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Hitoshi Okamura

Hitoshi Okamura

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D-Index
95
Citations
33938
World Ranking
10058
National Ranking
281

Overview

Hitoshi Okamura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on psychiatry, mental health, and clinical psychology. Their academic output spans 39 publications in medicine and 15 in psychology, underlining expertise across both domains.

Their research addresses a variety of subfields including psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, general health professions, oncology, and physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation. Prominent topics in their work include grief, bereavement, and mental health; balance, gait, and falls prevention; dementia and cognitive impairment research; maternal and perinatal health interventions; stroke rehabilitation and recovery; childhood cancer survivors' quality of life; and palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Recent papers authored by Okamura cover a range of clinical and psychological topics, such as:

  • "The influence of coping types on post-traumatic growth in patients with primary breast cancer" (2020, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • "Factors associated with facilitating advance care planning based on the theory of planned behaviour" (2021, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • "The Japanese Breast Cancer Society clinical practice guidelines for epidemiology and prevention of breast cancer, 2022 edition" (2023, Breast Cancer)
  • "Effects of Cognitive Dysfunction and Dual Task on Gait Speed and Prefrontal Cortex Activation in Community-Dwelling Older Adults" (2020, Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition)
  • "Changes in motor function and quality of life after surgery in patients with pancreatic cancer" (2020, European Journal of Cancer Care)

Okamura frequently publishes in journals such as Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nursing and Health Sciences, Cureus, and PsycTESTS Dataset. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, bridging clinical oncology, neurological disorders, and psychological health.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Okamura's research career. Frequent co-authors include Fumiko Kaneko, Kazuya Saita, Yoko Ueno, Tomoyuki Okazaki, and Keita Nakagawa, indicating a network of colleagues with whom Okamura consistently contributes to scholarly work.

Best Publications

  • Control mechanism of the circadian clock for timing of cell division in vivo.

    Takuya Matsuo;Shun Yamaguchi;Shun Yamaguchi;Shigeru Mitsui;Shigeru Mitsui;Aki Emi;Aki Emi

  • Synchronization of cellular clocks in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Shun Yamaguchi;Hiromi Isejima;Hiromi Isejima;Takuya Matsuo;Takuya Matsuo;Ryusuke Okura

  • Circadian oscillation of a mammalian homologue of the Drosophila period gene.

    Hajime Tei;Hitoshi Okamura;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Chiaki Fukuhara

  • Light-induced resetting of a mammalian circadian clock is associated with rapid induction of the mPer1 transcript.

    Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Kouji Taguchi;Shuzo Yamamoto;Seiichi Takekida

  • RNA-Methylation-Dependent RNA Processing Controls the Speed of the Circadian Clock

    Jean-Michel Fustin;Masao Doi;Yoshiaki Yamaguchi;Hayashi Hida

  • Thyroplasty as a new phonosurgical technique.

    N. Isshiki;H. Morita;H. Okamura;M. Hiramoto

  • Light activates the adrenal gland: Timing of gene expression and glucocorticoid release

    Atsushi Ishida;Tatsushi Mutoh;Tomoko Ueyama;Hideki Bando;Hideki Bando

  • microRNA Modulation of Circadian-Clock Period and Entrainment

    Hai Ying M. Cheng;Joseph W. Papp;Olga Varlamova;Heather Dziema

  • Molecular mechanisms of the biological clock in cultured fibroblasts.

    Kazuhiro Yagita;Filippo Tamanini;Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst;Hitoshi Okamura

  • Photic induction of mPer1 and mPer2 in cry-deficient mice lacking a biological clock.

    Hitoshi Okamura;Shigeru Miyake;Yasuo Sumi;Shun Yamaguchi

  • Synchronization and Maintenance of Timekeeping in Suprachiasmatic Circadian Clock Cells by Neuropeptidergic Signaling

    Elizabeth S. Maywood;Akhilesh B. Reddy;Gabriel K.Y. Wong;John S. O'Neill

  • Antagonistic role of E4BP4 and PAR proteins in the circadian oscillatory mechanism

    Shigeru Mitsui;Shun Yamaguchi;Takuya Matsuo;Yoshiki Ishida

  • Salt-sensitive hypertension in circadian clock-deficient Cry-null mice involves dysregulated adrenal Hsd3b6.

    Masao Doi;Yukari Takahashi;Rie Komatsu;Fumiyoshi Yamazaki

  • FSP27 contributes to efficient energy storage in murine white adipocytes by promoting the formation of unilocular lipid droplets

    Naonobu Nishino;Yoshikazu Tamori;Sanshiro Tateya;Takayuki Kawaguchi

  • Thyroplasty type I (lateral compression) for dysphonia due to vocal cord paralysis or atrophy.

    N Isshiki;H Okamura;T Ishikawa

  • Adrenergic regulation of clock gene expression in mouse liver

    Hideyuki Terazono;Tatsushi Mutoh;Shun Yamaguchi;Masaki Kobayashi

  • Real-time imaging of the somite segmentation clock : revelation of unstable oscillators in the individual presomitic mesoderm cells

    Yoshito Masamizu;Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Yoshiki Takashima;Hiroki Nagahara

  • Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and mCRY‐dependent inhibition of ubiquitylation of the mPER2 clock protein

    Kazuhiro Yagita;Filippo Tamanini;Maya Yasuda;Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers

  • Mice Genetically Deficient in Vasopressin V1a and V1b Receptors Are Resistant to Jet Lag

    Yoshiaki Yamaguchi;Toru Suzuki;Yasutaka Mizoro;Hiroshi Kori

  • Role of hepatic STAT3 in brain-insulin action on hepatic glucose production.

    Hiroshi Inoue;Wataru Ogawa;Akihiro Asakawa;Yasuo Okamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Noboru Yanaihara
Noboru Yanaihara University of Shizuoka
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi Kindai University
Ikuko Nagatsu
Ikuko Nagatsu Fujita Health University
Shingo Fujii
Shingo Fujii Kyoto University
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Yasuyuki Yamashita
Yasuyuki Yamashita Kumamoto University
Ikuo Konishi
Ikuo Konishi Kyoto University
Kunio Kitahama
Kunio Kitahama Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Mutsumasa Takahashi
Mutsumasa Takahashi Kumamoto University
Takahiro Moriya
Takahiro Moriya Tohoku University

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