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Lauri Tuominen

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Adjunct Research ProfessorDepartment of NeuroscienceCarleton University

Lauri Tuominen

Adjunct Research Professor

Department of Neuroscience

Carleton University

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
52 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Acetylcholine Cognition Fmri Pet Schizophrenia

Latest papers

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain.
Brain structure & function · 2026
Neuromelanin, iron and MRI measurements in midbrain tissues of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's subjects.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026
SN/VTA neuromelanin signal is associated with subclinical paranoia irrespective of familial risk for psychosis.
Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026 · senior author

All 134 publications

134 publications.

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain.

Hansen JY, Tuisku J, Johansson J, Chang Z, McGinnity CJ, Beliveau V, Guimond S, Ganz M, Nørgaard M, Galovic M, Bezgin G, Cox SML, Hietala J, Leyton M, Kobayashi E, Rosa-Neto P, Funck T, Palomero-Gallagher N, Knudsen GM, Marsden P, Hammers A, Nummenmaa L, Tuominen L, Misic B

Brain structure & function20267 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-025-03069-2 PMID: 41528514

Neuromelanin, iron and MRI measurements in midbrain tissues of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's subjects.

Zucca FA, Cassidy CM, Sturini M, Tuominen L, Adorni F, Cheung V, Casella L, Sulzer D, Pezzoli G, Isaias IU, Horga G, Zecca L

Frontiers in aging neuroscience20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2026.1672578 PMID: 41717226

SN/VTA neuromelanin signal is associated with subclinical paranoia irrespective of familial risk for psychosis.

Hamati R, Kanaa N, Chidiac B, Guimond S, Cassidy C, Tuominen L

Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany)20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41537-026-00731-4 PMID: 41571699

Cardiac [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol uptake is not specific to vesicular acetylcholine transporter in mice and pigs.

Hoddinott EL, Ismailani US, Buchler A, Abdirahman F, Onuska KM, Farber G, Saint-Georges Z, Schmitz TW, Tuominen L, Rotstein BH

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2026.102733 PMID: 42001991

Longitudinal brain structural changes during clozapine treatment: associations with neuroreceptor architecture and clinical response.

King B, Cannon DM, Crossley NA, Gonzalez-Valderrama A, Hallahan B, Jung WH, Kempton MJ, Kim S, Lawrence AJ, MacCabe JH, McDonald C, Mena C, Nakajima S, Papale A, Raminfard S, Sarpal DK, Sim H, Tronchin G, Tuominen L, Kim E, Egerton A

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.06.26354980 PMID: 42326771

Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.

Shvetz C, Saint-Georges Z, Hamati R, Marshall S, Holahan M, Joutsa J, Tremblay S, Guimond S, Tuominen L

Journal of neurotrauma2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261449705 PMID: 42152806

Connectivity-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dopamine system: A proof-of-concept study.

Eklund M, Eldaief MC, Tuominen L, Niemi KJ, Aaltonen J, Saunavaara V, Hirvonen J, Helin S, Sander CY, Rosen B, Pascual-Leone A, Fox MD, Nummenmaa A, Joutsa J

Brain stimulation2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103109 PMID: 42034333

The Brain Endocannabinoid System is Differentially Regulated in Male and Female Patients with First-Episode Psychosis.

Laurikainen H, Armio RL, Tuominen L, Nyman M, Kirjavainen A, Rajander J, Haaparanta-Solin M, Solin O, Hietala J

Schizophrenia bulletin2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbag038 PMID: 42084438

Neurobehavioral Changes in Fear Generalization in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Jacqueline Alexandra Clauss, Baktash Babadi, Lauri J. Tuominen, Wisteria Deng, Logan D. Leathem, Daphne J. Holt

medRxiv2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.14.26344102 PMID: 41646685

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain

Justine Y. Hansen, Jouni Tuisku, Jarkko J. Johansson, Zeyu Chang, Colm J. McGinnity, Vincent Beliveau, Synthia Guimond, Melanie Ganz, Martin Agge Nørgaard, Marian Galovic, Gleb Bezgin, Sylvia M. L. Cox, J. Hietala, Marco Leyton, Eliane Kobayashi, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Thomas Funck, Nicola Palomero-Gallagher, Gitte M. Knudsen, Paul Marsden, Alexander Hammers, Lauri Nummenmaa, Lauri J. Tuominen, Bratislav Misic

Brain Structure and Function2026Open Access

DOI: 10.34734/fzj-2026-00320

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Lauri Tuominen

Research

Latest papers

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain.

Neuromelanin, iron and MRI measurements in midbrain tissues of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's subjects.

SN/VTA neuromelanin signal is associated with subclinical paranoia irrespective of familial risk for psychosis.

Cardiac [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol uptake is not specific to vesicular acetylcholine transporter in mice and pigs.

Longitudinal brain structural changes during clozapine treatment: associations with neuroreceptor architecture and clinical response.

Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.

Connectivity-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dopamine system: A proof-of-concept study.

The Brain Endocannabinoid System is Differentially Regulated in Male and Female Patients with First-Episode Psychosis.

Neurobehavioral Changes in Fear Generalization in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain

Frequent collaborators

Synthia Guimond

Rami Hamati

Bratislav Misic

Clifford Cassidy

Matthew Holahan

Marco Leyton

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Jean-Paul Soucy

Zacharie Saint-Georges

Alain Dagher

Katie Dinelle

Jakov Shlik

Sara Tremblay

Taylor Schmitz

Kelly Smart

Marc-André Bédard

Robert Spreng

Sylvain Baillet

Zafiris Daskalakis

Benjamin Rotstein

Rebecca Robillard

Elena Kuzmin