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Overview

Go Okada is a researcher affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology and imaging, psychiatry, and biological psychiatry.

The scientist's research focuses on several core topics, including functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced MRI and neuroimaging techniques, tryptophan and brain disorders, as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Okada has published extensively in various academic journals, contributing multiple works to venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Molecular Psychiatry, Research Square, and the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Some recent publications include:

  • "A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database", 2021, Scientific Data
  • "Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites", 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Kynurenic acid is a potential overlapped biomarker between diagnosis and treatment response for depression from metabolome analysis", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Primary functional brain connections associated with melancholic major depressive disorder and modulation by antidepressants", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Antidepressive effect of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex neurofeedback in patients with major depressive disorder: A preliminary report", 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors they have collaborated with include:

  • Yasumasa Okamoto
  • Masahiro Takamura
  • Naho Ichikawa
  • Kiyoto Kasai
  • Mitsuo Kawato

Go Okada's body of work demonstrates a strong emphasis on mental health and brain function using advanced neuroimaging methodologies. The integration of psychiatric topics and cognitive neuroscience aligns with their contributions to understanding brain connectivity and the neural underpinnings of disorders such as major depressive disorder.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of immediate and future rewards differentially recruits cortico-basal ganglia loops

    Saori C Tanaka;Kenji Doya;Go Okada;Kazutaka Ueda

  • White matter microstructural alterations across four major psychiatric disorders: mega-analysis study in 2937 individuals

    Daisuke Koshiyama;Masaki Fukunaga;Naohiro Okada;Kentaro Morita

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression changes medial prefrontal and ventral anterior cingulate cortex activity associated with self-referential processing

    Shinpei Yoshimura;Yasumasa Okamoto;Keiichi Onoda;Miki Matsunaga

  • Attenuated left prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency task in patients with depression.

    G Okada;Y Okamoto;S Morinobu;S Yamawaki

  • Negative correlation between right prefrontal activity during response inhibition and impulsiveness: a fMRI study.

    Shuji Asahi;Yasumasa Okamoto;Go Okada;Shigeto Yamawaki

  • Reduced activation of posterior cingulate cortex during imagery in subjects with high degrees of alexithymia : A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Tomoyuki Mantani;Yasumasa Okamoto;Naoko Shirao;Go Okada

  • Harmonization of resting-state functional MRI data across multiple imaging sites via the separation of site differences into sampling bias and measurement bias

    Ayumu Yamashita;Noriaki Yahata;Noriaki Yahata;Takashi Itahashi;Giuseppe Lisi

  • Brain activity during expectancy of emotional stimuli: an fMRI study.

    Kazutaka Ueda;Yasumasa Okamoto;Go Okada;Hidehisa Yamashita

  • A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database

    Saori C Tanaka;Ayumu Yamashita;Noriaki Yahata;Takashi Itahashi

  • Personality traits and the amplitude of spontaneous low-frequency oscillations during resting state.

    Yoshihiko Kunisato;Yasumasa Okamoto;Go Okada;Shiori Aoyama

  • Effects of depression on reward-based decision making and variability of action in probabilistic learning.

    Yoshihiko Kunisato;Yasumasa Okamoto;Kazutaka Ueda;Keiichi Onoda

  • Identification of depression subtypes and relevant brain regions using a data-driven approach

    Tomoki Tokuda;Junichiro Yoshimoto;Junichiro Yoshimoto;Yu Shimizu;Go Okada

  • Sadness enhances the experience of pain via neural activation in the anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala: an fMRI study.

    Atsuo Yoshino;Yasumasa Okamoto;Keiichi Onoda;Shinpei Yoshimura

  • Association of thalamic hyperactivity with treatment-resistant depression and poor response in early treatment for major depression: a resting-state fMRI study using fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations

    T Yamamura;Y Okamoto;G Okada;Y Takaishi

  • Brain mechanism of reward prediction under predictable and unpredictable environmental dynamics

    Saori C. Tanaka;Kazuyuki Samejima;Go Okada;Kazutaka Ueda

  • Childhood Poverty and Recruitment of Adult Emotion Regulatory Neurocircuitry

    Israel Liberzon;Sean T. Ma;Go Okada;S. Shaun Ho

  • A prediction model of working memory across health and psychiatric disease using whole-brain functional connectivity.

    Masahiro Yamashita;Yujiro Yoshihara;Ryuichiro Hashimoto;Noriaki Yahata;Noriaki Yahata

  • Prediction of clinical depression scores and detection of changes in whole-brain using resting-state functional MRI data with partial least squares regression

    Kosuke Yoshida;Yu Shimizu;Junichiro Yoshimoto;Masahiro Takamura

  • Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites.

    Ayumu Yamashita;Yuki Sakai;Takashi Yamada;Noriaki Yahata

  • Modulation of default-mode network activity by acute tryptophan depletion is associated with mood change: a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Yoshihiko Kunisato;Yasumasa Okamoto;Go Okada;Shiori Aoyama

  • Attenuated prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency task in remitted major depression

    Go Okada;Yasumasa Okamoto;Hidehisa Yamashita;Kazutaka Ueda

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasumasa Okamoto
Yasumasa Okamoto Hiroshima University
Shigeto Yamawaki
Shigeto Yamawaki Hiroshima University
Noriaki Yahata
Noriaki Yahata National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Kenji Doya
Kenji Doya Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Hidehiko Takahashi
Hidehiko Takahashi Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Mitsuo Kawato
Mitsuo Kawato Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Hiroshi Imamizu
Hiroshi Imamizu University of Tokyo
Koji Matsuo
Koji Matsuo Yamaguchi University
Ben Seymour
Ben Seymour University of Oxford
Israel Liberzon
Israel Liberzon Texas A&M University

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