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Hiroshi Ito is affiliated with Fukushima Medical University in Japan and specializes primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their research spans several subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The main topics covered in their work include Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Micro and Nano Robotics, Light Effects on Plants, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Spaceflight Effects on Biology, and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence.

Their publication record features papers across a range of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Some of the recent publications by Hiroshi Ito include:

  • "Damped circadian oscillation in the absence of KaiA in Synechococcus" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Root PRR7 Improves the Accuracy of the Shoot Circadian Clock through Nutrient Transport" (2023, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • "Global transcriptional and circadian regulation in a halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC7418" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Artificial temperature-compensated biological clock using temperature-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky gels" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Evolution of self-sustained circadian rhythms is facilitated by seasonal change of daylight" (2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Collaborations with frequent coauthors are notable, including multiple papers with Takuma Sugi, Fumito Mori, Yuhei Yamada, Shingo Maeda, and Hotaka Kaji.

Best Publications

  • Consensus nomenclature for in vivo imaging of reversibly binding radioligands

    Robert B. Innis;Vincent Joseph Cunningham;Jacques Delforge;Masahiro Fujita

  • Generation of influenza A viruses entirely from cloned cDNAs

    Gabriele Neumann;Tokiko Watanabe;Hiroshi Ito;Shinji Watanabe

  • 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

  • Cerebral glioma: evaluation with methionine PET.

    T Ogawa;F Shishido;I Kanno;A Inugami

  • Changes in Human Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Blood Volume during Hypercapnia and Hypocapnia Measured by Positron Emission Tomography

    Hiroshi Ito;Iwao Kanno;Masanobu Ibaraki;Jun Hatazawa

  • Increased Binding of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor in Alzheimer's Disease Measured by Positron Emission Tomography with [11C]DAA1106

    Fumihiko Yasuno;Fumihiko Yasuno;Miho Ota;Miho Ota;Jun Kosaka;Hiroshi Ito

  • Hypoperfusion in the Limbic System and Prefrontal Cortex in Depression: SPECT with Anatomic Standardization Technique

    Hiroshi Ito;Ryuta Kawashima;Shuichi Awata;Shuichi Ono

  • Age-related degeneration of corpus callosum measured with diffusion tensor imaging

    Miho Ota;Takayuki Obata;Yoshihide Akine;Hiroshi Ito

  • Database of normal human cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume, cerebral oxygen extraction fraction and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen measured by positron emission tomography with 15O-labelled carbon dioxide or water, carbon monoxide and oxygen: a multicentre study in Japan

    Hiroshi Ito;Iwao Kanno;Chietsugu Kato;Toshiaki Sasaki

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

    Hidehiko Takahashi;Motoichiro Kato;Harumasa Takano;Ryosuke Arakawa

  • Human cerebral circulation: positron emission tomography studies.

    Hiroshi Ito;Iwao Kanno;Hiroshi Fukuda

  • Changes in the arterial fraction of human cerebral blood volume during hypercapnia and hypocapnia measured by positron emission tomography.

    Hiroshi Ito;Masanobu Ibaraki;Iwao Kanno;Hiroshi Fukuda

  • Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in patients with chronic schizophrenia: a PET study with [11C]DAA1106.

    Akihiro Takano;Ryosuke Arakawa;Hiroshi Ito;Amane Tateno

  • Arterial fraction of cerebral blood volume in humans measured by positron emission tomography.

    Hiroshi Ito;Iwao Kanno;Hidehiro Iida;Jun Hatazawa

  • Increased binding of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor in mild cognitive impairment–dementia converters measured by positron emission tomography with [11C]DAA1106

    Fumihiko Yasuno;Jun Kosaka;Miho Ota;Miho Ota;Makoto Higuchi

  • Quantitative measurement of regional cerebrovascular reactivity to acetazolamide using 123I-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine autoradiography with SPECT: validation study using H2 15O with PET.

    Kuniaki Ogasawara;Hiroshi Ito;Masayuki Sasoh;Taku Okuguchi

  • Male elderly subthreshold depression patients have smaller volume of medial part of prefrontal cortex and precentral gyrus compared with age-matched normal subjects: a voxel-based morphometry.

    Yasuyuki Taki;Shigeo Kinomura;Shuichi Awata;Kentaro Inoue

  • Dose-finding study of paliperidone ER based on striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in patients with schizophrenia

    Ryosuke Arakawa;Hiroshi Ito;Akihiro Takano;Hidehiko Takahashi

  • Extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor density and affinity in the human brain measured by 3D PET.

    Tetsuya Suhara;Yasuhiko Sudo;Takashi Okauchi;Jun Maeda

  • A Multicenter Validation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Quantitation Using [123I]Iodoamphetamine and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

    Hidehiro Iida;Tooru Akutsu;Keigo Endo;Hiroshi Fukuda

  • Evaluation of [11C]oseltamivir uptake into the brain during immune activation by systemic polyinosine-polycytidylic acid injection: a quantitative PET study using juvenile monkey models of viral infection

    Chie Seki;Arata Oh-Nishi;Yuji Nagai;Takafumi Minamimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Harumasa Takano
Harumasa Takano National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Hidehiko Takahashi
Hidehiko Takahashi Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Iwao Kanno
Iwao Kanno National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Yoshiro Okubo
Yoshiro Okubo Neuroscience Research Australia
Makoto Higuchi
Makoto Higuchi National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Hiroshi Fukuda
Hiroshi Fukuda Tohoku University
Hitoshi Shinotoh
Hitoshi Shinotoh National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Ryuta Kawashima
Ryuta Kawashima Tohoku University
Shigeo Kinomura
Shigeo Kinomura Tohoku University

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