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Takeharu Kunieda

Takeharu Kunieda

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
5243
World Ranking
9008
National Ranking
331

Overview

Takeharu Kunieda is affiliated with Ehime University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, prominently including:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

Takeharu Kunieda has published numerous papers, with recent works including:

  • Evidence for a deep, distributed and dynamic code for animacy in human ventral anterior temporal cortex, 2021, eLife
  • Active direct current (DC) shifts and "Red slow": two new concepts for seizure mechanisms and identification of the epileptogenic zone, 2020, Neuroscience Research
  • Connectivity Gradient in the Human Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus: Intraoperative Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potential Study, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • A Narrative Review on CD44's Role in Glioblastoma Invasion, Proliferation, and Tumor Recurrence, 2023, Cancers
  • Intraoperative Brain Mapping by Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potential, 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Takeharu Kunieda include:

  • Akihiro Inoue
  • Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Riki Matsumoto
  • Masahiro Nishikawa
  • Satoshi Suehiro

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has contributed regularly to several journals and platforms, such as:

  • Surgical Neurology International
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Cerebral Cortex

Best Publications

  • Movement-related change of electrocorticographic activity in human supplementary motor area proper

    Shinji Ohara;Akio Ikeda;Takeharu Kunieda;Shogo Yazawa

  • Primary somatosensory cortex is actively involved in pain processing in human

    Masutaro Kanda;Takashi Nagamine;Akio Ikeda;Shinji Ohara

  • Cognitive motor control in human pre-supplementary motor area studied by subdural recording of discrimination/selection-related potentials.

    Akio Ikeda;Shogo Yazawa;Takeharu Kunieda;Shinji Ohara

  • Single pulse electrical stimulation to probe functional and pathological connectivity in epilepsy.

    Riki Matsumoto;Takeharu Kunieda;Dileep Nair

  • Increased synchronization of cortical oscillatory activities between human supplementary motor and primary sensorimotor areas during voluntary movements.

    Shinji Ohara;Tatsuya Mima;Koichi Baba;Akio Ikeda

  • Focal ictal direct current shifts in human epilepsy as studied by subdural and scalp recording

    Akio Ikeda;Waro Taki;Takeharu Kunieda;Kiyohito Terada

  • Intraoperative dorsal language network mapping by using single-pulse electrical stimulation

    Yukihiro Yamao;Riki Matsumoto;Takeharu Kunieda;Yoshiki Arakawa

  • Direct Exploration of the Role of the Ventral Anterior Temporal Lobe in Semantic Memory: Cortical Stimulation and Local Field Potential Evidence From Subdural Grid Electrodes

    Akihiro Shimotake;Riki Matsumoto;Taiji Ueno;Takeharu Kunieda

  • Human presupplementary motor area is active before voluntary movement: subdural recording of Bereitschaftspotential from medial frontal cortex

    Shogo Yazawa;Akio Ikeda;Takeharu Kunieda;Shinji Ohara

  • Function of the nucleus accumbens in motor control during recovery after spinal cord injury

    Masahiro Sawada;Masahiro Sawada;Kenji Kato;Kenji Kato;Takeharu Kunieda;Nobuhiro Mikuni

  • Phagocytic elimination of synapses by microglia during sleep.

    Mohammed E. Choudhury;Kazuya Miyanishi;Haruna Takeda;Afsana Islam

  • Cortical activation during fast repetitive finger movements in humans: steady-state movement-related magnetic fields and their cortical generators

    C. Gerloff;N. Uenishi;T. Nagamine;T. Kunieda

  • The 'when' and 'where' of semantic coding in the anterior temporal lobe: Temporal representational similarity analysis of electrocorticogram data.

    Y. Chen;A. Shimotake;R. Matsumoto;T. Kunieda

  • Intracranially recorded ictal direct current shifts may precede high frequency oscillations in human epilepsy.

    Kyoko Kanazawa;Riki Matsumoto;Hisaji Imamura;Masao Matsuhashi

  • Electroencephalographic characterization of an adult rat model of radiation-induced cortical dysplasia.

    Shinji Kondo;Imad Najm;Takeharu Kunieda;Scott Perryman

  • Role of primary sensorimotor cortices in generating inhibitory motor response in humans.

    Akio Ikeda;Shinji Ohara;Riki Matsumoto;Takeharu Kunieda

  • Severity of Histopathologic Abnormalities and In Vivo Epileptogenicity in the In Utero Radiation Model of Rats Is Dose Dependent

    Christoph Kellinghaus;Takeharu Kunieda;Zhong Ying;Andrew Pan

  • Electrocorticogram-electromyogram coherence during isometric contraction of hand muscle in human.

    Shinji Ohara;Takashi Nagamine;Akio Ikeda;Takeharu Kunieda

  • Sleep modulates cortical connectivity and excitability in humans: Direct evidence from neural activity induced by single-pulse electrical stimulation.

    Kiyohide Usami;Riki Matsumoto;Katsuya Kobayashi;Takefumi Hitomi

  • Enhancement of antitumor activity by using 5-ALA–mediated sonodynamic therapy to induce apoptosis in malignant gliomas: significance of high-intensity focused ultrasound on 5-ALA-SDT in a mouse glioma model

    Satoshi Suehiro;Takanori Ohnishi;Daisuke Yamashita;Shohei Kohno

  • Human supplementary motor area is active in preparation for both voluntary muscle relaxation and contraction: subdural recording of Bereitschaftspotential.

    Shogo Yazawa;Akio Ikeda;Takeharu Kunieda;Tatsuya Mima

  • Functional mapping of human medial frontal motor areas

    Takashi Hanakawa;Akio Ikeda;Norihiro Sadato;Tomohisa Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Riki Matsumoto
Riki Matsumoto Kobe University
Akio Ikeda
Akio Ikeda Kyoto University
Susumu Miyamoto
Susumu Miyamoto Kyoto University
Nobuhiro Mikuni
Nobuhiro Mikuni Sapporo Medical University
Hiroshi Shibasaki
Hiroshi Shibasaki Kyoto University
Hidenao Fukuyama
Hidenao Fukuyama Kyoto University
Shinji Ohara
Shinji Ohara Johns Hopkins University
Takashi Nagamine
Takashi Nagamine Sapporo Medical University
Tatsuya Mima
Tatsuya Mima Ritsumeikan University
Matthew A. Lambon Ralph
Matthew A. Lambon Ralph University of Cambridge

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