H Yamasue

Summary

Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Function and structure in social brain regions can link oxytocin-receptor genes with autistic social behavior
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Brain Dev 35:111-8. 2013
  2. ncbi Integrative approaches utilizing oxytocin to enhance prosocial behavior: from animal and human social behavior to autistic social dysfunction
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    J Neurosci 32:14109-17. 2012
  3. ncbi [Investigating endophenotype of endogeneous psychotic disorders]
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, 113 8655 Japan
    Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 27:85-90. 2007
  4. ncbi Neuroanatomy in monozygotic twins with Asperger disorder discordant for comorbid depression
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Neurology 65:491-2. 2005
  5. ncbi Association between mitochondrial DNA 10398A>G polymorphism and the volume of amygdala
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Genes Brain Behav 7:698-704. 2008
  6. ncbi Gender-common and -specific neuroanatomical basis of human anxiety-related personality traits
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Cereb Cortex 18:46-52. 2008
  7. ncbi Localized volume reduction in prefrontal, temporolimbic, and paralimbic regions in schizophrenia: an MRI parcellation study
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 131:195-207. 2004
  8. ncbi Human brain structural change related to acute single exposure to sarin
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Ann Neurol 61:37-46. 2007
  9. ncbi Abnormal association between reduced magnetic mismatch field to speech sounds and smaller left planum temporale volume in schizophrenia
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroimage 22:720-7. 2004
  10. ncbi Drug-induced parkinsonism in relation to choline-containing compounds measured by 1H-MR spectroscopy in putamen of chronically medicated patients with schizophrenia
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 6:353-60. 2003

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Publications59

  1. ncbi Function and structure in social brain regions can link oxytocin-receptor genes with autistic social behavior
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Brain Dev 35:111-8. 2013
    ..For further development of this research area, this mini-review integrates recent accumulating evidence about human behavioral and neural correlates of OXTR...
  2. ncbi Integrative approaches utilizing oxytocin to enhance prosocial behavior: from animal and human social behavior to autistic social dysfunction
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    J Neurosci 32:14109-17. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi [Investigating endophenotype of endogeneous psychotic disorders]
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, 113 8655 Japan
    Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 27:85-90. 2007
    ..Then, we discussed the possibility of endophenotyping of bipolar disorder and introduced our preliminary study. Finally, methodological considerations and future directions of endophenotyping of endogeneous psychosis were suggested...
  4. ncbi Neuroanatomy in monozygotic twins with Asperger disorder discordant for comorbid depression
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Neurology 65:491-2. 2005
  5. ncbi Association between mitochondrial DNA 10398A>G polymorphism and the volume of amygdala
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Genes Brain Behav 7:698-704. 2008
    ..These provocative findings might provide a clue to the complex relationship between mtDNA, brain structure and mental disorders...
  6. ncbi Gender-common and -specific neuroanatomical basis of human anxiety-related personality traits
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Cereb Cortex 18:46-52. 2008
    ..The results may have implications for why susceptibility to stress-related disorders such as anxiety disorders and depression shows gender and/or individual differences...
  7. ncbi Localized volume reduction in prefrontal, temporolimbic, and paralimbic regions in schizophrenia: an MRI parcellation study
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 131:195-207. 2004
    ..These findings indicate the importance of ACG abnormalities in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia...
  8. ncbi Human brain structural change related to acute single exposure to sarin
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Ann Neurol 61:37-46. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Abnormal association between reduced magnetic mismatch field to speech sounds and smaller left planum temporale volume in schizophrenia
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroimage 22:720-7. 2004
    ..These results suggest that structural abnormalities of the planum temporale may underlie the functional abnormalities of fundamental language-related processing in schizophrenia...
  10. ncbi Drug-induced parkinsonism in relation to choline-containing compounds measured by 1H-MR spectroscopy in putamen of chronically medicated patients with schizophrenia
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 6:353-60. 2003
    ..These results suggest a potential of 1H-MRS as a non-invasive monitoring method of neurobiological correlates of EPS associated with neuroleptic treatments in patients with schizophrenia...
  11. ncbi Oxytocin, sexually dimorphic features of the social brain, and autism
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 63:129-40. 2009
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  12. ncbi Voxel-based analysis of MRI reveals anterior cingulate gray-matter volume reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry and Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:9039-43. 2003
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  13. ncbi 1H-MR spectroscopy and gray matter volume of the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia
    H Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroreport 13:2133-7. 2002
    ..These results provide further support to the idea that the measures of H-MRS indicate not only neuronal loss but also neuronal dysfunction in schizophrenia...
  14. ncbi Functional (GT)n polymorphisms in promoter region of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor 2A subunit (GRIN2A) gene affect hippocampal and amygdala volumes
    H Inoue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Japan
    Genes Brain Behav 9:269-75. 2010
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  15. ncbi Age-related change in brain metabolite abnormalities in autism: a meta-analysis of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies
    Y Aoki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Transl Psychiatry 2:e69. 2012
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  16. ncbi Decreased prefrontal activation during letter fluency task in adults with pervasive developmental disorders: a near-infrared spectroscopy study
    Hitoshi Kuwabara
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Behav Brain Res 172:272-7. 2006
    ..The present results may be also potentially useful for applying NIRS to clinical settings of child psychiatry...
  17. ncbi Absence of age-related prefrontal NAA change in adults with autism spectrum disorders
    Y Aoki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Transl Psychiatry 2:e178. 2012
    ..The current (1)H-MRS study provided new evidence that atypical age-related change of neurochemical aspects of brain maturation in ASD individuals expands beyond childhood and persists during adulthood...
  18. ncbi Evidence for acquired pregenual anterior cingulate gray matter loss from a twin study of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kiyoto Kasai
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Biol Psychiatry 63:550-6. 2008
    ..We employed a case-control design in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for combat exposure to address the preexisting versus acquired origin of brain morphometric abnormalities in PTSD...
  19. ncbi Disrupted integrity of the fornix is associated with impaired memory organization in schizophrenia
    Kunio Takei
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Schizophr Res 103:52-61. 2008
    ..We investigated an association between DTI abnormalities of the fornix and impairment of memory organization in schizophrenia...
  20. ncbi Hypoactivation of the prefrontal cortex during verbal fluency test in PTSD: a near-infrared spectroscopy study
    Koji Matsuo
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 124:1-10. 2003
    ..The 'frontal dysfunction' observed in subjects with PTSD may be a secondary phenomenon to reduced attentional capacity...
  21. ncbi Volume reduction and altered sulco-gyral pattern of the orbitofrontal cortex in first-episode schizophrenia
    Yoichiro Takayanagi
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
    Schizophr Res 121:55-65. 2010
    ..In addition, it remains elusive whether the OFC morphology in first-episode patients is related to their clinical features...
  22. ncbi Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in victims of Tokyo subway attack: a 5-year follow-up study
    Toshiyuki Ohtani
    Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 58:624-9. 2004
    ..A significant correlation between the total score of Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and CAPS was found, indicating that IES-R is a useful tool for evaluating PTSD...
  23. ncbi Activation of the prefrontal cortex to trauma-related stimuli measured by near-infrared spectroscopy in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism
    Koji Matsuo
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychophysiology 40:492-500. 2003
    ..Significantly enhanced SCR was also observed in the victims with PTSD during trauma-related stimuli. The findings suggest that measurement of cerebral hemodynamic response by NIRS is useful for psychophysiological assessment of PTSD...
  24. ncbi No association between the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 3 gene (GRM3) and schizophrenia in a Japanese population
    Mamoru Tochigi
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113 8655 Japan
    Schizophr Res 88:260-4. 2006
    ..Thus, the present study provides no positive evidence of an association between the GRM3 gene and schizophrenia in the Japanese population...
  25. ncbi Differentiation of first-episode schizophrenia patients from healthy controls using ROI-based multiple structural brain variables
    Yoichiro Takayanagi
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 34:10-7. 2010
    ..Brain morphometric measures from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have not been used to discriminate between first-episode patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjects...
  26. ncbi Increased positive thought disorder with illness duration in patients with schizophrenia
    Keiko Maeda
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 61:687-90. 2007
    ..TDI scores were not associated with verbal memory or executive functioning. These results indicate an ongoing worsening of positive thought disorder through the course of illness in schizophrenia...
  27. ncbi Perospirone in the treatment of schizophrenia: effect on verbal memory organization
    Tsuyoshi Araki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 30:204-8. 2006
    ..Negative symptoms and extrapyramidal side effects were also ameliorated after switching to perospirone. The distinct cognitive enhancement profile of perospirone may be attributable to its partial 5-HT1A agonist action...
  28. ncbi Tract-specific analysis of the superior occipitofrontal fasciculus in schizophrenia
    Natsuko Kunimatsu
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, 113 8655, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 164:198-205. 2008
    ..726 (x10(-3) mm(2)/s) (S.D. 0.027)]. Our results suggest that the so-called SOFF may be a structural component connecting the prefrontal area to the thalamus and that it is deteriorated in schizophrenia...
  29. ncbi Structural and diffusional brain abnormality related to relatively low level alcohol consumption
    Hiroki Sasaki
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroimage 46:505-10. 2009
    ..The current results suggest female brain vulnerability to alcohol, and a relation between subtle abnormality in the right amygdala and alcohol misuse...
  30. ncbi Aging effects on cerebral asymmetry: a voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study
    Hidemasa Takao
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Magn Reson Imaging 28:65-9. 2010
    ..Our results showed no significant effects of aging on either gray matter volume asymmetry or white matter fractional anisotropy asymmetry...
  31. ncbi Voxel-based analyses of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data in major depression
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 181:64-70. 2010
    ..These results suggest that the frontolimbic neural circuit might play an important role in the neuropathology of patients with major depressive disorder...
  32. ncbi Cerebral asymmetry in patients with schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study
    Hidemasa Takao
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Magn Reson Imaging 31:221-6. 2010
    ..To evaluate the differences in gray- and white-matter asymmetry between schizophrenia patients and normal subjects...
  33. ncbi Age-related changes in regional brain volume evaluated by atlas-based method
    Wataru Gonoi
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroradiology 52:865-73. 2010
    ..We introduce an atlas-based method as a methodological alternative that calculates absolute volume as a non-biased and semi-automatic whole-brain technique...
  34. ncbi Sex dimorphism in gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor during normal aging
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    NMR Biomed 23:446-58. 2010
    ..Our results provide strong evidence of sex dimorphism in global and focal diffusion characteristics during normal aging...
  35. ncbi Effect of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene variants on amygdalar and hippocampal volumes
    Hideyuki Inoue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Brain Res 1331:51-7. 2010
    ..These results suggest that amygdalar and hippocampal volumes assessed using MRI may be a useful intermediate phenotype that will uncover the biological pathway linking 5-HT synthesis and emotional behaviors and affective disorders...
  36. ncbi Voxel-based analysis of the diffusion tensor
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroradiology 52:699-710. 2010
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  37. ncbi Structural disruption of the dorsal cingulum bundle is associated with impaired Stroop performance in patients with schizophrenia
    Kunio Takei
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Schizophr Res 114:119-27. 2009
    ....
  38. ncbi Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in schizophrenia
    Kiyoto Kasai
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Neurosci Res 43:93-110. 2002
    ..Finally, we addressed the issue of the heterogeneity of schizophrenia from the neurobiological perspective, in relation to the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological measures...
  39. ncbi Delayed automatic detection of change in speech sounds in adults with autism: a magnetoencephalographic study
    Kiyoto Kasai
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, 113 8655 Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Neurophysiol 116:1655-64. 2005
    ..e. automatic change detection of speech and non-speech sounds, using magnetoencephalographic recording of mismatch response elicited by change in vowels and tones...
  40. ncbi [Neuroimaging in posttraumatic stress disorder]
    Kiyoto Kasai
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
    No To Shinkei 57:285-90. 2005
  41. ncbi Parahippocampal activation evoked by masked traumatic images in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional MRI study
    Hideshi Sakamoto
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Neuroimage 26:813-21. 2005
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  42. ncbi Confirmation of a relationship between reduced auditory P300 amplitude and thought disorder in schizophrenia
    Kenji Kirihara
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Schizophr Res 80:197-201. 2005
    ..These results further suggest that electrophysiological abnormalities of information processing may underlie positive thought disorder in schizophrenia...
  43. ncbi Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: diffusion tensor tractography and voxel-based analysis
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, 113 8655, Japan
    NMR Biomed 17:411-6. 2004
    ..These results suggested that the combination of voxel-based diffusion tensor analysis and diffusion tensor tractography might help determine the location of the affected neuronal tissues among ALS patients in a non-invasive manner...
  44. ncbi Auditory P300 latency prolongation with age in schizophrenia: gender and subcomponent effects
    Tsuyoshi Araki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Schizophr Res 88:217-21. 2006
    ..Our findings may provide evidence for progressive change in the brain function in schizophrenia, and this change may be slower in female than male patients. P3b may serve as a more sensitive index for cognitive decline than P3a...
  45. ncbi Aging in the CNS: comparison of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neurobiol Aging 29:102-16. 2008
    ..These results indicate that diffusion properties and brain volume are complementary markers to the effects of aging...
  46. ncbi Multiple-time replicability of near-infrared spectroscopy recording during prefrontal activation task in healthy men
    Toshiaki Kono
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neurosci Res 57:504-12. 2007
    ..Further studies using different conditions or assessing sensitivity to longitudinal changes following interventions are necessary...
  47. ncbi Reduced planum temporale volume and delusional behaviour in patients with schizophrenia
    Syudo Yamasaki
    Department of Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113 8655, Japan
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:318-24. 2007
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  48. ncbi Electrophysiological abnormalities of spatial attention in adults with autism during the gap overlap task
    Yuki Kawakubo
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
    Clin Neurophysiol 118:1464-71. 2007
    ..We evaluated event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by attentional disengagement in individuals with autism...
  49. ncbi Topography of the human corpus callosum using diffusion tensor tractography
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    J Comput Assist Tomogr 28:533-9. 2004
    ..To evaluate the crossing fiber trajectory through the corpus callosum using distortion-corrected diffusion tensor tractography in the human brain...
  50. ncbi Reduced frontopolar activation during verbal fluency task in schizophrenia: a multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study
    Ryu Takizawa
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Schizophr Res 99:250-62. 2008
    ....
  51. ncbi Voxel-based diffusion tensor analysis reveals aberrant anterior cingulum integrity in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism
    Osamu Abe
    Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Psychiatry Res 146:231-42. 2006
    ..The present study demonstrated further evidence of abnormalities of both the ACC, a structure that is pivotally involved in attention, emotional regulation, and fear conditioning, and of subjacent white matter in the pathology of PTSD...
  52. ncbi Association between lower P300 amplitude and smaller anterior cingulate cortex volume in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: a study of victims of Tokyo subway sarin attack
    Tsuyoshi Araki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Neuroimage 25:43-50. 2005
    ..These results provide the first evidence that electrophysiological deficits of controlled attention observed in patients with PTSD may be linked to underlying brain morphological abnormalities...
  53. ncbi No evidence for an association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and schizophrenia or personality traits
    Mamoru Tochigi
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo113 8655, Japan
    Schizophr Res 87:45-7. 2006
    ..Thus, the present study did not provide evidence for an association between the BDNF gene and schizophrenia or personality traits in the Japanese population...
  54. ncbi [Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in schizophrenia]
    Kiyoto Kasai
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
    Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 106:851-66. 2004
    ..Finally, we described important issues, in terms of the infrastructure and system, which need to be improved in clinical psychiatry research in Japan...
  55. ncbi Sex-linked neuroanatomical basis of human altruistic cooperativeness
    Hidenori Yamasue
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7 3 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8655, Japan
    Cereb Cortex 18:2331-40. 2008
    ..The present findings may also have an implication for the pathophysiology of autism; characterized by severe dysfunction in social reciprocity, abnormalities in social-brain, and disproportionately low probability in females...
  56. ncbi Support for relationship between serum cholinesterase and post-traumatic stress disorder; 5-year follow-ups of victims of the Tokyo subway sarin poisoning
    Mamoru Tochigi
    Neurosci Res 52:129-31. 2005
  57. ncbi Anterior cingulate cortex volume reduction in patients with panic disorder
    Takeshi Asami
    Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 62:322-30. 2008
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  58. ncbi Prefrontal cortex and amygdala volume in first minor or major depressive episode after cancer diagnosis
    Eisho Yoshikawa
    Psycho-Oncology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
    Biol Psychiatry 59:707-12. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: It might be suggested that amygdala volume was associated with a first minor and/or major depressive episode after cancer diagnosis...
  59. ncbi Comparison between mismatch negativity amplitude and magnetic mismatch field strength in normal adults
    Noriko Kudo
    Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
    Biol Psychol 71:54-62. 2006
    ..To further clarify the differential significance of recording MMN/MMF may be important to establish MMN/MMF as clinical indices of individual ability of preattentive stage of auditory processing...