, et al.. (2024). Resting-state functional MRI of the nose as a novel investigational window into the nervous system. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26352–26352. 1 indexed citations

Stenroos, Petteri, Raimo A. Salo, Heikki Tanila, et al.. (2024). Whole-brain responses to visual and auditory stimuli in anesthetized and minimally restrained awake mice using quiet zero echo time fMRI. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 5 indexed citations

Oksanen, Minna, Pinja Kettunen, Stella Manta, et al.. (2022). Human PSEN1 Mutant Glia Improve Spatial Learning and Memory in Aged Mice. Cells. 11(24). 4116–4116. 3 indexed citations

Paasonen, Jaakko, Lauri J. Lehto, Tiina Pirttimäki, et al.. (2022). Event‐recurring multiband SWIFT functional MRI with 200‐ms temporal resolution during deep brain stimulation and isoflurane‐induced burst suppression in rat. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 87(6). 2872–2884. 5 indexed citations

Mett, Janine, Anna Andrea Lauer, Daniel Janitschke, et al.. (2021). Medium-Chain Length Fatty Acids Enhance Aβ Degradation by Affecting Insulin-Degrading Enzyme. Cells. 10(11). 2941–2941. 12 indexed citations

Gureviciene, Irina, et al.. (2019). Impaired hippocampal-cortical coupling but preserved local synchrony during sleep in APP/PS1 mice modeling Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5380–5380. 24 indexed citations

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Pirttimäki, Tiina, Mikko Gynther, Р. Р. Алиев, et al.. (2019). Sleep-State Dependent Alterations in Brain Functional Connectivity under Urethane Anesthesia in a Rat Model of Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease. eNeuro. 6(1). ENEURO.0456–18.2019. 10 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Anne, Hennariikka Koivisto, Mika Kallio, et al.. (2018). Collagen XIII Is Required for Neuromuscular Synapse Regeneration and Functional Recovery after Peripheral Nerve Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(17). 4243–4258. 28 indexed citations

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Konttinen, Henna, Irina Gureviciene, Minna Oksanen, et al.. (2018). PPARβ/δ‐agonist GW0742 ameliorates dysfunction in fatty acid oxidation in PSEN1ΔE9 astrocytes. Glia. 67(1). 146–159. 42 indexed citations

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Tanila, Heikki. (2017). Testing cognitive functions in rodent disease models: Present pitfalls and future perspectives. Behavioural Brain Research. 352. 23–27. 24 indexed citations

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Leinonen, Henri, Velta Keksa-Goldsteine, Ekaterina Savchenko, et al.. (2017). Retinal Degeneration In A Mouse Model Of CLN5 Disease Is Associated With Compromised Autophagy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1597–1597. 50 indexed citations

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Kalesnykas, Giedrius, et al.. (2016). Age-related differences in light sensitivity in BALB/c mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57(12). 5004–5004. 1 indexed citations

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Burg, Verena K., Heike S. Grimm, Tatjana L. Rothhaar, et al.. (2013). Plant Sterols the Better Cholesterol in Alzheimer's Disease? A Mechanistical Study. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(41). 16072–16087. 97 indexed citations

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Gurevicius, Kestutis, Irina Gureviciene, Elena Sivukhina, et al.. (2006). Increased hippocampal and cortical beta oscillations in mice deficient for the HNK-1 sulfotransferase. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 34(2). 189–198. 8 indexed citations

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Cho, Yong Heui, et al.. (1998). Abnormal hippocampal spatial representation in aCaMKIIT286A and CREBaD-mice. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Tanila, Heikki, et al.. (1996). The effects of prefrontal intracortical microinjections of an alpha-2 agonist, alpha-2 antagonist and lidocaine on the delayed alternation performance of aged rats. Brain Research Bulletin. 40(2). 117–119. 63 indexed citations

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Carlson, Synnöve, et al.. (1992). EFFECTS OF MEDETOMIDINE, AN ALPHA-2 ADRENOCEPTOR AGONIST, AND ATIPAMEZOLE, AN ALPHA-2 ANTAGONIST, ON SPATIAL MEMORY PERFORMANCE IN ADULT AND AGED RATS. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 58. 113–119. 14 indexed citations

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