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Koji Abe is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan, focusing primarily on medical research. Their scholarly work spans several interconnected subfields within medicine, including neurology, epidemiology, surgery, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of neurological and neurodegenerative conditions, with notable emphasis on:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Acute ischemic stroke management
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Head and neck surgical oncology
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • Head and neck cancer studies

Koji Abe has coauthored numerous papers alongside frequent collaborators such as Toru Yamashita, Ryuta Morihara, Mami Takemoto, Yoshiaki Kitamura, and Noriaki Takeda. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach within their research scope.

The scientist's published works have appeared repeatedly in several journals, notably:

  • Practica oto-rhino-laryngologica Suppl
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Case Reports in Neurology

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Mitochondrial UQCRC1 mutations cause autosomal dominant parkinsonism with polyneuropathy", 2020, Brain
  • "Protective and anti-oxidative effects of curcumin and resveratrol on Aβ-oligomer-induced damage in the SH-SY5Y cell line", 2022, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • "Protective effects of edaravone on white matter pathology in a novel mouse model of Alzheimer's disease with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion", 2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "The Efficacy of Sertraline, Escitalopram, and Nicergoline in the Treatment of Depression and Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease: The Okayama Depression and Apathy Project (ODAP)", 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "Correlation Analysis of Neutrophil/Albumin Ratio and Leukocyte Count/ Albumin Ratio with Ischemic Stroke Severity", 2023, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Best Publications

  • Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Hiroyuki Morino;Hidefumi Ito;Hidefumi Ito;Yuishin Izumi

  • Subventricular Zone-Derived Neuroblasts Migrate and Differentiate into Mature Neurons in the Post-Stroke Adult Striatum

    Toru Yamashita;Mikiko Ninomiya;Mikiko Ninomiya;Pilar Hernández Acosta;Jose Manuel García-Verdugo

  • Safety and efficacy of edaravone in well defined patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Koji Abe;Masashi Aoki;Shoji Tsuji;Yasuto Itoyama

  • Strong attenuation of ischemic and postischemic brain edema in rats by a novel free radical scavenger.

    Koji Abe;Satoshi Yuki;Kyuya Kogure

  • Longitudinal study of cerebrospinal fluid levels of tau, Aβ1–40, and Aβ1–42(43) in Alzheimer's disease: A study in Japan

    M. Kanai;E. Matsubara;K. Isoe;K. Urakami

  • Rapid induction of vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.

    T. Hayashi;K. Abe;H. Suzuki;Y. Itoyama

  • Dimeric Amyloid β Protein Rapidly Accumulates in Lipid Rafts followed by Apolipoprotein E and Phosphorylated Tau Accumulation in the Tg2576 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Takeshi Kawarabayashi;Mikio Shoji;Linda H. Younkin;Lin Wen-Lang

  • Melatonin increases survival and inhibits oxidative and amyloid pathology in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease

    Etsuro Matsubara;Tara Bryant-Thomas;Javier Pacheco Quinto;Tracey L. Henry

  • Confirmatory double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of efficacy and safety of edaravone (MCI-186) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

    Koji Abe;Yasuto Itoyama;Gen Sobue;Shoji Tsuji

  • Mechanism of arachidonic acid liberation during ischemia in gerbil cerebral cortex.

    Koji Abe;Kyuya Kogure;Hirotaka Yamamoto;Masaoki Imazawa

  • Therapeutic potential of neurotrophic factors and neural stem cells against ischemic brain injury.

    Koji Abe

  • Expansions of intronic TTTCA and TTTTA repeats in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy.

    Hiroyuki Ishiura;Koichiro Doi;Jun Mitsui;Jun Yoshimura

  • Increased autophagy in transgenic mice with a G93A mutant SOD1 gene

    Nobutoshi Morimoto;Makiko Nagai;Yasuyuki Ohta;Kazunori Miyazaki

  • Expansion of Intronic GGCCTG Hexanucleotide Repeat in NOP56 Causes SCA36, a Type of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Accompanied by Motor Neuron Involvement

    Hatasu Kobayashi;Koji Abe;Tohru Matsuura;Yoshio Ikeda

  • Mild ALS in Japan associated with novel SOD mutation

    M Aoki;M Ogasawara;Y Matsubara;K Narisawa

  • Tridermal tumorigenesis of induced pluripotent stem cells transplanted in ischemic brain

    Hiromi Kawai;Toru Yamashita;Yasuyuki Ohta;Kentaro Deguchi

  • Selective induction of Kunitz-type protease inhibitor domain-containing amyloid precursor protein mRNA after persistent focal ischemia in rat cerebral cortex.

    Koji Abe;Rudolph E. Tanzi;Kyuya Kogure

  • Blockade of interleukin-6 signaling aggravates ischemic cerebral damage in mice: possible involvement of Stat3 activation in the protection of neurons.

    Toru Yamashita;Kazunobu Sawamoto;Shigeaki Suzuki;Norihiro Suzuki

  • Upregulation of protein-tyrosine nitration in the anterior horn cells of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Abe K;Pan Lh;Watanabe M;Konno H

  • Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral

    Hirofumi Maruyama;Hiroyuki Morino;Hidefumi Ito;Yuishin Izumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikio Shoji
Mikio Shoji Hirosaki University
Yasuto Itoyama
Yasuto Itoyama Tohoku University
Kyuya Kogure
Kyuya Kogure Tohoku University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Ichizo Nishino
Ichizo Nishino Tokyo Medical University
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo
Michihiro Yoshimura
Michihiro Yoshimura Jikei University School of Medicine
Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Masahisa Katsuno
Masahisa Katsuno Nagoya University
Hirofumi Yasue
Hirofumi Yasue Kumamoto University

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