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Hiroshi Asanuma was affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research output spanned across a variety of medical and clinical topics with a primary focus on medicine and related subfields.

The main areas of study for Asanuma included pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and urology. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in their extensive range of publications.

Asanuma contributed to several key research topics, notably:

  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Urologic and Reproductive Health Conditions
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Urological Disorders and Treatments

The scientist published frequently in several journals, with notable venues including:

  • The Journal of Urology (19 publications)
  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology (7 publications)
  • Research Square (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Urology (4 publications)
  • Clinical Endocrinology (3 publications)

Among the most recent publications authored or co-authored by Asanuma were:

  • Restoration of Cardiac Myosin Light Chain Kinase Ameliorates Systolic Dysfunction by Reducing Superrelaxed Myosin, 2023, Circulation
  • Loss-of-function mutations in the co-chaperone protein BAG5 cause dilated cardiomyopathy requiring heart transplantation, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Risk factors for haemodynamic instability and its prolongation during laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma, 2021, Clinical Endocrinology
  • Evaluating the Oncological Outcomes of Pure Laparoscopic Radical Nephroureterectomy Performed for Upper-Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Patients: A Multicenter Cohort Study Adjusted by Propensity Score Matching, 2020, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Arterial stiffening is a crucial factor for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in a community-based normotensive population, 2020, International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension

Frequent collaborators included several researchers, illustrating a breadth of scientific partnership over the career. Key coauthors frequently publishing with Asanuma were:

  • Toshikazu Takeda
  • Ryuichi Mizuno
  • Yota Yasumizu
  • Shinya Morita
  • Nobuyuki Tanaka

Throughout their career, Asanuma focused on integrating clinical and molecular research approaches, addressing complex conditions ranging from cardiovascular dysfunctions to various urological cancers. Their body of work contributed to a multifaceted understanding within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Excitation of pyramidal tract cells by intracortical microstimulation: effective extent of stimulating current.

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  • Long-term potentiation in the motor cortex.

    Atsushi Iriki;Constantine Pavlides;Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Projection from the sensory to the motor cortex is important in learning motor skills in the monkey

    C. Pavlides;E. Miyashita;H. Asanuma

  • Functional Organization of a Cortical Efferent System Examined with Focal Depth Stimulation in Cats

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  • Effects of transcallosal volleys on pyramidal tract cell activity of cat.

    Hiroshi Asanuma;Osamu Okuda

  • Long-term potentiation of thalamic input to the motor cortex induced by coactivation of thalamocortical and corticocortical afferents.

    Atsushi Iriki;Constantine Pavlides;Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Information processing within the motor cortex. II. Intracortical connections between neurons receiving somatosensory cortical input and motor output neurons of the cortex.

    Takeshi Kaneko;Marcello A. Caria;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Further study on the excitation of pyramidal tract cells by intracortical microstimulation.

    H. Asanuma;A. Arnold;P. Zarzecki

  • Spinal branching of corticospinal axons in the cat

    Y Shinoda;A P Arnold;H Asanuma

  • Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic potentials in the motor cortex produced by stimulation of the sensory cortex in the cat: a basis of motor learning.

    Takashi Sakamoto;Linda L. Porter;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Input-output organization of the rat vibrissal motor cortex.

    Eizo Miyashita;Asaf Keller;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Topographical organization of cortical efferent zones projecting to distal forelimb muscles in the monkey

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  • Spinal branching of pyramidal tract neurons in the monkey.

    Y Shinoda;P Zarzecki;P Zarzecki;H Asanuma

  • Peripheral input pathways to the monkey motor cortex.

    H. Asanuma;K. Larsen;H. Yumiya

  • Recent developments in the study of the columnar arrangement of neurons within the motor cortex.

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  • Formation of new synapses in the cat motor cortex following lesions of the deep cerebellar nuclei

    A. Keller;K. Arissian;H. Asanuma

  • Peripheral afferent inputs to the forelimb area of the monkey motor cortex: Input-output relations

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  • Neurobiological basis of motor learning in mammals.

    H Asanuma;C Pavlides

  • Projection from area 3a to the motor cortex by neurons activated from group I muscle afferents.

    P. Zarzecki;Y. Shinoda;H. Asanuma

  • Neuronal mechanisms of motor learning in mammals.

    Hiroshi Asanuma;Asaf Keller

  • Projection of individual pyramidal tract neurons to lumbar motor nuclei of the monkey.

    H. Asanuma;P. Zarzecki;E. Jankowska;T. Hongo

  • Synaptic proliferation in the motor cortex of adult cats after long-term thalamic stimulation.

    Asaf Keller;Kostadinka Arissian;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Information processing within the motor cortex. I. Responses of morphologically identified motor cortical cells to stimulation of the somatosensory cortex

    Takeshi Kaneko;Marcello A. Caria;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Functional role of the sensory cortex in learning motor skills in cats.

    Takashi Sakamoto;Kostadinka Arissian;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Characteristics of projections from the nucleus ventralis lateralis to the motor cortex in the cats: an anatomical and physiological study.

    Hiroshi Asanuma;Julio Fernandez;Madge E. Scheibel;Arnold B. Scheibel

  • Spread of mono- and polysynaptic connections within cat's motor cortex

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Frequent Co-Authors

Constantine Pavlides
Constantine Pavlides University of Tsukuba
Atsushi Iriki
Atsushi Iriki RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Elzbieta Jankowska
Elzbieta Jankowska University of Gothenburg
Dennis D.M. O'Leary
Dennis D.M. O'Leary Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Arnold B. Scheibel
Arnold B. Scheibel University of California, Los Angeles

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