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Kiyoto Kasai

Kiyoto Kasai

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
29757
World Ranking
12675
National Ranking
370

Overview

Kiyoto Kasai is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with publication counts of 169, 163, and 154 respectively. Within these areas, their work often focuses on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The research topics Kiyoto Kasai has explored extensively include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

The individual has contributed to several recent papers in notable scientific journals:

  • "A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database," 2021, Scientific Data
  • "Machine-learning classification using neuroimaging data in schizophrenia, autism, ultra-high risk and first-episode psychosis," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Association of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures With Psychosis Onset in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Developing Psychosis," 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Primary functional brain connections associated with melancholic major depressive disorder and modulation by antidepressants," 2020, Scientific Reports

Their research frequently appears in renowned publication venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Kiyoto Kasai collaborates often with several co-authors, including:

  • Shuntaro Ando
  • Atsushi Nishida
  • Shinsuke Koike
  • Syudo Yamasaki
  • Naohiro Okada

Best Publications

  • Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma

    Mark Gilbertson;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Aleksandra Ciszewski;Kiyoto Kasai

  • Executive and prefrontal dysfunction in unipolar depression: a review of neuropsychological and imaging evidence

    Mark Andrew Rogers;Kyoto Kasai;Matsuo Koji;Rinmei Fukuda

  • Estimation of premorbid IQ in individuals with Alzheimer's disease using Japanese ideographic script (Kanji) compound words: Japanese version of National Adult Reading Test.

    Keiko Matsuoka;Masatake Uno;Kiyoto Kasai;Keiko Koyama

  • Middle and Inferior Temporal Gyrus Gray Matter Volume Abnormalities in First-Episode Schizophrenia: An MRI Study

    Toshiaki Onitsuka;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Chandlee C. Dickey

  • Voxel-based analysis of MRI reveals anterior cingulate gray-matter volume reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism.

    H. Yamasue;K. Kasai;A. Iwanami;T. Ohtani

  • Progressive Decrease of Left Superior Temporal Gyrus Gray Matter Volume in Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia

    Kiyoto Kasai;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • Progressive and Interrelated Functional and Structural Evidence of Post-Onset Brain Reduction in Schizophrenia

    Dean F. Salisbury;Noriomi Kuroki;Kiyoto Kasai;Martha Elizabeth Shenton

  • Progressive decrease of left Heschl gyrus and planum temporale gray matter volume in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Kiyoto Kasai;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • Evidence for Acquired Pregenual Anterior Cingulate Gray Matter Loss from a Twin Study of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Kiyoto Kasai;Hidenori Yamasue;Mark Wayne Gilbertson;Mark Wayne Gilbertson;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton

  • Voxel-based morphometric analysis of gray matter in first episode schizophrenia.

    Marek Kubicki;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Dean F. Salisbury;Dean F. Salisbury;Yoshio Hirayasu

  • Abnormal asymmetries in subcortical brain volume in schizophrenia.

    N Okada;M Fukunaga;F Yamashita;D Koshiyama

  • Increased L1 Retrotransposition in the Neuronal Genome in Schizophrenia

    Miki Bundo;Manabu Toyoshima;Yohei Okada;Wado Akamatsu

  • A NIRS–fMRI investigation of prefrontal cortex activity during a working memory task

    Hiroki Sato;Noriaki Yahata;Tsukasa Funane;Ryu Takizawa;Ryu Takizawa

  • A small number of abnormal brain connections predicts adult autism spectrum disorder

    Noriaki Yahata;Jun Morimoto;Ryuichiro Hashimoto;Giuseppe Lisi

  • Neuroimaging-aided differential diagnosis of the depressive state

    Ryu Takizawa;Masato Fukuda;Shingo Kawasaki;Kiyoto Kasai

  • Reduced frontopolar activation during verbal fluency task in schizophrenia: a multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study.

    Ryu Takizawa;Kiyoto Kasai;Yuki Kawakubo;Kohei Marumo

  • Aging in the CNS: comparison of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data.

    Osamu Abe;Hidenori Yamasue;Shigeki Aoki;Motomu Suga

  • White matter microstructural alterations across four major psychiatric disorders: mega-analysis study in 2937 individuals

    Daisuke Koshiyama;Masaki Fukunaga;Naohiro Okada;Kentaro Morita

  • Clinical and neural effects of six-week administration of oxytocin on core symptoms of autism

    Takamitsu Watanabe;Miho Kuroda;Hitoshi Kuwabara;Yuta Aoki

  • Voxel-based analyses of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data in major depression.

    Osamu Abe;Hidenori Yamasue;Kiyoto Kasai;Haruyasu Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobumasa Kato
Nobumasa Kato Showa University
Noriaki Yahata
Noriaki Yahata National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Kazuya Iwamoto
Kazuya Iwamoto Kumamoto University
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Toshiaki Onitsuka
Toshiaki Onitsuka Kyushu University
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Mitsuo Kawato
Mitsuo Kawato Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Yasumasa Okamoto
Yasumasa Okamoto Hiroshima University
Masaki Fukunaga
Masaki Fukunaga National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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