Scientific publications by

Prof. Matti Weckström, MD, PhD

 

July 2007        

 

Books

 

Vuolteenaho O, Leppäluoto J, Timisjärvi J, Vakkuri O, Weckström M. Introduction to physiology (in Finnish:Fysiologian perusteita). Acta Univ Oul D2, Oulu University Press, 2000.

Neuroscience Finland 1999. (M. Weckström, editor), Acta Univ Oul D584, Oulu University Press, 2000.

Cardiac Mechanotransduction (M. Weckström and P. Tavi, eds.). Landes Biosciences and Springer Science+Business Media, 2006 (publ.date Dec 11, 2006). pp 1-147.

 

Original papers

 

1) Järvilehto, M., Weckström, M. & Kouvalainen, E. (1984)  Spectral  sensitivity in insect photoreceptors at a range of temperatures.  Acta Physiol  Scand Suppl 537: 81-86.

2) Weckström, M., Järvilehto, M., Kouvalainen, E & Järvilehto, P.  (1985)  Fly  photoreceptors and temperature: Relative UV-sensitivity in increased by  cooling.  Eur Biophys J 12: 173-179.

3) Weckström, M. & Järvilehto, M.  (1986)  Photoreceptor latency: Analysis  and definition.  Exp Biol 45:45-54.

4) Weckström, M. (1987)  Temperature dependence, dark adaptation and the  dynamics of phototransduction in dipteran photoreceptors. Acta Univ Oul Ser  D 163. (Thesis for Dr. Med. Sci.)

5) Nyström,S.H.M., Eskelinen,P.H., Heikkinen,E.R. & Weckström,M.T.   (1987)  Shape-factor intensity analyses of brain slices in surgery for epilepsy.   Acta Neurochir 39: 181-185.

6) Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E. & Järvilehto, M. (1988) Non-linearities in  responses of fly photoreceptors: Analysis in time and frequency domain. Acta  Physiol Scand 132:103-115.

7) Weckström, M.  (1989) Light and dark adaptation in fly photoreceptors:   Duration and time integral of the impulse response.  Vis Res 29:1309-1317.

8) Torkkeli, P. Weckström, M. Kouvalainen, E. & Järvilehto, M. (1989)    Morphological  and  functional characteristics of  a  rpa (receptor  potential  absent) visual mutant of the  blowfly (Calliphora  Erytrocephala). J. Comp.  Physiol. A  165:333-341.

9) Weckström,  M.  Kouvalainen, E., Djupsund, K.  &  Järvilehto,  M. (1989).   More than one type of conductance  is  activated during  responses of blowfly  monopolar neurones. J.  exp. Biol. 144:147-154.

10) Hardie, R.C. & Weckström, M.   (1990) Three classes of potassium channels in large monopolar cells of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina.  J Comp Physiol 167:723-736.

11) Weckström, M., Hardie, R.C. & Laughlin, S.B. (1991) Voltage-activated potassium channels in blowfly photoreceptors and their role in light adaptation.  J Physiol. 440: 635-657.

12) Torkkeli, P., Weckström, M. & Järvilehto, M.  (1991)  Membrane  maintenance and electrical properties of photoreceptors of wild-type and rpa- mutant (receptor potential absent) blowflies (Calliphora erythrocephala).   Cell Tissue Res 266:97-106

13) Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E. & Juusola, M.  (1992) Measurement of cell  impedance  in frequency domain using discontinuous current clamp and white noise modulated current injection.  Pfluegers Arch. 421: 469-472

14) Weckström, M., Juusola, M. & Laughlin, S.B. (1992) Presynaptic enhancement of signal transients in photoreceptor terminals in the compound eye. Proc. R. Soc. Lond B 250: 83-89.

15) Djupsund, K., Kouvalainen, E., Järvilehto, M. & Weckström, M  (1993)  A digital  feedback controller application: A light response control system to reveal  photoreceptor adaptation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 40:205-208

16) Laughlin, S.B. & Weckström, M.  (1993) Fast and slow photoreceptors - a comparative study of the functional diversity of coding and conductances in the Diptera.  J. Comp. Physiol. A  172:593-609.

17) Juusola, M. & Weckström, M.  (1993)  Band-pass filtering by voltage-dependent membrane in an insect photoreceptor.  Neurosci. Lett 154: 84-88. 

18) Weckström, M., Järvilehto, M. ja Heimonen, K.  (1993) Spike-like potentials in the axons of non-spiking photoreceptors. J. Neurophysiol. 69:293-296.

19) French, A.S., Korenberg, M., Juusola, M., Kouvalainen, E., Järvilehto, M. & Weckström, M. (1993)  The dynamic non-linear behavior of fly photoreceptors evoked by a wide range of light intensities. Biophys J  65:832-839.

20) Uusitalo, R.O. & Weckström, M.  (1994) The regulation of chloride homeostasis in the small non-spiking visual interneurons of the fly compound eye.  J Neurophysiol 71:1381-1389.

21) McKay, R.R., Miller, K., Weckström,M., Torkkeli, P., Järvilehto, M., and Shortridge,R.D. (1994) The rpa (receptor potential absent) visual mutant of the blowfly (Calliphora erythrocephala) is deficient in phospholipase C in the eye.  J Neurogenetics 9:177-187

22) Weckström, M.  (1994) Voltage-dependent outward currents in adult and nymphal  locust photoreceptors. J. Comp. Physiol. 174:795-801.

23) Juusola M., Kouvalainen, E., Järvilehto, M. and  Weckström M.  (1994)  Contrast gain, signal-to-noise ratio, and linearity in light-adapted blowfly photoreceptors.  J Gen Physiol 104:593-621 

24) Laine M., Weckström M., Vuolteenaho O. ja Arjamaa O. (1994)  Effect of ryanodine on atrial natriuretic peptide secretion by contracting and quiescent rat atrium. - Pflhgers Arch. 426: 276-283

25) Laine M., Arjamaa O., Vuolteenaho O., Ruskoaho H. and Weckström M. (1994) Block of stretch-activated atrial natriuretic peptide secretion by gadolinium in isolated rat atrium. - J. Physiol. 480: 553-561.

26) Kouvalainen, E., Weckström, M. & Juusola, M.  (1994) A method for determining photoreceptor signal-to-noise ratio in the time and frequency domains with a pseudorandom stimulus. Visual Neurosci. 11:1221-1225.

27) Juusola, M., Uusitalo, R. & Weckström M.  (1995) Transfer of graded potentials in photoreceptor-interneuron synapse. J. Gen. Physiol. 105:1-32

28) Weckström, M., Juusola, M., Uusitalo, R. and French,A.S. (1995)  Fast-acting compressive and facilitatory nonlinearities in light-adapted fly photoreceptors.  Ann. Biomed. Eng. 23:70-77.

29) Uusitalo R., Juusola M. & Weckström, M. (1995) Graded responses and spiking properties of identified first order visual interneurons of the fly compound eye. J. Neurophysiol. 73:1782-1791.

30) Karhu,S., Perttula, S, Weckström, M, Kivistö, T & Sellin L.C. (1995)  Salicylaldoxime blocks potassium and calcium currents in rat cardiac myocytes. Eur J Pharmacol 279: 7-13.

31) Kivistö, T., Mäkiranta M.,  Oikarinen E.-L., Karhu S., Weckström M. & Sellin L.C. (1995) 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) increases initial yields and improves long-term survival of isolated cardiac myocytes. Jap J Physiol 45:203-210.

32) Djupsund, K., Kouvalainen, E., Järvilehto, M. & Weckström, M.  (1995) A digital feedback application for studying photoreceptor adatptation by "voltage-clamp by light". J Neurosci Methods 62: 29-36

33) Klemola, R, Laine M, Weckström M, Vuolteenaho O, Ruskoaho H, Huttunen P & Leppäluoto J.  (1995) The presence of high concentrations of natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in the rat pericardial fluid. N-S Arch Pharmacol 352:331-336

34) Uusitalo R, Juusola M, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M  (1995) Tonic transmitter realease in a graded potential synapse. J. Neurophysiol. 74:470-473.

35) Juusola M, Weckström M, Uusitalo RO, Korenberg M & French AS  (1995) Nonlinear models of the first synapse in the light-adapted fly retina. J Neurophysiol 74:2538-2547.

36) Kauranen, M, Kiviniitty,K & Weckström M.  (1995) Voltage-activated and spontaneous Cl--channel activity in cultured human melanoma cell line A2058. Biochem Biophys Acta 1269:281-289

37) Tavi, P., Laine, M., Weckström, M. (1996) Effect of gadolinium on stretch-induced changes in contraction and intracellularly recorded action- and afterpotentials of rat isolated atrium. Br J Pharmacol. 118:407-413

38) Laine, M, Id L,Vuolteenaho O, Ruskoaho H & Weckström M.  (1996) Role of calcium in stretch-induced release and mRNA synthesis of natriuretic peptides in isolated rat atrium. Pflugers Arch 432:953-960.

39) Szokodi,I, Kinnunen P, Tavi P, Weckström M, Toth M and Ruskoaho H (1998) Evidence for cAMP-independent mechanisms mediating the effects of adrenomedullin, a new inotropic peptide. Circulation 97:1062-1070.

40) Tavi P, Han C & Weckström M  (1998) Mechanisms of stretch-induced changes in [Ca2+]i in rat atrial myocytes: Role of increased TnC affinity and stretch-activated ion channels. Circ. Res. 83: 1165-1177.

41) Klemola R, Huttunen P, Leppäluoto J & Weckström M. (1999) Chatecholamine concentration in pericardial fluid and plasma in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Acta Physiol. Scand. 165: 293-297

42) Tavi P, Laine M, Voutilainen S, Lehenkari P, Vuolteenaho O, Ruskoaho H & Weckström M (1999) Potentiation of strech-induced atrial natriuretic peptide secretion by intracellular acidosis. Am J Physiol.  277: H405-H412.

43) Han C., Tavi P., Weckström M.  (1999) Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the modulation of rat cardiac action potential by stretch. Acta Physiol. Scand. 167:111-117.

44) Tavi, P., Han, C. and Weckström M (1999) Intracellular acidosis modulates the stretch-induced changes in calcium balance, contraction force and action potentials. Acta Physiol Scand 167:203-213.

45) Cronin T.W., Järvilehto M, Weckström M and Lall, A.B.  (2000) Tuning of photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in twilight-active and night-active firefly species  (coleoptera:lampyridae). J Comp Physiol A 186: 1-12

46) Uusitalo RO & Weckström M.  (2000) Dark recovery in a graded potential synapse: the role of potentiation and ionic mechanisms. J. Neurophysiol 83:2103-12

47) Tavi P, Weckström M, Ruskoaho H (2000) cAMP- and cGMP-independent stretch-induced changes in the contraction of rat atrium. Pfluegers Arch 441:65-68.

48) Han C, Tavi P and Weckström M.  (2002) Modulation of action potential by [Ca2+]i in modelled rat atrial and guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol 282: H1047-H1054

49) Han C, Tavi P and Weckström M.  2002 Role of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger as an alternative trigger in CICR in mammalian cardiac myocytes. Biophys J 82:1483-96.

50) Parikka V, Rautiala T, Weckström M, Dahllund J, Härkönen P, Väänänen HK and Lehenkari P (2003) The effects of tamoxifen and toremifen on bone cells involve changes in plasma membrane ion conductance. J Bone Min Res 18: 473-481.

51) Tavi P, Allen DG, Niemela P, Vuolteenaho O, Weckstrom M, Westerblad H. (2003) Calmodulin kinase modulates Ca2+ release in mouse skeletal muscle. J Physiol (Lond) 551: 5-12.

52) Niven J, Vähäsöyrinki M, Kauranen M, Hardie RC, Juusola M & Weckström M. (2003) The contribution of Shaker potassium channels to the information capacity in Drosophila photoreceptors. Nature 421:630-634.

 

53) Voutilainen-Myllylä S, Weckström M & Tavi P. (2003) Chelerythrine and bisindolyl-maleimide I prolong cardiac action potentials by protein kinase C-independent mechanism. Eur J Pharmacol 466:41-51.

54) Tavi P, Pikkarainen S, Ronkainen J, Niemela P, Ilves M, Weckstrom M, Vuolteenaho O, Bruton JD, Westerblad H, Ruskoaho H.  (2004) Pacing-induced calcineurin activation controls cardiac Ca2+ signalling and gene expression. J Physiol. 554:309-320.

55) Tavi P, Pikkarainen S, Ronkainen J, Niemela P, Ilves M, Weckstrom M, Vuolteenaho O, Bruton J, Westerblad H, Ruskoaho H. (2004). Pacing-induced calcineurin activation controls cardiac Ca2+ signalling and gene expression. J Physiol. 554:309-20.

56) Kauranen M & Weckström M (2004) K+ Channels and Their Modulation by 5-HT in Drosophila Photoreceptors: A Modelling Study. Ann Biomed Eng 32:1580-1595

57) M. Vähäsöyrinki, J. E. Niven,  R. C. Hardie, M. Weckström & M. Juusola. (2006) Robustness of contrast coding in Drosophila photoreceptors in the absence of slow delayed rectifier K+ channels. Subm. to J Neurosci. 26:2652-60.

58) Heimonen K, Salmela I, Kontiokari P, Weckström M.  Large functional variability in cockroach photoreceptors: An optimization to low light levels? J. Neurosci 26:13454-13462.

 

Submitted papers

 

Matti Weckström*, and Laughlin SB.  Extracellular potentials modify the transfer of information at

            photoreceptor output synapses  in the blowfly compound eye. In revision from J Neurosci.

Grewe J, Weckström M, Egelhaaf M and Warzecha A-K. Two Measures, Two Interpretations – Shannon Information and Stimulus Discrimination as Measures of Photoreceptor Coding Performance.

 

Papers in preparation

 

Kauranen M, Vähäsöyrinki M, Weckström M.  Frequency domain analysis of Drosophila photoreceptors – effects of channel dosage.

Salmela I, Heimonen K, Weckström M. Spiking responses and their initiation in cockroach photoreceptors – a patch clamp and modelling study.

Heimonen K, Salmela I, Weckström, M. Dynamics of membrane and light responses of cockroach photoreceptors.

Krause S, Zhu Y, Weckström M. Boosting of Shaker K+ channels by light-activated pathway in Drosophila photoreceptors.

Koivumäki J, Korhonen T, Weckstöm M and Tavi P. Analysis of function of wild type and transgenic cardiac myocytes in silico.

 

Review papers

 

1) Weckström, M. & Järvilehto, M. (1982)Ocular accommodation mechanisms in vertebrates (in Finnish) Luonnon Tutkija 86: 103-108.    

2) Järvilehto, M., Weckström M. & Kouvalainen E. (1985) Biophysics of the compound eye. Acta Univ. Oul. A 179: 27-30.           

3) Järvilehto, M., Weckström, M. & Kouvalainen, E.  (1989)  Signal coding  and sensory processing in the peripheral retina of the compound eye.  In :  Invertebrate sensory systems, ed. Singh, S. & Strausfeld, N., pp.53-70,  Pergamon Press.

4) Weckström M & Laughlin SB   (1995) The ecology of voltage-gated ion channels in insect photoreceptors. Trends Neurosci. 18: 17-21.

5) Juusola M, French AS, Uusitalo RO & Weckström M (1996) Information processing by graded potential transmission through tonically active synapses. Trends Neurosci. 19:292-297.

6) Juusola M, Uusitalo RO and  Matti Weckström (1998) Optimizing the flow of information by early visual processing. In: (ed.C Taddei-Ferretti) Adaptation in sensory and neural systems (World Scientific Publishing Co), New York, London etc.

7) Weckström M, Juusola M & Uusitalo RO (2000) Synaptic signal transfer in the graded potential synapse. In: (M. Weckström, ed.) Neuroscience Finland 1999. Acta Univ Oul D584, pp. 26-29.

8) Uusitalo RO & Weckström M (2000) Dependence of graded signals on regulation of ionic gradients.  In: (M. Weckström, ed.) Neuroscience Finland 1999. Acta Univ Oul D584, pp.13-17

9) Tavi P, Laine M, Weckstrom M, Ruskoaho H. (2001) Cardiac mechanotransduction: From sensing to disease and treatment. Trends Pharmacol Sci 22: 254-260.

10) Weckström M and Tavi P (2006).  The mechanosensory heart: A multidisciplinary approach. In: Cardiac mechanotransduction (Weckström M and Tavi P, eds.), Landes Biosciences and Springer, Austin and New York, pp. 1-7

11) Weckström M, Juusola M & Uusitalo RO (2007) Neural information processing with graded potentials (invited review in preparation for Prog Neurobiol)

 

 

Proceedings publications (in Books or Journals)

 

Kouvalainen, E., Weckström, M. & Järvilehto, M. (1986)  A system for  measurement of invertebrate visual transfer function.  In: V National  Meeting on biophysics and biotechnology (eds. Hassinen, I., Kiviniitty, K. &  Mela, M), Acta Univ Oul A 179: 175-178.

Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E. & Järvilehto, M.  (1986)  Dynamics of  dipteran photoreceptors.  In : V National Meeting on biophysics and  biotechnology (eds. Hassinen, I., Kiviniitty, K. & Mela, M),  Acta Univ Oul A  179: 43-46.

Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E. & Järvilehto, M.  (1986)  Evidence for  interactions between photoreceptor cells in the fly visual system.   In : V  National Meeting on biophysics and biotechnology (eds. Hassinen, I.,  Kiviniitty, K. & Mela, M),  Acta Univ Oul A 179: 47- 50.

Heimonen, K., Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E., Korkalainen, J.,  Torkkeli, P. & Järvilehto, M.  (1988)  Spectral and shot noise analysis of  voltage noise in blowfly photoreceptors.  In: Proceedings of the sixth national  meeting on biophysics and medical  engineering (eds. Malmivuo, J. &  Nousiainen, J.), Helsinki, s. 181-184.

Kouvalainen, E., Weckström, M., Korkalainen, J., Heimonen, K. &  Järvilehto, M.  (1988)  Measurement of visual transfer function with  pseudorandom stimulus using time domain averaging.  In: Proceedings of the  sixth national meeting on biophysics and medical engineering (eds.  Malmivuo, J. & Nousiainen, J.), Helsinki, s. 189-192.

Weckström, M., Korkalainen, J., Kouvalainen, E., Heimonen, K.,  Torkkeli, P. & Järvilehto, M.  (1988)  A model for information transmission  across the first synapse in the fly visual system. In: Proceedings of the sixth  national meeting on biophysics and medical engineering (eds. Malmivuo, J. &  Nousiainen, J.), Helsinki, s. 185-188.

Järvilehto M. & Weckström M.  (1989)  Integrative properties of the  nervous system: An insect visual system as a model for cellular interaction,  information processing and ion mechanisms.  Acta Univ Oul F 3:24-31.

Weckström, M. & Laughlin, S.B.  (1989)  Photoreceptor design - the role of  voltage sensitive potassium conductance.  Neural Mechanisms of Behavior, p. 156.

Järvilehto M., Harjula R., Torkkeli P. & Weckström M.  (1990)  Is optics  in neural superposition eyes tuned by an interstitial matrix? Brain -  Perception - Cognition (eds N. Elsner & G. Roth), Thieme, p. 201.

Torkkeli P., Weckström M. & Järvilehto M.  (1990)  Influence of RPA- mutation to the turnover of photoreceptor cells of the blowfly.  Brain -  Perception - Cognition (eds N. Elsner & G. Roth), Thieme, p. 202.

Weckström M. (1990) Voltage dependent potassium currents in locust  photoreceptors.  Brain - Perception - Cognition (eds N. Elsner & G. Roth),  Thieme, p. 203.

Weckström, M., Kouvalainen, E. and Juusola M. (1991)  Measurement of photoreceptor impedance with white noise modulated discontinuous current injection. Synapse - Transmission - Modulation (eds. Elsner N and Penzlin H), Thieme, p. 247.

Juusola, M, Weckström M, Kouvalainen E, Järvilehto M, and Tuominen J. (1991)  Adaptive filtering in synaptic transmission from photoreceptor cells to monopolar neurones in blowfly (Calliphora vicina). Synapse - Transmission - Modulation (eds. Elsner N and Penzlin H), Thieme, p. 248.

Juusola M, Uusitalo R, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M (1992) The photoreceptor membrane of the Blowfly. In: Rhytmogenesis in Neurons and Networks, (eds Elsner N & Richter DW), Thieme, p. 291

Järvilehto M, Syrjäkallio.Ylitalo M & Weckström M (1992) Restricted diffusion in the compound eye. In: Rhytmogenesis in Neurons and Networks, (eds Elsner N & Richter DW), p. 292

Weckström M, Uusitalo R & Juusola M (1992) Adaptation and post-adaptational potentiation in a graded potential synapse.  In: Rhytmogenesis in Neurons and Networks, (eds Elsner N & Richter DW), p. 503

Uusitalo R, Weckström M & Juusola M (1992) Ionic conductance in the first order interneurons of the compound eye. In: Rhytmogenesis in Neurons and Networks, (eds Elsner N & Richter DW), p. 564

Juusola M, Weckström M & Kouvalainen E (1993) Dead-time in insect phototransduction.  In:  Gene- Brain -Behaviour (eds. Elsner N & Heisenberg M), Thieme, p. 340.

Kouvalainen E, Juusola M & Weckström M (1993)  Measurement of photoreceptor signal to noise ration in time and frequency domain using pseudorandom stimulus.  In:  Gene- Brain -Behaviour (eds. Elsner N & Heisenberg M), Thieme, p. 341

Weckström M, Juusola M, Korenberg M, Kouvalainen E, Järvilehto M & French AS (1993)  Modelling of fly phototransduction using parallel cascade and Volterra kernels.   In:  Gene- Brain -Behaviour (eds. Elsner N & Heisenberg M), Thieme, p. 342.

Uusitalo R & Weckström M (1993)  A Na+-dependent HCO3-/Cl--exchange mechanism is responsible for the chloride ixtrusion in the first visual interneurons of the fly compound eye.   In:  Gene- Brain -Behaviour (eds. Elsner N & Heisenberg M), Thieme, p. 362.

Juusola M, Uusitalo R, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M (1994) Transfer of graded potentials at the photoreceptor-interneuron synapse. In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report (eds. Elsner N & Breer H), Thieme, p. 431.

Uusitalo RO, Juusola M, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M. (1994) Post-adaptational potentiation in the first visual interneuron of the compound eye.  In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report (eds. Elsner N & Breer H), Thieme, p. 432

Weckström M.,  Juusola M, Uusitalo RO & French AS (1994) Fast-acting compressive and facilitatory nonlinearities in light-adapted blowfly photoreceptors.  In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report (eds. Elsner N & Breer H), Thieme, p. 433.

Weckström M, Heimonen K & Juusola M (1995) Adaptation to dark environment: photoreceptors of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana). In: Nervous systems and behaviour. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Neuroethology (eds: Burrows M, Matheson T, Newland PL & Schuppe H), Thieme, Stuttgart, p. 283.

Uusitalo RO, Juusola M, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M (1995) Tonic transmitter release and potentiation in a graded potential synapse.In: Nervous systems and behaviour. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Neuroethology (eds: Burrows M, Matheson T, Newland PL & Schuppe H), Thieme, Stuttgart, p. 289.

Laine M, Tavi P, Id L, Vuolteenaho O, Weckström M (1995) Stretch-Induced Peptide-Hormone Synthesis And Release In Rat-Heart - Role Of Stretch-Activated Ion Channels J Physiol 487P: P143-P144 SEP 1995

Tavi P, Weckstrom M (1995) Stretch-Induced Electrophysiological Changes In Rat Atrial Myocytes. J Physiol-London 487P: P147-P147 Sep 1995

Uusitalo RO, Kettunen P, Weckstrom M (1997). An efficient sensitivity booster during dark-adaptation in the first visual synapse of the fly compound eye. Invest Ophth Vis Sci 38: 2852-2852 Part 1 MAR 15 1997

Han C, Tavi P, Weckstrom M (1998) Mathematical modeling of the cardiac action potential, Ca2+ transient and excitation-contraction coupling Biophys J 74: A162-A162 Part 2 FEB 1998

Bartels, A & Weckström M. (1999) Properties of potassium currents in cockroach photoreceptors. In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1999 (eds. Elsner N et al.), Thieme, Stuttgart etc. p. 402

Weckström M, Kettunen P & Uusitalo RO (1999) Intracellular lithium blocks chloride extrusion in first order visual interneurons of the blowfly. In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1999 (eds. Elsner N et al.), Thieme, Stuttgart etc. p. 403.

Kauranen M & Weckström M (1999) Step and frequency responses of Drosophila photoreceptors: a modelling study. In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1999 (eds. Elsner N et al.), Thieme, Stuttgart etc. p. 404.

Han C, Tavi P, Weckstrom M (1999) Na+/Ca2+ exchanger as a trigger of CICR in mammalian cardiac myocytes, a model study. Biophys J 76: A367-A367 Part 2 JAN 1999

Han C & Weckström M (1999) Modelling of the heart in ODE suite in MatLab. Proceedings of the MatLab DSP conference 1999 (in press) , Espoo, Finland.

Tavi P, Han C, Voutilainen S, Weckstrom M(1999) Intracellular acidosis modulates stretch-induced changes in calcium balance, contraction force, action potentials and ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) secretion in the rat atrium J Physiol 511P: 90P-90P Sp. Iss. SEP 1998

Voutilainen S, Tavi P & Weckström M (1999) Action potential duration and outward K+ currents are modulated by protein kinase C inhibition in rat ventricular myocytes. J Physiol 518:54P

Han CL, Tavi P, Weckstrom M (2000) Roles of stretch-activated channels and troponin-C Ca2+ affinity in the modulation of cardiac myocytes by stretch based on a computer model study.Biophys J 78: 2228Pos Part 2 JAN 2000

Kauranen, M., Weckström M (2000) How do voltage-dependent K+ channels modify the step and frequency responses of Drosophila photoreceptors.  In: (M. Weckström, ed.) Neuroscience Finland 1999. Acta Univ Oul. D 584, pp. 55-56.

Han C, Tavi P, Weckström M (2001) Decoding frequency of calcium transient by calmodulin-dependent kinase II in cardiac myocytes.  Biophys J 80:P2739.

Weckström M, Heimonen K, Kauranen M & Vähäsöyrinki M (2003). Role of the microvillar membrane in electrical properties of insect photoreceptors. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2003.

Niven J, Vähäsöyrinki M, Juusola M, Weckström M & Hardie RC (2003) Robustness and fragility in Drosophila photoreceptors. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2003.

Vähäsöyrinki M, Weckström M, Juusola M & Niven J (2003) Information processing during light adaptation in blowfly photoreceptors. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2003.

 

 

Other Publications

 

Science assays (about 100) in the local newspaper Kaleva in 1983-1987 and 2000-

Weckström M (1991) From a calculator to a thinking machine. (in Finnish).  Lääkeuutiset 4: 205-208.