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   #  Tatu Kantonen 

##  Neurosurgery Resident, PhD 

Neurocenter, Division of Neurosurgery

 

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   Education MD 2017, University of Turku, Finland  
PhD 2022, University of Turku, Finland, Thesis "Brain opioid and endocannabinoid systems as risk factors for obesity. Positron emission tomography studies of μ-opioid and CB1 receptors with glucose uptake analysis"  
Specialist in anaesthesiology and intensive care 2025, University of Helsinki, Finland

   Specialities Research topics:  
Opioid and cannabinoid receptors of the brain, PET scans

   Languages  Finnish, Swedish, English    

 

Updated: 23.01.2026

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