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.
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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
Effects of Obesity and Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery on Brain Function, Structural Integrity and Metabolism (2015)
(Artikkeliväitöskirja (G5))Neural Circuits for Cognitive Appetite Control in Healthy and Obese Individuals: An fMRI Study (2015)
PLoS ONE
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Lihavuus on yhteydessä opioidijärjestelmän muutokseen (2015)
Duodecim
(Muu (O2))
Walking speed and brain glucose uptake are uncoupled patients with multiple sclerosis (2015)
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Pancreatic Lipid Metabolism and Blood Flow (2015)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Obesity Is Associated with Decreased mu-Opioid But Unaltered Dopamine D-2 Receptor Availability in the Brain (2015)
Journal of Neuroscience
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Aberrant mesolimbic dopamine-opiate interaction in obesity (2015)
NeuroImage
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Ruokahalun säätelyn aivoalueet ovat lihavilla yliverkottuneet (2015)
Duodecim
(Muu (O2))
Osaanko oikeasti? – Välittömän palautteen merkitys lääketieteen opetuksessa (2014)
Yliopistopedagogiikka
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Central and peripheral alterations in glucose uptake in patients with multiple sclerosis during treadmill walking (2014)
Multiple Sclerosis
(Muu (O2))