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Harumasa Takano is affiliated with the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on fields including Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The topics covered by Takano's work span a range of areas related to brain health and neurological disorders. These include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Recent publications by Harumasa Takano include the following:

  • "Association between neurite metrics and tau/inflammatory pathology in Alzheimer's disease", 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • "Differential associations of dopamine synthesis capacity with the dopamine transporter and D2 receptor availability as assessed by PET in the living human brain", 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Contribution of amyloid and putative Lewy body pathologies in neuropsychiatric symptoms", 2023, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • "Soluble APP-α and APP-β in cerebrospinal fluid as potential biomarkers for differential diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment", 2021, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • "Longitudinal reduction in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia and its association with cognitive function", 2024, Neuropsychopharmacology Reports

Takano frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Toshiki Mizuno
  • Mitsunari Abe
  • Nobukatsu Sawamoto
  • Takashi Hanakawa
  • Hiroshi Matsuda

The most common publication venues for their work include:

  • Neuropsychopharmacology Reports
  • Research Square
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Best Publications

  • Imaging of Tau Pathology in a Tauopathy Mouse Model and in Alzheimer Patients Compared to Normal Controls

    Masahiro Maruyama;Hitoshi Shimada;Tetsuya Suhara;Hitoshi Shinotoh

  • Effects of a medium-chain triglyceride-based ketogenic formula on cognitive function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

    Miho Ota;Junko Matsuo;Ikki Ishida;Harumasa Takano

  • Differential Contributions of Prefrontal and Hippocampal Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors in Human Cognitive Functions

    Hidehiko Takahashi;Motoichiro Kato;Harumasa Takano;Ryosuke Arakawa

  • Quantification of Dopamine Transporter in Human Brain Using PET with 18F-FE-PE2I

    Takeshi Sasaki;Hiroshi Ito;Yasuyuki Kimura;Ryosuke Arakawa

  • PET Quantification of Tau Pathology in Human Brain with 11C-PBB3

    Yasuyuki Kimura;Masanori Ichise;Hiroshi Ito;Hitoshi Shimada

  • Changes in regional cerebral blood flow during acute electroconvulsive therapy in patients with depression: positron emission tomographic study.

    Harumasa Takano;Nobutaka Motohashi;Takeshi Uema;Kenichi Ogawa

  • Regional dopamine synthesis in patients with schizophrenia using L-[β-11C]DOPA PET

    Shoko Nozaki;Motoichiro Kato;Harumasa Takano;Harumasa Takano;Hiroshi Ito

  • Enhanced dopamine release by nicotine in cigarette smokers: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study

    Hidehiko Takahashi;Yota Fujimura;Mika Hayashi;Harumasa Takano

  • Normal database of dopaminergic neurotransmission system in human brain measured by positron emission tomography.

    Hiroshi Ito;Hidehiko Takahashi;Ryosuke Arakawa;Harumasa Takano

  • Revising polypharmacy to a single antipsychotic regimen for patients with chronic schizophrenia.

    Takefumi Suzuki;Hiroyuki Uchida;Kenji F. Tanaka;Kensuke Nomura

  • Japanese multicenter database of healthy controls for [123I]FP-CIT SPECT

    Hiroshi Matsuda;Miho Murata;Yohei Mukai;Kazuya Sako

  • Functional connectivity revealed by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex

    Shingo Okabe;Ritsuko Hanajima;Takashi Ohnishi;Masami Nishikawa

  • Positron emission tomography measurement of dopamine D₂ receptor occupancy in the pituitary and cerebral cortex: relation to antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia.

    Ryosuke Arakawa;Masaki Okumura;Hiroshi Ito;Akihiro Takano

  • Dopamine D1 Receptors and Nonlinear Probability Weighting in Risky Choice

    Hidehiko Takahashi;Hiroshi Matsui;Colin F. Camerer;Harumasa Takano

  • Norepinephrine in the brain is associated with aversion to financial loss.

    H Takahashi;S Fujie;C Camerer;R Arakawa

  • Quantitative Analysis of Norepinephrine Transporter in the Human Brain Using PET with (S,S)-18F-FMeNER-D2

    Ryosuke Arakawa;Masaki Okumura;Hiroshi Ito;Chie Seki

  • Honesty mediates the relationship between serotonin and reaction to unfairness

    Hidehiko Takahashi;Harumasa Takano;Colin F. Camerer;Takashi Ideno

  • Relation between Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Dopaminergic Functions Measured by Positron Emission Tomography: Implication of Dopaminergic Tone

    Hiroshi Ito;Fumitoshi Kodaka;Hidehiko Takahashi;Harumasa Takano

  • rCBF changes elicited by rTMS over DLPFC in humans.

    Takashi Ohnishi;Hiroshi Matsuda;Etsuko Imabayashi;Shingo Okabe

  • Norepinephrine Transporter in Major Depressive Disorder: A PET Study.

    Sho Moriguchi;Makiko Yamada;Harumasa Takano;Tomohisa Nagashima

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Hiroshi Ito
Hiroshi Ito Fukushima Medical University
Hidehiko Takahashi
Hidehiko Takahashi Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hiroshi Matsuda
Hiroshi Matsuda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yoshiro Okubo
Yoshiro Okubo Neuroscience Research Australia
Makoto Higuchi
Makoto Higuchi National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Hitoshi Shinotoh
Hitoshi Shinotoh National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Nobuyuki Okamura
Nobuyuki Okamura Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Masaru Mimura
Masaru Mimura Keio University

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