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Masahiko Mikuni

Masahiko Mikuni

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
6809
World Ranking
8292
National Ranking
288

Overview

Masahiko Mikuni is affiliated with Gunma University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics, notably:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Mikuni's recent publications include:

  • "Suspected Postpartum Depression Revealed to be CSF1R-Related Leukoencephalopathy: A Case Report", 2024, Case Reports in Neurology
  • "Distinct epigenetic signatures between adult-onset and late-onset depression", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Characterization of the signature of peripheral innate immunity in women with later-life major depressive disorder", 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Similar activation patterns in the prefrontal cortex for Chinese and Japanese verbal fluency tests with syllable cues as revealed by near-infrared spectroscopy", 2020, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • "Chinese Verbal Fluency Test", 2020, PsycTESTS Dataset

Their work appears in several publication venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Case Reports in Neurology

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Masato Fukuda
  • Hirotaka Yamagata
  • Koji Matsuo
  • Shusaku Uchida
  • Kenichiro Harada

Best Publications

  • Multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy in depression and schizophrenia: cognitive brain activation study.

    Tomohiro Suto;Masato Fukuda;Makoto Ito;Toru Uehara

  • Frontal lobe function in bipolar disorder: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study.

    Masaki Kameyama;Masato Fukuda;Yutaka Yamagishi;Toshimasa Sato

  • Periodic maternal deprivation alters stress response in adult offspring: potentiates the negative feedback regulation of restraint stress-induced adrenocortical response and reduces the frequencies of open field-induced behaviors.

    Testsuo Ogawa;Masahiko Mikuni;Yasukazu Kuroda;Katsumasa Muneoka

  • Assessment of the dexamethasone/CRH test as a state-dependent marker for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis abnormalities in major depressive episode: a Multicenter Study.

    Hiroshi Kunugi;Itsuro Ida;Toshimi Owashi;Mahito Kimura

  • HPA axis dysfunction in unmedicated major depressive disorder and its normalization by pharmacotherapy correlates with alteration of neural activity in prefrontal cortex and limbic/paralimbic regions.

    Masako Aihara;Itsuro Ida;Naoya Yuuki;Akihiko Oshima

  • Sex and age dependencies of cerebral blood volume changes during cognitive activation: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study

    Masaki Kameyama;Masato Fukuda;Toru Uehara;Masahiko Mikuni

  • Prenatal dexamethasone exposure alters brain monoamine metabolism and adrenocortical response in rat offspring.

    Katsumasa Muneoka;Masahiko Mikuni;Tetsuo Ogawa;Katsuki Kitera

  • Effect of ACTH, adrenalectomy and the combination treatment on the density of 5-HT2 receptor binding sites in neocortex of rat forebrain and 5-HT2 receptor-mediated wet-dog shake behaviors

    Yasukazu Kuroda;Masahiko Mikuni;Tetsuo Ogawa;Kiyohisa Takahashi

  • Serotonin but not norepinephrine-induced calcium mobilization of platelets is enhanced in affective disorders.

    Masahiko Mikuni;Ariyuki Kagaya;Kiyohisa Takahashi;Herbert Y. Meltzer

  • Changes in density of calcium-binding-protein-immunoreactive GABAergic neurons in prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    Tsutomu Sakai;Akihiko Oshima;Yusuke Nozaki;Itsuro Ida

  • 18F α-methyl tyrosine PET studies in patients with brain tumors

    Tomio Inoue;Takashi Shibasaki;Noboru Oriuchi;Keiko Aoyagi

  • Frontopolar activation during face-to-face conversation: an in situ study using near-infrared spectroscopy.

    Masashi Suda;Yuichi Takei;Yoshiyuki Aoyama;Kosuke Narita

  • Preattentive dysfunction in major depression: A magnetoencephalography study using auditory mismatch negativity

    Yuichi Takei;Sumie Kumano;Suguru Hattori;Toru Uehara

  • Differential Effect of Subchronic Treatment with Various Neuroleptic Agents on Serotonin2 Receptors in Rat Cerebral Cortex

    Terrance H. Andree;Masahiko Mikuni;Ching Y. Tong;James I. Koenig

  • Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in delinquent female adolescents

    Michio Ariga;Toru Uehara;Kazuo Takeuchi;Yoko Ishige

  • Time courses of brain activation and their implications for function: a multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy study during finger tapping.

    Toshimasa Sato;Makoto Ito;Tomohiro Suto;Masaki Kameyama

  • The differential impact of executive attention dysfunction on episodic memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients with checking symptoms vs. those with washing symptoms.

    Ichiro M. Omori;Yoshie Murata;Tomoaki Yamanishi;Shutaro Nakaaki

  • Glutamate Decarboxylase 67 Deficiency in a Subset of GABAergic Neurons Induces Schizophrenia-Related Phenotypes

    Kazuyuki Fujihara;Hideki Miwa;Toshikazu Kakizaki;Ryosuke Kaneko

  • HPA axis normalization, estimated by DEX/CRH test, but less alteration on cerebral glucose metabolism in depressed patients receiving ECT after medication treatment failures.

    N. Yuuki;I. Ida;A. Oshima;H. Kumano

  • Subjective feeling of psychological fatigue is related to decreased reactivity in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Masashi Suda;Masato Fukuda;Toshimasa Sato;Shinya Iwata

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiyohisa Takahashi
Kiyohisa Takahashi Shiga University of Medical Science
Shigeto Yamawaki
Shigeto Yamawaki Hiroshima University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Morikuni Takigawa
Morikuni Takigawa Kagoshima University
Shin Nakagawa
Shin Nakagawa Hokkaido University
Nobuaki Tamamaki
Nobuaki Tamamaki Kumamoto University
Nobuo Okado
Nobuo Okado University of Tsukuba
Helen Donis-Keller
Helen Donis-Keller Washington University in St. Louis
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Shinichiro Nanko
Shinichiro Nanko Teikyo University

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