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Ryuta Kawashima

Ryuta Kawashima

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Neuroscience
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
94
Citations
31917
World Ranking
949
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Ryuta Kawashima is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and social psychology.

The scientist's main research topics include functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neuroscience and music perception, neural and behavioral psychology studies, nutritional studies and diet, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, and hearing loss and rehabilitation.

Recent publications by Ryuta Kawashima illustrate a broad engagement with topics related to brain function, cognitive health, and social behavior. Notable papers include:

  • Nrf2 Suppresses Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in App Knock-In Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice (2020) published in Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • A Combination of Self-Reported Data and Social-Related Neural Measures Forecasts Viral Marketing Success on Social Media (2020) published in Journal of Interactive Marketing
  • Virtual training leads to physical, cognitive and neural benefits in healthy adults (2020) published in NeuroImage
  • Effects of Lutein and Astaxanthin Intake on the Improvement of Cognitive Functions among Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials (2020) published in Nutrients
  • Disappearance and Re-Emergence of Influenza during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association with Infection Control Measures (2023) published in Viruses

Ryuta Kawashima collaborates regularly with several researchers, frequently publishing with:

  • Hikaru Takeuchi
  • Rui Nouchi
  • Yasuyuki Taki
  • Motoaki Sugiura
  • Kohei Sakaki

Kawashima's works appear in a range of journals, with multiple publications in venues such as:

  • Nutrients
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Thinking of the future and past: the roles of the frontal pole and the medial temporal lobes.

    Jiro Okuda;Toshikatsu Fujii;Hiroya Ohtake;Takashi Tsukiura

  • Training of working memory impacts structural connectivity.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Atsushi Sekiguchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Satoru Yokoyama

  • The human amygdala plays an important role in gaze monitoring. A PET study.

    Ryuta Kawashima;Motoaki Sugiura;Takashi Kato;Akinori Nakamura

  • Relationship between body mass index and gray matter volume in 1,428 healthy individuals.

    Yasuyuki Taki;Shigeo Kinomura;Kazunori Sato;Kentaro Inoue

  • Brain Training Game Improves Executive Functions and Processing Speed in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Rui Nouchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hikaru Takeuchi;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Functional delineation of the human occipito-temporal areas related to face and scene processing. A PET study.

    K. Nakamura;R. Kawashima;N. Sato;A. Nakamura

  • Activation of the right inferior frontal cortex during assessment of facial emotion.

    Katsuki Nakamura;Ryuta Kawashima;Kengo Ito;Motoaki Sugiura

  • Regional cerebral blood flow changes of cortical motor areas and prefrontal areas in humans related to ipsilateral and contralateral hand movement.

    Ryuta Kawashima;Kenji Yamada;Shigeo Kinomura;Tatsuo Yamaguchi

  • Functional anatomy of GO/NO-GO discrimination and response selection : a PET study in man

    Ryuta Kawashima;Kazunori Satoh;Hiroshi Itoh;Shuichi Ono

  • Participation of the prefrontal cortices in prospective memory: evidence from a PET study in humans

    Jiro Okuda;Toshikatsu Fujii;Atsushi Yamadori;Ryuta Kawashima

  • The human prefrontal and parietal association cortices are involved in NO-GO performances - An event-related fMRI study

    Jobu Watanabe;Motoaki Sugiura;Kazunori Sato;Yuko Sato

  • Failing to deactivate: the association between brain activity during a working memory task and creativity.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa

  • Brain training game boosts executive functions, working memory and processing speed in the young adults: a randomized controlled trial

    Rui Nouchi;Rui Nouchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hikaru Takeuchi;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Regional gray matter volume of dopaminergic system associate with creativity: evidence from voxel-based morphometry.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Positron-emission tomography studies of cross-modality inhibition in selective attentional tasks: closing the "mind's eye".

    Ryuta Kawashima;Brendan T. O'Sullivan;Per E. Roland

  • The Association between Resting Functional Connectivity and Creativity

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Hiroshi Hashizume;Yuko Sassa

  • Neural substrates for recognition of familiar voices: a PET study.

    Katsuki Nakamura;Ryuta Kawashima;Motoaki Sugiura;Takashi Kato

  • Cortical mechanisms of visual self-recognition.

    Motoaki Sugiura;Jobu Watanabe;Yasuhiro Maeda;Yoshihiko Matsue

  • White matter structures associated with creativity: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging.

    Hikaru Takeuchi;Yasuyuki Taki;Yuko Sassa;Hiroshi Hashizume

  • Hypoperfusion in the Limbic System and Prefrontal Cortex in Depression: SPECT with Anatomic Standardization Technique

    Hiroshi Ito;Ryuta Kawashima;Shuichi Awata;Shuichi Ono

  • An in vivo MRI Template Set for Morphometry, Tissue Segmentation, and fMRI Localization in Rats.

    Pedro Antonio Valdés-Hernández;Akira Sumiyoshi;Hiroi Nonaka;Risa Haga

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuyuki Taki
Yasuyuki Taki Tohoku University
Hikaru Takeuchi
Hikaru Takeuchi Tohoku University
Motoaki Sugiura
Motoaki Sugiura Tohoku University
Yuko Sassa
Yuko Sassa Tohoku University
Rui Nouchi
Rui Nouchi University of Human Environments
Hiroshi Fukuda
Hiroshi Fukuda Tohoku University
Hiroshi Hashizume
Hiroshi Hashizume Tohoku University
Shigeo Kinomura
Shigeo Kinomura Tohoku University
Atsushi Yamadori
Atsushi Yamadori Tohoku University
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich

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