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Hirotaka Onoe

Hirotaka Onoe

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
11104
World Ranking
5077
National Ranking
156

Overview

Hirotaka Onoe is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research focus spans several disciplines including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Onoe's work covers a range of main topics within neuroscience, prominently including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Their publication record includes 54 works in neuroscience, with 24 focused on cognitive neuroscience and 13 in neurology. Research has been published in multiple frequent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • PubMed
  • Communications Biology

Selected recent papers by Onoe demonstrate a breadth of topics and relevant venues:

  • "Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Divergent Whole Brain Projections from the Ventral Midbrain in Macaques," 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Disrupting tumor onset and growth via selective cell tagging (SeCT) therapy," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Properties of visually guided saccadic behavior and bottom-up attention in marmoset, macaque, and human," 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Lewy Body Disease Primate Model with α-Synuclein Propagation from the Olfactory Bulb," 2022, Movement Disorders

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Tadashi Isa, Kaoru Isa, Keigo Hikishima, Reona Yamaguchi, and Kenta Kobayashi, reflecting sustained cooperation within the neuroscience research community.

Best Publications

  • Whole-Brain Imaging with Single-Cell Resolution Using Chemical Cocktails and Computational Analysis

    Etsuo A. Susaki;Kazuki Tainaka;Kazuki Tainaka;Dimitri Perrin;Fumiaki Kishino

  • Human iPS cell-derived dopaminergic neurons function in a primate Parkinson’s disease model

    Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Asuka Morizane;Daisuke Doi;Hiroaki Magotani

  • Direct Comparison of Autologous and Allogeneic Transplantation of iPSC-Derived Neural Cells in the Brain of a Nonhuman Primate

    Asuka Morizane;Daisuke Doi;Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Keisuke Okita

  • Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues

    Etsuo A. Susaki;Chika Shimizu;Akihiro Kuno;Akihiro Kuno;Kazuki Tainaka

  • Time-Dependent Central Compensatory Mechanisms of Finger Dexterity After Spinal Cord Injury

    Yukio Nishimura;Hirotaka Onoe;Yosuke Morichika;Sergei Perfiliev

  • MHC matching improves engraftment of iPSC-derived neurons in non-human primates.

    Asuka Morizane;Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Takuya Hayashi;Hiroshi Mizuma

  • Functional brain mapping of monkey tool use.

    Shigeru Obayashi;Shigeru Obayashi;Shigeru Obayashi;Tetsuya Suhara;Koichi Kawabe;Takashi Okauchi

  • Activation of ventrolateral preoptic neurons by the somnogen prostaglandin D2

    Thomas Scammell;Dmitry Gerashchenko;Yoshihiro Urade;Hirotaka Onoe

  • Prolonged Maturation Culture Favors a Reduction in the Tumorigenicity and the Dopaminergic Function of Human ESC-Derived Neural Cells in a Primate Model of Parkinson's Disease†‡§

    Daisuke Doi;Asuka Morizane;Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Hirotaka Onoe

  • Brain networks affected by synchronized sleep visualized by positron emission tomography.

    Jesper L. R. Andersson;Hirotaka Onoe;Jerker Hetta;Karin Lidström

  • The neural basis of academic achievement motivation.

    Kei Mizuno;Masaaki Tanaka;Akira Ishii;Hiroki C. Tanabe

  • Prostaglandin D2, a cerebral sleep-inducing substance in monkeys

    Hirotaka Onoe;Ryuji Ueno;Ichiro Fujita;Hitoo Nishino

  • Non-synchronous behavior of neuronal activity, oxidative metabolism and blood supply during mental tasks in man

    Yoko Hoshi;Hirotaka Onoe;Yasuyoshi Watanabe;Jesper Andersson

  • Cortical Networks Recruited for Time Perception: A Monkey Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Study

    Hirotaka Onoe;Masashi Komori;Kayo Onoe;Hajime Takechi;Hajime Takechi

  • Reduction of serotonin transporters of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Shigeyuki Yamamoto;Yasuomi Ouchi;Hirotaka Onoe;Etsuji Yoshikawa

  • Survival of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the brain of a primate model of Parkinson's disease.

    Tetsuhiro Kikuchi;Asuka Morizane;Daisuke Doi;Hirotaka Onoe

  • Mapping of prostaglandin E2 binding sites in rat brain using quantitative autoradiography.

    Kiyoshi Matsumura;Yumiko Watanabe;Kyoko Imai-Matsumura;Michael Connolly

  • Ketamine increases the striatal N-[11C]methylspiperone binding in vivo: positron emission tomography study using conscious rhesus monkey

    Hirotaka Onoe;Osamu Inoue;Kazutoshi Suzuki;Hideo Tsukada

  • Brain regions involved in fatigue sensation: reduced acetylcarnitine uptake into the brain.

    Hirohiko Kuratsune;Kouzi Yamaguti;Kouzi Yamaguti;Gudrun Lindh;Birgitta Evengård

  • Pontine structures and mechanisms involved in the generation of paradoxical (REM) sleep.

    K Sakai;S Crochet;H Onoe

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Tadashi Isa
Tadashi Isa Kyoto University
Hideo Tsukada
Hideo Tsukada Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)
Hitoshi Hashimoto
Hitoshi Hashimoto Osaka University
Kazuhiro Takuma
Kazuhiro Takuma Osaka University
Yasuomi Ouchi
Yasuomi Ouchi Hamamatsu University
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Norihiro Sadato
Norihiro Sadato National Institute for Physiological Sciences

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