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Hiroaki Hori is affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. The research focuses primarily on the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and public health. Expertise extends into experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses several central topics, including stress responses and cortisol, child abuse and trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder research. Additional areas of research interest include tryptophan and brain disorders, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Hori has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Recent selected papers by the scientist include:

  • The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21: Development and Validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-Item in Psychiatric Patients and the General Public for Easier Mental Health Measurement in a Post COVID-19 World (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-Items Expresses Robust Psychometric Properties as an Ideal Shorter Version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 Among Healthy Respondents From Three Continents (2022), Frontiers in Psychology
  • Neurobiology of early life adversity: A systematic review of meta-analyses towards an integrative account of its neurobiological trajectories to mental disorders (2022), Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Implicit and explicit emotional memory recall in anxiety and depression: Role of basolateral amygdala and cortisol-norepinephrine interaction (2021), Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism affects negative memory bias in civilian women with PTSD (2020), Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's work include:

  • Yoshiharu Kim
  • Hiroshi Kunugi
  • Fuyuko Yoshida
  • Madoka Niwa
  • Mingming Lin

Best Publications

  • Inflammation and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Hiroaki Hori;Yoshiharu Kim

  • 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

  • Interface between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in depression

    Hiroshi Kunugi;Hiroaki Hori;Naoki Adachi;Tadahiro Numakawa

  • Plasma L-tryptophan concentration in major depressive disorder: new data and meta-analysis.

    Shintaro Ogawa;Takashi Fujii;Norie Koga;Hiroaki Hori

  • Increased cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 levels in patients with schizophrenia and those with major depressive disorder

    Daimei Sasayama;Kotaro Hattori;Chisato Wakabayashi;Toshiya Teraishi

  • The association between the Val158Met polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyl transferase gene and morphological abnormalities of the brain in chronic schizophrenia.

    Takashi Ohnishi;Ryota Hashimoto;Takeyuki Mori;Kiyotaka Nemoto

  • Antipsychotic medication and cognitive function in schizophrenia.

    Hiroaki Hori;Hiroko Noguchi;Ryota Hashimoto;Tetsuo Nakabayashi

  • The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21: Development and Validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-Item in Psychiatric Patients and the General Public for Easier Mental Health Measurement in a Post COVID-19 World.

    Amira Mohammed Ali;Abdulmajeed A Alkhamees;Hiroaki Hori;Yoshiharu Kim

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide is associated with schizophrenia.

    R Hashimoto;H Hashimoto;N Shintani;S Chiba

  • Progressive changes of white matter integrity in schizophrenia revealed by diffusion tensor imaging.

    Takeyuki Mori;Takashi Ohnishi;Ryota Hashimoto;Kiyotaka Nemoto

  • The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-Items Expresses Robust Psychometric Properties as an Ideal Shorter Version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 Among Healthy Respondents From Three Continents

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  • Neurobiology of early life adversity: A systematic review of meta-analyses towards an integrative account of its neurobiological trajectories to mental disorders

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  • Biochemical markers subtyping major depressive disorder.

    Hiroshi Kunugi;Hiroaki Hori;Shintaro Ogawa

  • Negative correlation between cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin levels and negative symptoms of male patients with schizophrenia

    Daimei Sasayama;Kotaro Hattori;Toshiya Teraishi;Hiroaki Hori

  • Schizotypal traits and cognitive function in healthy adults.

    Hiroko Noguchi;Hiroaki Hori;Hiroshi Kunugi

  • Personality in schizophrenia assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)

    Hiroaki Hori;Hiroko Noguchi;Ryota Hashimoto;Tetsuo Nakabayashi

  • Attitudes toward schizophrenia in the general population, psychiatric staff, physicians, and psychiatrists: a web-based survey in Japan.

    Hiroaki Hori;Misty Richards;Misty Richards;Yumiko Kawamoto;Hiroshi Kunugi

  • Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on gray matter volume in major depressive disorder

    Miho Ota;Takamasa Noda;Noriko Sato;Mitsutoshi Okazaki

  • Dose-dependent effect of the Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene on memory-related hippocampal activity.

    Ryota Hashimoto;Yoshiya Moriguchi;Fumio Yamashita;Takeyuki Mori

  • Functional interactions between steroid hormones and neurotrophin BDNF

    Tadahiro Numakawa;Daisaku Yokomaku;Misty Richards;Hiroaki Hori

  • Relationships between psychological distress, coping styles, and HPA axis reactivity in healthy adults.

    Hiroaki Hori;Yuji Ozeki;Toshiya Teraishi;Junko Matsuo

  • The association between the Val158Met polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyl transferase gene and morphological

    Takashi Ohnishi;Ryota Hashimoto;Takeyuki Mori;Kiyotaka Nemoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kotaro Hattori
Kotaro Hattori National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Yoshiharu Kim
Yoshiharu Kim National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Mie Matsui
Mie Matsui Kanazawa University
Masatoshi Takeda
Masatoshi Takeda Izumi University
Shigeo Okabe
Shigeo Okabe University of Tokyo
Nakao Iwata
Nakao Iwata Fujita Health University
Takashi Hanakawa
Takashi Hanakawa Kyoto University
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University

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