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Lauri Tuominen

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Lauri Tuominen

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Acetylcholine Cognition Fmri Pet Schizophrenia

Latest papers

Cardiac [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol uptake is not specific to vesicular acetylcholine transporter in mice and pigs.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2026
Longitudinal brain structural changes during clozapine treatment: associations with neuroreceptor architecture and clinical response.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
Increased Cholinergic Activity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Evidence from [18F]FEOBV PET Study.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026 · senior author

All 35 publications

Latest funding

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$2,350,000
A chemoarchitectural atlas of the human brain
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$692,325
Schizophrenia Canadian Neuroimaging Database (SCanD)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$745,876

All 4 grants and awards

35 publications.

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 Cardiology2026

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 sciences2026

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 stimulation2026

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 bulletin2026

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbag038 PMID: 42084438

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 neuroscience2026

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)2026Senior author

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

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 & function2026

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

Active treatment of affective disturbances may improve functional outcomes in patients in the early state of psychosis: Results of the PRONIA study.

Salokangas RKR, Wenzel J, From T, Ilonen T, Armio RL, Laurikainen H, Tuominen L, Walta M, Ruef A, Bonivento C, Dwyer D, Brambilla P, Wood S, Upthegrove R, Borgwardt S, Meisenzahl E, Rosen M, Lichtenstein T, Ruhrmann S, Pantelis C, Lencer R, Bertolino A, Schultze-Lutter F, Riecher A, Kambeitz J, Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Koutsouleris N, Hietala J, PRONIA consortium

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2025

DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10113 PMID: 41030061

Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals.

Radua J, Savage HS, Vilajosana E, Jamieson A, Abler B, Åhs F, Beckers T, Cardoner N, Cisler JM, Diniz JB, Bach DR, Elsenbruch S, Greening SG, Holt DJ, Kaczkurkin AN, Keil A, Kindt M, Koch K, LaBar KS, Lam CL, Larson CL, Lonsdorf TB, Merz CJ, McLaughlin KA, Neria Y, Pine DS, van Reekum CM, Shackman AJ, Soriano-Mas C, Spoormaker VI, Stout DM, Straube B, Straube T, Tuominen L, Visser RM, Ahumada L, Arolt V, Batistuzzo MC, Bazán PR, Biggs EE, Cano M, Chavarría-Elizondo P, Cooper SE, Dannlowski U, de la Peña-Arteaga V, DeCross SN, Domschke K, Ehlers MR, Graner JL, Hamm AO, Herrmann MJ, Huggins AA, Icenhour A, Juaneda-Seguí A, Junghoefer M, Kircher T, Koelkebeck K, Kuhn M, Labrenz F, Lissek SM, Lotze M, Lueken U, Margraf J, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Moeck R, Morriss J, Ortuño M, Pittig A, Porta-Casteras D, Richter J, Ridderbusch IC, Rief W, Roesmann K, Rosén J, Rußmann AN, Sjouwerman R, Spohrs J, Ströhle A, Suarez-Jimenez B, Ulrich M, Wittchen HU, Zhu X, Waller L, Walter H, Thompson PM, Bas-Hoogendam JM, Groenewold NA, J Stein D, Van der Wee NJ, Dunsmoor JE, Marquand AF, J Harrison B, Fullana MA

Nature communications2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63078-x PMID: 40849409

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Lauri Tuominen

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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.

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.

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

Active treatment of affective disturbances may improve functional outcomes in patients in the early state of psychosis: Results of the PRONIA study.

Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals.

Expanding Research on High-Potency Cannabis Use in Psychosis: Longitudinal Neurobiological Investigations and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention for Cannabis Use Disorder

A chemoarchitectural atlas of the human brain

Schizophrenia Canadian Neuroimaging Database (SCanD)

The role of the cholinergic system in cognitive deficits in schizophrenia

Frequent collaborators

Synthia Guimond

Rami Hamati

Zacharie Saint-Georges

Bratislav Misic

Sara Tremblay

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Marco Solmi

Clifford Cassidy

Marco Leyton

Alain Dagher

Jean-Paul Soucy

Katie Dinelle

Christine Tardif

Elena Kuzmin

Lisa McMurray

Jakov Shlik

Rébecca Robillard

Natalia Jaworska

Serge Gauthier

Robert deKemp

Zahinoor Ismail

Sylvain Baillet

Shawn Marshall

Serge Gauthier

Benjamin Rotstein

Matthew Holahan