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Yoko Ohtsuka

Yoko Ohtsuka

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Citations
6533
World Ranking
7874
National Ranking
266

Overview

Yoko Ohtsuka is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work focuses on several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The main topics of Ohtsuka's research include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Ohtsuka has authored multiple recent papers centered on the safety and effectiveness of stiripentol in treatment of Dravet syndrome. Notable publications include:

  • "Long-term safety and effectiveness of stiripentol in patients with Dravet syndrome: Interim report of a post-marketing surveillance study in Japan" (2020, Epilepsy Research)
  • "Safety and effectiveness of stiripentol in patients with Dravet syndrome: A prospective, 3-year, postmarketing surveillance study" (2025, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology)
  • "Results of a Long-Term Post-Marketing Surveillance Study on Stiripentol Safety and Efficacy in a Large Cohort of Japanese Patients" (2025, Neurotherapeutics)

Frequent coauthors in Ohtsuka's research include:

  • Daisuke Matsui
  • Yushi Inoue
  • Y Kitamura
  • Hiroaki Ohyabu
  • Tatsuo Miura

The primary venues where Ohtsuka publishes are:

  • Epilepsy Research
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Neurotherapeutics

Best Publications

  • Significant correlation of the SCN1A mutations and severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy

    Iori Ohmori;Mamoru Ouchida;Yoko Ohtsuka;Eiji Oka

  • The early-infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-burst: developmental aspects.

    Shunsuke Ohtahara;Yoko Ohtsuka;Yasuko Yamatogi;Eiji Oka

  • A long-term follow-up study of Dravet syndrome up to adulthood

    Mari Akiyama;Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Harumi Yoshinaga;Yoko Ohtsuka

  • Treatment of epilepsy with electrical status epilepticus during slow sleep and its related disorders

    Miki Inutsuka;Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Makio Oka;Junri Hattori

  • Scalp-recorded high-frequency oscillations in childhood sleep-induced electrical status epilepticus.

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Yoshiaki Watanabe;Takushi Inoue;Makio Oka

  • Are pervasive developmental disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder distinct disorders?

    Junri Hattori;Tatsuya Ogino;Kiyoko Abiru;Kousuke Nakano

  • The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure as a measure of executive function in childhood

    Kiyoko Watanabe;Tatsuya Ogino;Kousuke Nakano;Junri Hattori

  • Very fast rhythmic activity on scalp EEG associated with epileptic spasms.

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Makio Oka;Tomoyuki Akiyama;Takushi Inoue

  • Prevalence of childhood epilepsy and distribution of epileptic syndromes: a population-based survey in Okayama, Japan.

    Eiji Oka;Yoko Ohtsuka;Harumi Yoshinaga;Nagako Murakami

  • Stiripentol open study in Japanese patients with Dravet syndrome.

    Yushi Inoue;Yoko Ohtsuka;Hirokazu Oguni;Jun Tohyama

  • A Screening test for the prediction of Dravet syndrome before one year of age

    Junri Hattori;Mamoru Ouchida;Junko Ono;Susumu Miyake

  • Dipole modeling of epileptic spikes can be accurate or misleading.

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Harumi Yoshinaga;Yoko Ohtsuka;Jean Gotman

  • Epilepsy with Electrical status epilepticus during slow sleep and secondary bilateral synchrony

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Naohiro Nishibayashi;Yoko Ohtsuka;Eiji Oka

  • High‐frequency oscillations in idiopathic partial epilepsy of childhood

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Harumi Yoshinaga;Yoshihiro Toda;Takushi Inoue

  • CYP2C polymorphisms, phenytoin metabolism and gingival overgrowth in epileptic subjects.

    Yoshihiko Soga;Fusanori Nishimura;Yoko Ohtsuka;Hiroaki Araki;Hiroaki Araki

  • Efficacy of Intravenous Midazolam for Status Epilepticus in Childhood

    Kitami Hayashi;Makiko Osawa;Masao Aihara;Tatsuro Izumi

  • Treatment of the Lennox syndrome with ACTH: a clinical and electroencephalographic study

    Yasuko Yamatogi;Yoko Ohtsuka;Takashi Ishida;Naofumi Ichiba

  • Primary and secondary bilateral synchrony in epilepsy: differentiation by estimation of interhemispheric small time differences during short spike-wave activity.

    Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Yoko Ohtsuka;Eiji Oka;Shunsuke Ohtahara

  • Prenatal Etiologies of West Syndrome

    Shunsuke Ohtahara;Yoko Ohtsuka;Yasuko Yamatogi;Eiji Oka

  • Benefit of Simultaneous Recording of EEG and MEG in Dipole Localization

    Harumi Yoshinaga;Tomoyuki Nakahori;Yoko Ohtsuka;Eiji Oka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yushi Inoue
Yushi Inoue RMIT University
Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Kenji Sugai
Kenji Sugai Tohoku University
Michael Koutroumanidis
Michael Koutroumanidis St Thomas' Hospital
Hirokazu Oguni
Hirokazu Oguni University of California, Los Angeles
Hidehiro Mizusawa
Hidehiro Mizusawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Gerhard Kluger
Gerhard Kluger Paracelsus Medical University
Alexis Arzimanoglou
Alexis Arzimanoglou Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

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