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Tadashi Isa

Tadashi Isa

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
10745
World Ranking
4049
National Ranking
116

Overview

Tadashi Isa is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a research focus primarily situated within the field of Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience. Their scholarly output includes 109 publications in neuroscience, with subfields spanning cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, radiology and nuclear medicine, as well as molecular biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to brain function and sensory processing. These main topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Advanced MRI techniques and applications
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience Research

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Tadashi Isa include:

  • "The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action", 2021, published in Current Biology
  • "Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues", 2020, published in Nature Communications (authored by Etsuo A. Susaki)
  • "Dopaminergic Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Modulates Stress-Coping Strategies during Inescapable Stress", 2020, published in Journal of Neuroscience (authored by Wanpeng Cui)
  • "Oligodendrocyte dysfunction due to Chd8 mutation gives rise to behavioral deficits in mice", 2020, published in Human Molecular Genetics (authored by Atsuki Kawamura)
  • "Neuroimaging at 7 Tesla: a pictorial narrative review", 2022, published in Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (authored by Tomohisa Okada)

Collaborative work with frequent co-authors includes partnerships with researchers such as Kaoru Isa, Hirotaka Onoe, Kenta Kobayashi, Tomohisa Okada, and Yukio Nishimura. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing research activity within their scientific network.

Best Publications

  • Chemical Landscape for Tissue Clearing Based on Hydrophilic Reagents.

    Kazuki Tainaka;Tatsuya C. Murakami;Etsuo A. Susaki;Chika Shimizu

  • Comparative analyses of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 in marmoset, mouse and macaque cerebral cortex.

    Akiya Watakabe;Akiya Watakabe;Masanari Ohtsuka;Masaharu Kinoshita;Masafumi Takaji

  • Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues

    Etsuo A. Susaki;Chika Shimizu;Akihiro Kuno;Akihiro Kuno;Kazuki Tainaka

  • Genetic dissection of the circuit for hand dexterity in primates

    Masaharu Kinoshita;Ryosuke Matsui;Shigeki Kato;Taku Hasegawa

  • Time-Dependent Central Compensatory Mechanisms of Finger Dexterity After Spinal Cord Injury

    Yukio Nishimura;Hirotaka Onoe;Yosuke Morichika;Sergei Perfiliev

  • Circuits for Skilled Reaching and Grasping

    Bror Alstermark;Tadashi Isa

  • Dexterous Finger Movements in Primate Without Monosynaptic Corticomotoneuronal Excitation

    Shigeto Sasaki;Tadashi Isa;Lars-Gunnar Pettersson;Bror Alstermark

  • Brainstem control of head movements during orienting; organization of the premotor circuits.

    Tadashi Isa;Shigeto Sasaki

  • The Visuo-Motor Pathway in the Local Circuit of the Rat Superior Colliculus

    Tadashi Isa;Toshiaki Endo;Yasuhiko Saito

  • The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action

    Tadashi Isa;Emmanuel Marquez-Legorreta;Sten Grillner;Ethan K. Scott

  • Lack of monosynaptic corticomotoneuronal EPSPs in rats: disynaptic EPSPs mediated via reticulospinal neurons and polysynaptic EPSPs via segmental interneurons.

    Bror Alstermark;Jun Ogawa;T Isa

  • Exploring the Superior Colliculus In Vitro

    Tadashi Isa;William C. Hall

  • Disynaptic Pyramidal Excitation in Forelimb Motoneurons Mediated Via C3–C4 Propriospinal Neurons in theMacaca fuscata

    B. Alstermark;T. Isa;Y. Ohki;Y. Saito

  • The C3-C4 propriospinal system in the cat and monkey: a spinal pre-motoneuronal centre for voluntary motor control.

    Bror Alstermark;T Isa;L-G Pettersson;S Sasaki

  • Intrinsic processing in the mammalian superior colliculus

    Tadashi Isa

  • Sensory-motor gating and cognitive control by the brainstem cholinergic system

    Yasushi Kobayashi;Tadashi Isa

  • The somatosensory cortex receives information about motor output

    Tatsuya Umeda;Tadashi Isa;Yukio Nishimura

  • Direct and indirect cortico-motoneuronal pathways and control of hand/arm movements.

    Tadashi Isa;Yukari Ohki;Bror Alstermark;Lars-Gunnar Pettersson

  • Properties of propriospinal neurons in the C3-C4 segments mediating disynaptic pyramidal excitation to forelimb motoneurons in the macaque monkey.

    Tadashi Isa;Yukari Ohki;Kazuhiko Seki;Bror Alstermark

  • Different Pedunculopontine Tegmental Neurons Signal Predicted and Actual Task Rewards

    Ken-ichi Okada;Keisuke Toyama;Yuka Inoue;Tadashi Isa

  • Contribution of pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus neurons to performance of visually guided saccade tasks in monkeys.

    Yasushi Kobayashi;Yuka Inoue;Masaru Yamamoto;Tadashi Isa

  • Effects of lesion of paramedian pontomedullary reticular formation by kainic acid injection on the visually triggered horizontal orienting movements in the cat.

    Tadashi Isa;Shigeto Sasaki

  • Excitatory pathways from Forel's field H to head elevator motoneurones in the cat.

    Tadashi Isa;Tooru Itouji;Shigeto Sasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirotaka Onoe
Hirotaka Onoe Kyoto University
Atsushi Nambu
Atsushi Nambu The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Mitsuo Kawato
Mitsuo Kawato Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Hideo Tsukada
Hideo Tsukada Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)
Peter Redgrave
Peter Redgrave University of Sheffield
Kunihiko Obata
Kunihiko Obata The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Wim Vanduffel
Wim Vanduffel Harvard University
William C. Hall
William C. Hall Duke University

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