TARJA STENBERG (PORKKA-HEISKANEN)

Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology
P O Box 63 (Biomedicum Helsinki)
FIN-00014 Helsinki
Finland

email to porkka@cc.helsinki.fi

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen (Stenberg)

CONTENTS

• Laakso,M-L.,Johansson,G.,Porkka-Heiskanen,T.,Peder,M.: The effect of blood sampling on plasma levels of LH and FSH in male rats. Acta Physiol. Scand. 121:233-239,1984
• Johansson, G., Laakso,M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Peder,M., Lindroos,F.: The effect of lighting conditions on plasma levels of gonadotropins in castrated male rats. Acta Physiol.Scand. 121:229-232,1984
• Peder,M.,Lindroos,F.,Laakso,M-L.,Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Johansson,G: Effects of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on regional brain metabolism as measured by 2-(14-C)-deoxyglucose autoradiography. Behavioral and Neural Biology 45:71-80,1986
• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Johansson, G., Peder,M., Nikanne, E.: Spectral properties of light affect plasma pituitary gonadotropins in male rats. Hormone Res. 27:84-94, 1987
• Laakso,M-L.,Johansson,G.,Porkka-Heiskanen,T.: Lighting conditions affect the levels of plasma gonadotropins differently in castrated young and old male rats. Experimental Gerontology 22:37-46, 1987
• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Alila,A., Johansson, G., Twenty-four hour patterns of pineal melatonin and pituitary and plasma prolactin in male rats under "natural" and artificial lighting conditions. Neuroendocrinology 48: 308-313, 1988
• Kauppila,T., Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T.: Putative stimulants for functional recovery after neural trauma: Only spermine was effective. Experimental Neurology 99:50-58, 1988
• Peder, M., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Alila, A., Laakso, M-L., Johansson, G. REM sleep deprivation increases early morning pineal melatonin in castrated rats. Behavioral and Neural Biology 51:237-246, 1989
• Laakso,M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Alila,A., Kajander,S.,Stenberg,D., Johansson,G. : Daily illuminance levels affect pituitary prolactin in male rats. Acta Endocrinologica (Copenhagen), 120:429-434, 1989
• Buzzell, G.R., Menendez-Pelaez, A., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Pangerl, A., Pangerl, B., Vaughan, M., Reiter,R.J. Bromocriptin prevents the castration-induced rise in porphyrin concentration in the Harderian glands of the male Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus. J.Exp.Zoology, 249:172-176, 1989
• Peder,M.,Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Laakso,M-L., Johansson,G., Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation depresses plasma FSH and LH in castrated rats. Physiology & Behavior, 45:1167-1170, 1989
• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Alila,A., Kajander,S., Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., The effect of different nocturnal illuminances on melatonin, prolactin and gonadotropins in male rat. J Pin Res 7:355-364, 1989
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T.,Laakso, M-L., Stenberg,D., Johansson,G., Peder,M. Lighting conditions affect testosterone feed-back sensitivity in castrated rats. Horm.Res.31:184-189, 1989
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Laakso,M-L., Johansson,G., Stenberg,D., Peder,M.: The effect of neonatal androgenization on the testosterone feedback sensitivity in adult rats in two lighting conditions. Horm.Res. 31:261-265, 1989

• Porkka-Heiskanen, T. Hypothalamic LHRH content decreases in intact but increases in castrated rats in constant light. Acta Physiol Scand, 138:187-192, 1990
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Laakso,M-L.,Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., Daily melatonin injections have only minor effects on gonadotropins of intact and castrated male rats in constant and periodical light. J Pin Res 8:221-228, 1990
• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., Männistö,P., Lighting conditions affect serum and pituitary TSH in male rats. Am J Physiol 259: E162-169, 1990
• Laakso,M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Alila,A., Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., Correlation between salivary and serum melatonin: dependence on serum melatonin levels. J Pin Res 9:39-50, 1990
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Laakso,M.L., Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., Peder,M., Testosterone elevates pituitary prolactin content of long-term castrated rats under constant but not under periodic light. Acta Physiol Scand 140:279-285, 1990

• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Laakso, M-L., Stenberg, D., The effect of testosterone on serum gonadotropins of castrated rats kept under different lighting conditions. Biol Reprod 46:1127-1129, 1992
• Taira,T., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Korpi, E., Neonatal administration of GABA-A inhibitor alters central GABA-A receptor mechanisms and alcohol drinking in adult rats. Psychopharmacology, 106:191-197,1992
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Laakso, M-L., Stenberg, D., Johansson, G., Increase in testosterone sensitivity induced by constant light in relation to melatonin injections in rats. J Reprod Fert, 96:331-336, 1992
• Laakso, M-L., Leinonen, L., Joutsiniemi, S-L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Stenberg, D., Pineal melatonin and locomotor activity of rats under gradual illuminance transitions. Physiology and Behavior, 52:621-628, 1992

• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Leinonen,L., Joutsiniemi,S-L., Männistö,P., Hormonal and locomotor activity rhythms in rats under 90-min dark-pulse conditions. Am J Physiol, 264:R1058-R1064, 1993
• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Toppila,J., Alpha-2 adrenoreceptors and vigilance in cats: antagonism of medetomidine sedation by atipamezole. Eur J Pharmacol, 238:241-247, 1993

• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Stenberg,D., Alila,A., Hatonen,T., Suppression of human melatonin by light over the course of the rising phase of the synthesis. Biol Rhythm Res, 25:37-50, 1994
• Laakso, M-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Alila, A., Stenberg,D., Johansson, G., Twenty-four-hour rhythms in relation to the natural photoperiod: a field study in humans. J Biological Rhythms, 9: 283-293, 1994
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Tuomisto, L., Ylinen,M., Stenberg, D., The effect of REM sleep deprivation on histamine concentrations in different brain areas. Life Sciences, 54:1719-1726, 1994
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Urban,J.H., Turek, F.W., Levine,J.E, Transient gene expression in sub-populations of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons during gonadotropin surges. J Neuroscience, 14:5548-5558, 1994
• Furuta, I., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Scarbrough, K., Turek, F.W., Hsueh, A.W., Photoperiod regulates testis cell apoptosis in Djungarian hamsters. Biol Reprod, 51:1315-1321, 1994

• Toppila, J., Stenberg, D., Alanko, L., Asikainen, M., Urban, J.H., Turek, F.W., and Porkka-Heiskanen, T., REM sleep deprivation induces galanin gene expression in the rat brain. Neurosci Lett, 183: 171-174, 1995
• Laakso, M-L., Leinonen,L., Joutsiniemi, S-L., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Alila, A., Locomotor activity and melatonin rhytms in rats under non-24-h lighting cycles. Physiology and Behavior, 57: 849-856, 1995
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Smith, S.E., Taira, T., Urban, J.H., Levine, J.E., Turek, F.E., Stenberg,D., Noradrenergic activity in the rat brain during REM sleep deprivation and rebound sleep. Am J Physiol, 268:R1456-R1463, 1995
• Asikainen, M., DeBoer, T., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Stenberg, D., Tobler, I., Sleep deprivation increases brain serotonin turnover in the Djungarian hamster. Neurosci. Lett. 198:21-24, 1995

• Toppila, J., Asikainen, M., Alanko, L., Turek, F.W., Stenberg, D., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., The effect of REM sleep deprivation on somatostatin and growth hormone-releasing hormone gene expression in the rat hypothalamus. J.Sleep Res. 5:115-122, 1996

• Asikainen,M., Toppila,J., Alanko,L., Ward,D.J., Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Sleep deprivation increases serotonin turnover in rats. Neuroreport 8(7):1577-1582, 1997
• Kirby, J.D., Arambepola,N., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Kirby,Y.K., Rhoads,M.L., Nitta,H., Jetton,A.E., Iwamoto,G., Jackson,G.L., Turek,F.W., Cooke,P.S., Neonatal hypothyroidism permanently alters Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone production in the male rat. Endocrinology 138(7): 2713-2721, 1997
• Toppila,J., Alanko,L., Asikainen,M., Tobler,I., Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Sleep deprivation increases somatostatin and growth hormone-releasing hormone messenger RNA in the rat hypothalamus. J.Sleep Res. 6: 171-78, 1997
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Strecker,R.E., Bjorkum, A.A., Thakkar, M., Greene,R.W., McCarley, R.W., Adenosine: A mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness. Science 276: 1265-1268, 1997
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Khoshaba,N., Scarbrough,K.M., Urban,J.H., Vitaterna,M.H., Levine,J.E., Turek, F.W., Horton, T.H., Rapid photoperiod induced changes in the number of detectable GnRH mRNA containing cells in the Siberian hamster. Am J Physiol 42: R2032-R2039, 1997

• Strecker,R.E, Thakkar, M.M., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Dauphin,L., Bjorkum,A.A., McCarley, R.W., Behavioral state-related changes of extracellular serotonin concentration in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus: a microdialysis study in freely moving animals. Sleep Research Online 2: 21-27, 1999
• Strecker, R.E., Thakkar, M.M., Nalwalk, J., Dauphin, L.J., Chou,T., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Chen,Y., Ramesh,T., Scammel, T., Shiromani, P.J., Hough, L.B., Saper, C.P., McCarley, R.W., Ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO) in the feline CNS: 1. Preliminary anatomical identification &2. Measurement on histamine (HA) levels during natural sleep and prolonged wakefulness. Sleep Research Online 2 (Suppl.1): 85, 1999
• Basheer,R., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Stenberg,D., McCarley,R.W., Adenosine and behavioral state control: adenosine increases c-fos protein and AP1 binding in basal forebrain of rats. Mol Brain Res, 73:1-10, 1999.

• Toppila,J., Niittymäki, P., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Stenberg,D., Intracerebroventricular and locus coeruleus microinjections of somatostatin antagonist decrease REM sleep in rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.66:721-727, 2000
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Strecker, R.E., McCarley,R.W., Brain site-specificity of extracellular adenosine concentration changes during sleep deprivation and spontaneous sleep: an in vivo microdialysis study. Neuroscience 99:507-517, 2000
  
• Strecker RE, Morairty S, Thakkar MM, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Basheer R, Dauphin LJ, Rainnie DG, Portas CM, Greene RW, McCarley RW: Adenosinergic modulation of basal forebrain and preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neuronal activity in the control of behavioral state. Behav Brain Res 115:183-204, 2000 http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/4/5/ . (peer-reviewed review article)
  

• Basheer R, Rainnie DG, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Ramesh V, McCarley RW. Adenosine, prolonged wakefulness, and A(1)-activated NF-kappaB DNA binding in the basal forebrain of the rat. Neuroscience 104(3):731-9, 2001
  
• Basheer R, Halldner L, Alanko L, McCarley RW, Fredholm BB, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Opposite changes in adenosine A1 and A2a receptor mRNA in the rat following sleep deprivation. Neuroreport 12(8):1577-1580, 2001.
  

• Lindberg N, Virkkunen M, Tani P, Appelberg B, Virkkala J, Rimón R, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Effect of a single-dose of olanzapine on sleep of healthy females and males. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 17:177-184, 2002
  

• Alanko A, Heiskanen S, Stenberg D, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Adenosine kinase and 5'-nucleotidase activity after prolonged wakefulness in the cortex and the basal forebrain of rat. Neurochemistry International 42(6): 449-454, 2003
  
• Kalinchuk A, Urrila AS, Alanko L, Heiskanen S, Wigrén, HK, Suomela M, Stenberg D, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Local energy depletion in the basal forebrain increases sleep. Eur J Neurosci 17:863-869, 2003
  
• Lindberg, N., Virkkunen,M., Tani,P, Appelberg,B., Rimón,R., Porkka- Heiskanen,T., GH-IGF-1 axis, leptin and sleep in anorexia nervosa patients. Neuropsychobiology 47:78-85, 2003.
  
• Lindberg, N., Tani, P., Appelberg, B., Naukkarinen, H., Stenberg, D.,Rímon, R., Porkka- Heiskanen, T., Virkkunen, M. Sleep among habitually violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder. Neuropsychobiology 47: 198-205, 2003.
  
• Lindberg, N., Tani, P., Appelberg, B., Naukkarinen, H., Rimón, R., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Virkkunen, M. Human impulsive aggression: a sleep research perspective. J Psychiat Res 37:313-324, 2003.
  
• Urrila, A.S., Hakkarainen, A., Häkkinen, A-M., Heikkinen, S., Stenberg, D., Lundbom, N., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Metabolic imaging of human cognition: an fMRI/ 1H MRS study of brain lactate response to silent word generation. J Cereb Blood Flow and Metab 23: 942-948, 2003.
  
• Stenberg, D., Litonius, E., Halldner, L., Johansson, B., Fredholm, B.B., Porkka-Heiskanen, T.. Sleep and its homeostatic regulation in mice lacking the adenosine A1 receptor. J Sleep Res 12: 283-290, 2003.
  
• Alanko, L. Stenberg, D., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR) binding and ENT1 mRNA expression after prolonged wakefulness and recovery sleep in the cortex and basal forebrain of rat. J.Sleep Res. 12: 299-304, 2003.
  
• Tani, P., Virkkala, J., Nieminen-von Wendt, T., von Wendt, L., Lindberg, N., Appelberg, B., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Insomnia is frequent in adults with Asperger syndrome. BMC Psychiatry, 3:12, 2003.
  

• Tani P, Lindberg N, Joukamaa M, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Appelberg B, Rimon R, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Asperger syndrome, alexithymia and perception of sleep. Neuropsychobiology. 49(2):64-70, 2004
  
• Lindberg, N., Tani, P., Porkka-Heiskanen, T. , Appelberg, B., Rimon, R., Virkkunen, M., ADHD and sleep in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder. Neuropsychobiology 50:41-47, 2004
  
• Tuisku K, Tani,P., Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Holi MM, Wahlbeck K, Lauerma H, Porkka-Heiskanen T., Lower-limb motor restlessness in Asperger's disorder, measured using three-channel actometry. Psychiatry Research 128:63-70, 2004
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen T, Alanko L, Kalinchuk A, Heiskanen S, Stenberg D. The effect of age on prepro-orexin gene expression and contents of orexin A and B in the rat brain. Neurobiol Aging. 25(2):231-8, 2004
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Kalinchuk, A., Alanko, L., Huhtaniemi, I., Stenberg,D. Orexin A and B levels in the hypothalamus of female rats: the effects of estrous cycle and age. Eur J. Endocrinol. 150:737-742, 2004
  
• Urrila, A.S., Hakkarainen, A., Heikkinen, S., Vuori, K., Stenberg, D., Häkkinen, A-M., Lundbom, N., Porkka-Heiskanen, T. : Stimulus-induced brain lactate: effects of aging and prolonged wakefulness. J Sleep Res 13:111-119, 2004
  
• Alanko, L., Laitinen,J., Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Adenosine A1-receptor dependent G-protein activity during prolonged wakefulness in the rat brain. Neuroreport 15:2133-2137, 2004
  

• Tani P, Lindberg N, Matto V, Appelberg B, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Higher plasma ACTH levels in adults with Asperger syndrome. J Psychosom Res. 2005 Jun;58(6):533-6.
  
• Lindberg N, Tani P, Virkkunen M, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Appelberg B, Naukkarinen H, Salmi T. Quantitative electroencephalographic measures in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder. Psychiatry Res. 2005 Jul 15;136(1):7-15.
  
• Tani P, Lindberg N, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Alanko L, Appelberg B, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Actigraphic assessment of sleep in young adults with Asperger syndrome. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Apr;59(2):206-8.
  
• Lindberg N, Tani P, Stenberg JH, Appelberg B, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Virkkunen M. Neurological soft signs in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder. Eur Psychiatry. 2004 Nov;19(7):433-7.
  

• Kalinchuk AV, Lu Y, Stenberg D, Rosenberg PA, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Nitric oxide production in the basal forebrain is required for recovery sleep. J Neurochem. 2006 Oct;99(2):483-98.
  
• Kalinchuk AV, Stenberg D, Rosenberg PA, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Inducible and neuronal nitric oxide synthases (NOS) have complementary roles in recovery sleep induction. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Sep;24(5):1443-56.
  
• Tani P, Tuisku K, Lindberg N, Virkkala J, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Porkka-Heiskanen T, AppelBerg B, Lauerma H. Is Asperger syndrome associated with abnormal nocturnal motor phenomena? Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Aug;60(4):527-8.
  
• Urrila AS, Hakkarainen A, Heikkinen S, Huhdankoski O, Kuusi T, Stenberg D, Hakkinen AM, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Lundbom N. Preliminary findings of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in occipital cortex during sleep deprivation. Psychiatry Res. 2006 Jun 30;147(1):41-6.
  
• Tani P, Lindberg N, Appelberg B, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Clinical neurological abnormalities in young adults with Asperger syndrome. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Apr;60(2):253-5.
  
• Alanko L, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Soinila S. Localization of equilibrative nucleoside transporters in the rat brain. J Chem Neuroanat. 2006 Apr;31(3):162-8.
  
• Tani P, Lindberg N, Appelberg B, Nieminen-von Wendt T, von Wendt L, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Childhood inattention and hyperactivity symptoms self-reported by adults with Asperger syndrome. Psychopathology. 2006;39(1):49-54.
  
  In press:
  
• Lindberg, N., Tani, P., Appelberg, B., Stenberg, D., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Neurological soft signs in homocidal men with antisocial personality disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2004 (in press)
  
• Tani, P., Lindberg, N., Nieminen-von Wendt, T., von Wendt, L., Alanko, L., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Actigraphic assessement of sleep in adults with Asperger syndrome. Psych Clin Neurosci 2005
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• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T.: Unen säätely. (review article) Duodecim 106: 1608-1615, 1990
• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., REM sleep need and regulation. In "Endogenous sleep factors", eds. S. Inoué and J.M.Krueger, SPB Academic Publishing bv, The Hague, 1990, pp. 145-154.
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Stenberg,D., Unen fysiologia. Chapter in book: Unettomuus ja sen hoito. pp. 17-37, Recallmed 1991.
• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Unihäirioiden neurofysiologinen tausta Duodecim 107: 1472-1477, 1991 (review article).
• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Unen fysiologia. Chapter in book: "Neuropsykiatria", eds. M.Huttunen, M. Iivanainen, M.Partinen and I.Taipale, s.91-95, Duodecim, 1993
• Levine, J.E., Wolfe,A.M., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Norgle,J.R., Turek,F.W., In vivo sampling and administration of hormone pulses in rodents. In: Pulsatility in Neuroendocrine systems ed. Levine,J. (in series: Methods in Neuroscience, ed. Michael P. Conn) p. 129-161, Academic Press, San Diego, 1994.
• Stenberg,D., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Unen ja vireyden neurofysiologinen säätely. Chapter in book: "Sähköiset aivomme", eds. Lang,H., Häkkinen,V., Andreo Larsen,T., Partanen,J., Tolonen,U., p.467-482. Suomen kliinisen neurofysiologian yhdistys ry., Turku 1994
• Levine, J.E., Chappell, P., Besecke, L.M., Bauer-Dantoin, A.C., Wolfe, A.M., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Urban, J.H., Amplitude and frequency modulation of pulsatile luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone release. (Review article). Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology 15:117-139, 1995
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Toppila,J., Stenberg,D., In situ hybridization of messenger RNA in sleep research. In "Molecular Regulation of Conscious States" ed. R.Lydic, in CRC Press Methods in Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology. p. 167-179. CRC Press, 1997
• McCarley RW, Strecker RE, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Thakkar M, Bjørkum A, Portas C, Rainnie DG, Greene RW. Modulation of cholinergic neurons by serotonin and adenosine in the control of REM and nonREM sleep. In: Hayaishi O and Inoué S, eds. Sleep and Sleep Disorders: From Molecule to Behavior. p. 63-97. Academic Press/Harcourt Brace Japan, 1997.
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T, Stenberg,D., Cellular and molecular mechanisms of sleep. In "Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhytms", ed. F.Turek and P..Zee. p. 287-307. In series: Lung biology in Health and Disease. Marcel Dekker Inc. (1999)
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T. , Stenberg, D.: Adenosiini väsymyksen välittäjäaineena. Suomen Lääkärilehti, 53(16): 1893-1896, 1998 (review article)
• Laitinen, J., Porkka-Heiskanen, T.: Biologinen kello - fysiologia ja vuorokausirytmien häiriöiden yhteys sairauksiin. Duodecim, 115: 565-573, 1999 (review article). Awarded by the Finnish Medical society Duodecim year 1999.
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Adenosine in sleep and wakefulness. Annals of Medicine 31: 125-129, 1999 (review article)
• Toppila, J., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Transcriptional activity in the brain during sleep deprivation. Annals of Medicine 31: 146-151, 1999 (review article)
• Basheer R, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Strecker RE, Thakkar MM, McCarley RW, Adenosine as a biological signal mediating sleepiness following prolonged wakefulness. In 'Biological Signals Relevant to Sleep', ed. Velluti. 9(6):319-327, 2000 (Book chapter).
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen T, Alanko L, Kalinchuk AV, Stenberg D. Adenosine and sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews 6: 321-332, 2002
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Gene expression during sleep-wake cycle. In: 'The basic Science of Sleep'. Ed. James Krueger. Frontiers in Bioscience 8, S421-437, (May 1), 2003 (requested book chapter)
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen T, Kalinchuk A, Alanko L, Urrila A, Stenberg D. Adenosine, energy metabolism, and sleep. Scientific World Journal 3: 790-8, 2003 (requested review article)
• Lindberg, N., Tani, P., Appelberg, B, Stenberg, D., Porkka-Heiskanen,T., Uni mielenterveyden häiriöissä. Suomen Lääkärilehti 34(59): 3039-3044, 2004 (review article: Sleep in psychiatric patients)
  
• Porkka-Heiskanen,T. and Laitinen,J., Biological rhythms. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, ed. Osmo Hänninen (requested book chapter) 2004.
  
• Dzaja A, Arber S, Hislop J, Kerkhofs M, Kopp C, Pollmacher T, Polo-Kantola P, Skene DJ, Stenuit P, Tobler I, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Women's sleep in health and disease. J Psychiatr Res. 2005 Jan;39(1):55-76. Review.
  
  

• Pulkkinen,Pekka ja Porkka,Tarja: Valintaraportti. Helsingin yliopiston lääketieteellisen tiedekunnan oppilasvalinta. Moniste, 1978
• Porkka, Tarja: Lääketieteellisen tiedekunnan lääketieteen koulutusohjelma. Syventavat opinnot, opintoprojektit, osiot, tutkimusprojektit. Moniste, 1979
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• Stenberg,D., Porkka,T.: Nukkumattia etsimässä Tiede 2000 3-4:40-43,1988
• Stenberg.D, Porkka-Heiskanen,T: Aivot lataukseen Tiede 2000 1:40-43, 1994