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Kari J. Reinikainen
Researcher at University of Eastern Finland
Publications - 50
Citations - 2593
Kari J. Reinikainen is an academic researcher from University of Eastern Finland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Choline acetyltransferase & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 50 publications receiving 2531 citations.
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Subjective memory complaints and personality traits in normal elderly subjects
Tuomo Hänninen,Kari J. Reinikainen,Eeva-Liisa Helkala,Keijo Koivisto,Leena Mykkänen,Markku Laakso,Kalevi Pyörälä,Paavo Riekkinen +7 more
TL;DR: The relationship between objectively measured memory functions and subjective complaints of memory disturbance and whether subjective complaints are affected by some personality traits or affective states is evaluated.
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Neurotransmitter changes in Alzheimer's disease: implications to diagnostics and therapy.
TL;DR: It is confirmed that several neurotransmitter systems, including the cholinergic, somatostatinergic, serotonergic, noradrenergic and possibly dopaminergic neurons, are disturbed in AD, and attempts to restore deficits of the transmitter systems should be directed foremost to theCholinergic system.
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A Follow‐Up Study of Age‐Associated Memory Impairment: Neuropsychological Predictors of Dementia
Tuomo Hänninen,Merja Hallikainen,Keijo Koivisto,Eeva-Liisa Helkala,Kari J. Reinikainen,Hilkka Soininen,Leena Mykkänen,Markku Laakso,Kalevi Pyörälä,Paavo Riekkinen +9 more
TL;DR: To examine the clinical course of age‐associated memory impairment (AAMI) and the value of neuropsychological tests in predicting cognitive decline in AAMI subjects in a follow‐up period of more than 3 years.
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Prevalence of age-associated memory impairment in a randomly selected population from eastern Finland.
Keijo Koivisto,Kari J. Reinikainen,Tuomo Hänninen,Matti Vanhanen,Eeva-Liisa Helkala,Leena Mykkänen,Markku Laakso,Kalevi Pyörälä,Paavo Riekkinen +8 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of AAMI, by the diagnostic criteria of the NIMH Work Group, is high in the elderly Finnish population and seems likely to be a phenomenon of normal aging rather than a continuum from normal aging to a pathologic state such as Alzheimer's disease.
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Histamine neurons in human hypothalamus: Anatomy in normal and alzheimer diseased brains
Matti S. Airaksinen,Paetau A,Leo Paljärvi,Kari J. Reinikainen,Paavo Riekkinen,Suomalainen R,Pertti Panula +6 more
TL;DR: The anatomy of histamine-immunoreactive cell bodies in normal adult human brain was examined in detail, and the distribution of these cells in three cases of Alzheimer's disease was compared to the Distribution of neurofibrillary tangles.