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Masahito Yamada

Masahito Yamada

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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
32786
World Ranking
17831
National Ranking
569

Overview

Masahito Yamada is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan, focusing on research in Medicine with a particular emphasis on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The primary themes in Yamada's scientific work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion diseases and protein misfolding
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Medicinal plants and neuroprotection
  • Amyloidosis: diagnosis, treatment, outcomes

Yamada has frequently published in several scientific venues, contributing notably to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • PLoS ONE
  • Neuropathology

Key recent papers feature significant topics related to neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders. These papers include:

  • Variants in saposin D domain of prosaposin gene linked to Parkinson's disease, 2020, Brain
  • Study design and baseline characteristics of a population-based prospective cohort study of dementia in Japan: the Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging and Dementia (JPSC-AD), 2020, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
  • State-of-the-art of lumbar puncture and its place in the journey of patients with Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Early Selective Vulnerability of the CA2 Hippocampal Subfield in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, 2020, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Rosmarinic acid suppresses tau phosphorylation and cognitive decline by downregulating the JNK signaling pathway, 2021, npj Science of Food

Yamada collaborates extensively with a number of researchers in related fields. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi
  • Kenjiro Ono
  • Kenji Sakai
  • Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara
  • Kazuo Iwasa

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

    I. G. McKeith;I. G. McKeith;D. W. Dickson;J. Lowe;M. Emre

  • Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium

    Ian G. McKeith;Bradley F. Boeve;Dennis W. DIckson;Glenda Halliday

  • Primary age-related tauopathy (PART): a common pathology associated with human aging

    John F. Crary;John Q. Trojanowski;Julie A. Schneider;Jose F. Abisambra

  • Curcumin has potent anti-amyloidogenic effects for Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils in vitro

    Kenjiro Ono;Kazuhiro Hasegawa;Hironobu Naiki;Masahito Yamada

  • Potent anti-amyloidogenic and fibril-destabilizing effects of polyphenols in vitro: implications for the prevention and therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease

    Kenjiro Ono;Yuji Yoshiike;Akihiko Takashima;Kazuhiro Hasegawa

  • Ultrasensitive human prion detection in cerebrospinal fluid by real-time quaking-induced conversion

    Ryuichiro Atarashi;Katsuya Satoh;Kazunori Sano;Takayuki Fuse

  • REVIEW: Curcumin and Alzheimer's disease.

    Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Kenjiro Ono;Masahito Yamada

  • Aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG): harmonized evaluation strategy

    Gabor G. Kovacs;Isidro Ferrer;Lea T. Grinberg;Lea T. Grinberg;Irina Alafuzoff

  • Phenolic Compounds Prevent Alzheimer’s Pathology through Different Effects on the Amyloid-β Aggregation Pathway

    Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Kenjiro Ono;Atsushi Murase;Masahito Yamada

  • Quantifying prion disease penetrance using large population control cohorts

    Eric Vallabh Minikel;Eric Vallabh Minikel;Sonia M. Vallabh;Sonia M. Vallabh;Monkol Lek;Monkol Lek;Karol Estrada;Karol Estrada

  • Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: An overview

    Masahito Yamada

  • Prospective 10-year surveillance of human prion diseases in Japan

    Ichiro Nozaki;Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Nobuo Sanjo;Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara

  • High-speed atomic force microscopy reveals structural dynamics of amyloid β1–42 aggregates

    Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama;Kenjiro Ono;Masahiro Itami;Ryoichi Takahashi

  • A clinical role for [123I]MIBG myocardial scintigraphy in the distinction between dementia of the Alzheimer's-type and dementia with Lewy bodies

    M Yoshita;J Taki;M Yamada

  • Anti-amyloidogenic effects of antioxidants: implications for the prevention and therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease.

    Kenjiro Ono;Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Hironobu Naiki;Masahito Yamada

  • Cerebral amyloid angiopathy plays a direct role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Pro-CAA position statement.

    James A.R. Nicoll;Masahito Yamada;Janusz Frackowiak;Bozena Mazur-Kolecka

  • Value of 123I-MIBG radioactivity in the differential diagnosis of DLB from AD

    M. Yoshita;J. Taki;K. Yokoyama;M. Noguchi-Shinohara

  • Polyneuropathy caused by cobalt-chromium metallosis after total hip replacement

    Tokuhei Ikeda;Kazuya Takahashi;Tamon Kabata;Daigo Sakagoshi

  • Consumption of Green Tea, but Not Black Tea or Coffee, Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Cognitive Decline

    Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara;Sohshi Yuki;Chiaki Dohmoto;Yoshihisa Ikeda

  • SORL1 is genetically associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Japanese, Koreans and Caucasians

    Akinori Miyashita;Asako Koike;Gyungah Jun;Li-San Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidehiro Mizusawa
Hidehiro Mizusawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hironobu Naiki
Hironobu Naiki University of Fukui
Hitoshi Takahashi
Hitoshi Takahashi Niigata University
David B. Teplow
David B. Teplow University of California, Los Angeles
Akiyoshi Kakita
Akiyoshi Kakita Niigata University
Koichi Wakabayashi
Koichi Wakabayashi Hirosaki University
Hiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki Arai University of Tokyo
Gabor G. Kovacs
Gabor G. Kovacs University of Toronto
Akihiko Takashima
Akihiko Takashima Gakushuin University
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo

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