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Noriyuki Matsukawa

Noriyuki Matsukawa

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
6078
World Ranking
8546
National Ranking
305

Overview

Noriyuki Matsukawa is affiliated with Nagoya City University in Japan and primarily works in the field of medicine, with a focus on neurology and related disciplines. Their research covers a wide range of topics mainly centered on neurological disorders, advanced neuroimaging, and cerebrovascular diseases.

Their main subfields of study include neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and epidemiology. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining clinical and molecular perspectives to investigate brain diseases and their underlying mechanisms.

Matsukawa has contributed extensively to research on Parkinson's disease, neurological disorders and treatments, acute ischemic stroke management, and advanced MRI techniques. The scientist's work also spans cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases as well as broader neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

They have published multiple papers in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publication in:

  • Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Prominent recent publications include:

  • "Quantitative susceptibility mapping as an imaging biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: The expectations and limitations" (2022) in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "APOE ɛ4 dose associates with increased brain iron and β-amyloid via blood-brain barrier dysfunction" (2022) in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Iron leakage owing to blood-brain barrier disruption in small vessel disease CADASIL" (2020) in Neurology
  • "Magnetic Susceptibility Associates With Dopaminergic Deficits and Cognition in Parkinson's Disease" (2020) in Movement Disorders
  • "Contributions of blood-brain barrier imaging to neurovascular unit pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias" (2023) in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Matsukawa has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with notable coauthors including Yuto Uchida, Keita Sakurai, Hirohito Kan, Yoshino Ueki, and Hiroyasu Inoue. These collaborations have resulted in numerous joint publications advancing knowledge in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Dietary supplementation of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids improves cognitive dysfunction

    Susumu Kotani;Eiko Sakaguchi;Shogo Warashina;Noriyuki Matsukawa

  • Transplantation of human neural stem cells exerts neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

    Takao Yasuhara;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Koichi Hara;Guolong Yu

  • Paranodal dissection in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with anti-neurofascin-155 and anti-contactin-1 antibodies

    Haruki Koike;Masato Kadoya;Ken Ichi Kaida;Shohei Ikeda

  • Early Changes in KCC2 Phosphorylation in Response to Neuronal Stress Result in Functional Downregulation

    Hiroaki Wake;Miho Watanabe;Andrew J. Moorhouse;Takashi Kanematsu

  • Mannitol facilitates neurotrophic factor up-regulation and behavioural recovery in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic rats with human umbilical cord blood grafts

    T. Yasuhara;K. Hara;M. Maki;L. Xu

  • Therapeutic targets and limits of minocycline neuroprotection in experimental ischemic stroke.

    Noriyuki Matsukawa;Takao Yasuhara;Koichi Hara;Lin Xu

  • Metabolic profiling of Alzheimer's disease brains.

    Koichi Inoue;Haruhito Tsutsui;Hiroyasu Akatsu;Yoshio Hashizume

  • Notch-induced rat and human bone marrow stromal cell grafts reduce ischemic cell loss and ameliorate behavioral deficits in chronic stroke animals.

    Takao Yasuhara;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Koichi Hara;Mina Maki

  • Hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptides (HCNP).

    Kosei Ojika;Shigehisa Mitake;Naoki Tohdoh;Stanley H. Appel

  • Transplantation of bone marrow-derived stem cells: A promising therapy for stroke

    Yamei Tang;Takao Yasuhara;Koichi Hara;Noriyuki Matsukawa

  • β1 integrin signaling promotes neuronal migration along vascular scaffolds in the post-stroke brain

    Teppei Fujioka;Naoko Kaneko;Itsuki Ajioka;Kanako Nakaguchi

  • Behavioral and histological characterization of intrahippocampal grafts of human bone marrow-derived multipotent progenitor cells in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic injury.

    Takao Yasuhara;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Guolong Yu;Lin Xu

  • Neural progenitor NT2N cell lines from teratocarcinoma for transplantation therapy in stroke

    Koichi Hara;Takao Yasuhara;Mina Maki;Noriyuki Matsukawa

  • Lack of exercise, via hindlimb suspension, impedes endogenous neurogenesis.

    T. Yasuhara;K. Hara;M. Maki;N. Matsukawa

  • Pro-Carboxypeptidase R is an Acute Phase Protein in the Mouse, Whereas Carboxypeptidase N Is Not

    Tomoo Sato;Takashi Miwa;Hiroyasu Akatsu;Noriyuki Matsukawa

  • Decreased expression of hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptide precursor protein mRNA in the hippocampus in Alzheimer disease.

    Mina Maki;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Hiroyuki Yuasa;Yasushi Otsuka

  • Subtype analysis of neuropathologically diagnosed patients in a Japanese geriatric hospital

    Hiroyasu Akatsu;Mitsuo Takahashi;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Yasushige Ishikawa

  • Voxel‐based quantitative susceptibility mapping in Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment

    Yuto Uchida;Hirohito Kan;Keita Sakurai;Nobuyuki Arai

  • Motor learning requires myelination to reduce asynchrony and spontaneity in neural activity

    Daisuke Kato;Hiroaki Wake;Philip R. Lee;Yoshihisa Tachibana

  • Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Donepezil in Patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Results from a 52-Week, Open-Label, Multicenter Extension Study

    Manabu Ikeda;Etsuro Mori;Kenji Kosaka;Eizo Iseki

  • Complications of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    Atsushi Umemura;Yuichi Oka;Kenichi Yamamoto;Kenji Okita

  • Evaluation of luminal and vessel wall abnormalities in subacute and other stages of intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissections using the volume isotropic turbo-spin-echo acquisition (VISTA) sequence: a preliminary study.

    Keita Sakurai;Toshiyasu Miura;Takafumi Sagisaka;Manabu Hattori

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida
Hidechika Okada
Hidechika Okada Nagoya City University
Tatsuya Mima
Tatsuya Mima Ritsumeikan University
Hiroaki Wake
Hiroaki Wake Kobe University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
Seung U. Kim
Seung U. Kim University of British Columbia
Hidenao Fukuyama
Hidenao Fukuyama Kyoto University
Junichi Nabekura
Junichi Nabekura National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Takashi Nagamine
Takashi Nagamine Sapporo Medical University
Takashi Kato
Takashi Kato Nagoya University

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