Laura Pekkarinen

Brain free fatty acid uptake is elevated in morbid obesity, and is irreversible 6 months after bariatric surgery: A positron emission tomography study

Eleni Rebelos, Jussi Hirvonen, Marco Bucci et al. · Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism · 2020 · 40 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Renal Sinus Fat Is Expanded in Patients with Obesity and/or Hypertension and Reduced by Bariatric Surgery Associated with Hypertension Remission

Emilia Moritz, Prince Dadson, Ekaterina Saukko et al. · Metabolites · 2022 · 36 citations · Full text

Medicine, Nephrology, Surgery +17

Obesity risk is associated with altered cerebral glucose metabolism and decreased μ-opioid and CB1 receptor availability

Tatu Kantonen, Laura Pekkarinen, Tomi Karjalainen et al. · International Journal of Obesity · 2021 · 34 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroscience +17

Cerebral μ-opioid and CB1 receptor systems have distinct roles in human feeding behavior

Tatu Kantonen, Tomi Karjalainen, Laura Pekkarinen et al. · Translational Psychiatry · 2021 · 25 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Aerobic Fitness Is Associated with Cerebral μ-Opioid Receptor Activation in Healthy Humans

Tiina Saanijoki, Tatu Kantonen, Laura Pekkarinen et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2022 · 18 citations

Education, Neuroscience, Physiology +17