Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke

Clinical Research
Pekka Jäkälä, Professor

Experimental Research
Jukka Jolkkonen, Research Director, PhD, Docent

Postdocs
Javier Ortega González, PhD

Doctoral Students
Bhimashankar Mitkari, MSc
Anu Lipsanen, MSc

Technicians
Nanna Huuskonen
Markku Kalinen
Kristina Kuptsova 

COLLABORATORS

Clinical Neurorehabilitation

• Dr. Kauko Pitkänen, The Finnish Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron, Kuopio, Finland
• Dr. Sinikka Peurala, PT, PhD, The Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Prof. Juha Kinnunen, Prof. Olli-Pekka Ryynänen and Dr. Markku Hänninen, The Kuopio Welfare Research Center KWRC, UEF
• Prof. Pasi Karjalainen, Department of Physics, UEF

Mechanisms and Imaging of Cardiogeneic Embolism

• Dr. Petri Sipola, Department of Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital

Behavioral Tests and Experimental Stroke Models

• Dr. Tim Schallert, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Alzheimer’s Disease and Stroke

• Research Director Mikko Hiltunen, Department of Neurology, UEF

Post-stroke Epilepsy

• Dr. Asla Pitkänen, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, UEF