Takahiro Iizuka

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Affiliation: Kitasato University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi [Update on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228 8555, Japan
    Brain Nerve 62:331-8. 2010
  2. ncbi Glycine receptor antibodies are detected in progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) but not in saccadic oscillations
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Minami Ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252 0374, Japan
    J Neurol 259:1566-73. 2012
  3. ncbi Progressive carotid artery stenosis with a novel tRNA phenylalanine mitochondrial DNA mutation
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    J Neurol Sci 278:35-40. 2009
  4. ncbi [Anti-NMDA receptor antibody-mediated encephalitis/encephalopathy]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 228 8555, Japan
    Rinsho Byori 57:252-61. 2009
  5. ncbi Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in Japan: long-term outcome without tumor removal
    T Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228 8555, Japan
    Neurology 70:504-11. 2008
  6. ncbi Regional cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular reactivity during chronic stage of stroke-like episodes in MELAS -- implication of neurovascular cellular mechanism
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228 8555, Japan
    J Neurol Sci 257:126-38. 2007
  7. ncbi Implication of augmented vasogenic leakage in the mechanism of persistent aura in sporadic hemiplegic migraine
    T Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    Cephalalgia 26:332-5. 2006
  8. ncbi Neurovascular changes in prolonged migraine aura in FHM with a novel ATP1A2 gene mutation
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Minami Ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252 0374, Japan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83:205-12. 2012
  9. ncbi Pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in MELAS: analysis of neurovascular cellular mechanisms
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Medicine Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Kanagawa, Japan
    Curr Neurovasc Res 2:29-45. 2005
  10. ncbi Neuronal hyperexcitability in stroke-like episodes of MELAS syndrome
    T Iizuka
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    Neurology 59:816-24. 2002

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Publications24

  1. ncbi [Update on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228 8555, Japan
    Brain Nerve 62:331-8. 2010
    ..In a recent case, a microscopic teratoma was detected on autopsy; therefore exploratory laparotomy may be considered in severe refractory cases...
  2. ncbi Glycine receptor antibodies are detected in progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) but not in saccadic oscillations
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Minami Ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252 0374, Japan
    J Neurol 259:1566-73. 2012
    ..GlyR and GAD antibodies can co-exist in PERM and follow the clinical course. Although saccadic oscillations are a feature of this condition, GlyR antibodies are not commonly found in patients with isolated saccadic oscillations...
  3. ncbi Progressive carotid artery stenosis with a novel tRNA phenylalanine mitochondrial DNA mutation
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    J Neurol Sci 278:35-40. 2009
    ....
  4. ncbi [Anti-NMDA receptor antibody-mediated encephalitis/encephalopathy]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara 228 8555, Japan
    Rinsho Byori 57:252-61. 2009
    ..A recent study suggested that these disorders are identical...
  5. ncbi Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in Japan: long-term outcome without tumor removal
    T Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228 8555, Japan
    Neurology 70:504-11. 2008
    ....
  6. ncbi Regional cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular reactivity during chronic stage of stroke-like episodes in MELAS -- implication of neurovascular cellular mechanism
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228 8555, Japan
    J Neurol Sci 257:126-38. 2007
    ..Ischemic vascular hypothesis as a causative role in the pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in MELAS remains to be debated...
  7. ncbi Implication of augmented vasogenic leakage in the mechanism of persistent aura in sporadic hemiplegic migraine
    T Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    Cephalalgia 26:332-5. 2006
    ..Based on these results, we speculate that augmented vasogenic leakage from the leptomeningeal vessels, probably associated with activation of the trigeminovascular system, may delay the recovery of hemiplegic migraine aura...
  8. ncbi Neurovascular changes in prolonged migraine aura in FHM with a novel ATP1A2 gene mutation
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Minami Ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252 0374, Japan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83:205-12. 2012
    ..To report cerebral blood flow changes during attacks of hemiplegic migraine with prolonged aura (HMPA) longer than 24 h in patients with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) with a novel gene mutation...
  9. ncbi Pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in MELAS: analysis of neurovascular cellular mechanisms
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Medicine Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Kanagawa, Japan
    Curr Neurovasc Res 2:29-45. 2005
    ..As a consequence, susceptible neuronal population in the cortex may result in neuronal loss with a laminar or pseudo-laminar distribution...
  10. ncbi Neuronal hyperexcitability in stroke-like episodes of MELAS syndrome
    T Iizuka
    Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    Neurology 59:816-24. 2002
    ..The pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) remains unknown...
  11. ncbi Reversible brain atrophy in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a long-term observational study
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Minami Ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252 0374, Japan
    J Neurol 257:1686-91. 2010
    ..This suggests that a functional rather than a structural neuronal damage underlies the pathogenesis of this disorder...
  12. ncbi Response to sumatriptan in headache of MELAS syndrome
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Medicine (Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
    Neurology 61:577-8. 2003
  13. ncbi Slowly progressive spread of the stroke-like lesions in MELAS
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Medicine Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
    Neurology 61:1238-44. 2003
    ..Little is known about temporal and spatial progression of the stroke-like lesion during the acute stage of the stroke-like episode in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS)...
  14. ncbi Pseudo-piano playing motions and nocturnal hypoventilation in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: response to prompt tumor removal and immunotherapy
    Akiko Uchino
    Department of Neurology, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Japan
    Intern Med 50:627-30. 2011
    ..Non-jerky elaborate finger movements suggest antibody-mediated disinhibition of the cortico-striatal systems...
  15. ncbi [Unique clinical features and pathophysiology of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 49:774-8. 2009
    ..However, exploratory laparotomy may increase the chance to identify microscopic teratoma and improve the outcome if patients who were refractory to immunotherapy had anti-NMDAR antibodies and ovarian cyst...
  16. ncbi [Clinical features and pathogenesis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 48:920-2. 2008
    ....
  17. ncbi [Anti-nMDA receptor encephalitis--clinical manifestations and pathophysiology]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, 1 15 1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 228 8555, Japan
    Brain Nerve 60:1047-60. 2008
    ..In this review, we also discuss the relationship between anti-NMDAR encephalitis and related disorders, including acute diffuse lymphocytic meningoencephalitis and acute juvenile female non-herpetic encephalitis (AJFNHE)...
  18. ncbi Antibodies to the GABA(B) receptor in limbic encephalitis with seizures: case series and characterisation of the antigen
    Eric Lancaster
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Lancet Neurol 9:67-76. 2010
    ..Some encephalitides or seizure disorders once thought idiopathic now seem to be immune mediated. We aimed to describe the clinical features of one such disorder and to identify the autoantigen involved...
  19. ncbi Botulinum toxin type A for migraine prophylaxis in the Japanese population: an open-label prospective trial
    Kosuke Suzuki
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara
    Intern Med 46:959-63. 2007
    ..To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of Botulinum Toxin Type A (BoNT-A) for migraine prophylaxis...
  20. ncbi [Pathogenesis and treatment of stroke-like episodes in MELAS]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 48:1006-9. 2008
    ..As a consequence, most susceptible layers of the cortex may result in neuronal loss. Therapeutic targets include each ongoing process of the disease...
  21. ncbi Investigation of IgG4-positive cell infiltration in biopsy specimens from cases of hypertrophic pachymeningitis
    Satoshi Utsuki
    Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
    Clin Neuropathol 32:84-90. 2013
    ..Hypertrophic pachymeningitis with IgG4-positive cells may have some kind of relation to other systemic autoimmune diseases...
  22. ncbi [Prophylactic treatment with botulinum toxin type A]
    Kosuke Suzuki
    Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Nippon Rinsho 63:1815-20. 2005
    ..In this paper, we review the results of recently published controlled trials, touching on its methodology, optimal dose, patient selection, and possible mechanisms, as well as on going clinical trial in our university...
  23. ncbi [Cerebrovascular accidents with familial antithrombin III deficiency--gene analysis study]
    Shinya Tsukahara
    Department of Internal Medicine (Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 42:207-11. 2002
    ..AT III type I deficiency caused by frame shift insertion has been reported only twelve pedigrees. This is the first case report of AT III type I deficiency caused by frame shift insertion in Japan...
  24. ncbi [Neurosarcoidosis]
    Takahiro Iizuka
    Department of Medicine (Neurology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University
    Nippon Rinsho 60:1785-93. 2002
    ..Although corticosteroids are the main stay of therapy, refractory cases can be treated by immunosuppressive and radiation therapy...