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Jetro
Tuulari
Collegium Researcher, Psychiatry
Docent, Department of Clinical Medicine
M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor. Principal Investigator of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab, Head of Neuroimaging, InterLearn
We study how early life exposures, genes and environment shape the brain structure, brain function and how these relate to health and wellbeing.

Contact

Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

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.

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.

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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Allometry in the corpus callosum in neonates: Sexual dimorphism (2022)

Human Brain Mapping
Lewis John D, Acosta Henriette, Tuulari Jetro J, Fonov Vladimir S, Collins Louis D, Scheinin Noora M, Lehtola Satu J, Rosberg Aylin, Lidauer Kristian, Ukharova Elena, Saunavaara Jani, Parkkola Riitta, Lahdesmaki Tuire, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Feasibility of FreeSurfer Processing for T1-Weighted Brain Images of 5-Year-Olds: Semiautomated Protocol of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab (2022)

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Pulli Elmo P, Silver Eero, Kumpulainen Venla, Copeland Anni, Merisaari Harri, Saunavaara Jani, Parkkola Riitta, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Saukko Ekaterina, Nolvi Saara, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Korja Riikka, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Test-retest reliability of diffusion tensor imaging scalars in 5-year-olds (2022)

Human Brain Mapping
Rosberg Aylin, Tuulari Jetro J, Kumpulainen Venla, Lukkarinen Minna, Pulli Elmo P, Silver Eero, Copeland Anni, Saukko Ekaterina, Saunavaara Jani, Lewis John D, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Merisaari Harri
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Prenatal and early-life environmental factors, family demographics and cortical brain anatomy in 5-year-olds: an MRI study from FinnBrain Birth Cohort (2022)

Brain Imaging and Behavior
Silver Eero, Pulli Elmo P, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Kumpulainen Venla, Copeland Anni, Saukko Ekaterina, Saunavaara Jani, Merisaari Harri, Lähdesmäki Tuire, Parkkola Riitta, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Tuulari Jetro J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

An opportunity to increase collaborative science in fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging (2022)

Biological Psychiatry
Vaughn KA, Arichi T, Aydin E, Camacho CE, Dapretto M, Ford A, Graham A, Gregg C, Hendrix CL, Howell B, Korom M, Lajous H, Licandro R, Skak Madsen K, Manessis AG, McDowell MG, Miranda-Dominguez O, Mooney LN, Moser J, Nolvi S, Payette K, Pollatou A, Scheinost D, Schwarzlose RF, Short SJ, Spann M, Taha H, Tuulari JJ, van Haren NEM N, Weber CF, Zollei L
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))