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Yoshio Minabe

Yoshio Minabe

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Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
8941
World Ranking
5546
National Ranking
173

Overview

Yoshio Minabe is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Patient Dignity and Privacy, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Minabe has contributed to several recent scientific papers, reflecting a diverse range of research interests. These include:

  • Auditory steady-state response at 20 Hz and 40 Hz in young typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder (2020, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
  • Platelet-derived growth factor BB: A potential diagnostic blood biomarker for differentiating bipolar disorder from major depressive disorder (2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research)
  • Dual-MEG interbrain synchronization during turn-taking verbal interactions between mothers and children (2022, Cerebral Cortex)
  • Serum levels of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor as a biomarker for mood disorders and lithium response (2021, Psychiatry Research)
  • Decomposed Temporal Complexity Analysis of Neural Oscillations and Machine Learning Applied to Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Minabe's collaborative work involves multiple coauthors, most notably:

  • Mitsuru Kikuchi (6 joint publications)
  • Tetsuya Takahashi (4 joint publications)
  • Yuko Yoshimura (3 joint publications)
  • Takashi Ikeda (2 joint publications)
  • Keita Idemoto (2 joint publications)

The prominence of coauthors who are active in psychiatric and neuroscientific research highlights Minabe's engagement across multiple domains of mental health, neurological conditions, and biomarker identification.

Best Publications

  • Brain Serotonin Transporter Density and Aggression in Abstinent Methamphetamine Abusers

    Yoshimoto Sekine;Yasuomi Ouchi;Nori Takei;Etsuji Yoshikawa

  • Interactions of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors with subtypes of sigma receptors in rat brain.

    Natsuko Narita;Kenji Hashimoto;Shin-ichiro Tomitaka;Yoshio Minabe

  • Association of dopamine transporter loss in the orbitofrontal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices with methamphetamine-related psychiatric symptoms.

    Yoshimoto Sekine;Yoshio Minabe;Yasuomi Ouchi;Nori Takei

  • Increased serum levels of glutamate in adult patients with autism

    Atsuko Shinohe;Kenji Hashimoto;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Masatsugu Tsujii

  • Left superior temporal blood flow increases in schizophrenic and schizophreniform patients with auditory hallucination: A longitudinal case study using123I-IMP SPECT

    Michio Suzuki;Satoru Yuasa;Yoshio Minabe;Masahiko Murata

  • Two genetic variants of CD38 in subjects with autism spectrum disorder and controls.

    Toshio Munesue;Shigeru Yokoyama;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Ayyappan Anitha

  • Genetic analysis of the calcineurin pathway identifies members of the EGR gene family, specifically EGR3, as potential susceptibility candidates in schizophrenia.

    Kazuo Yamada;David J. Gerber;Yoshimi Iwayama;Tetsuo Ohnishi

  • Identification of multiple serine racemase (SRR) mRNA isoforms and genetic analyses of SRR and DAO in schizophrenia and D-serine levels.

    Kazuo Yamada;Tetsuo Ohnishi;Kenji Hashimoto;Hisako Ohba

  • Association between polymorphisms in the promoter region of the sialyltransferase 8B (SIAT8B) gene and schizophrenia.

    Makoto Arai;Kazuo Yamada;Tomoko Toyota;Nanako Obata

  • Deficits in Transcriptional Regulators of Cortical Parvalbumin Neurons in Schizophrenia

    David W. Volk;Takurou Matsubara;Siyu Li;Elizabeth J. Sengupta

  • Reduced serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adult male patients with autism

    Kenji Hashimoto;Yasuhide Iwata;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Masatsugu Tsujii

  • Decreased serum levels of transforming growth factor-β1 in patients with autism

    Kyoko Okada;Kenji Hashimoto;Yasuhide Iwata;Kazuhiko Nakamura

  • EEG microstate analysis in drug-naive patients with panic disorder.

    Mitsuru Kikuchi;Thomas Koenig;Toshio Munesue;Akira Hanaoka

  • Advanced paternal age associated with an elevated risk for schizophrenia in offspring in a Japanese population.

    Kenji J. Tsuchiya;Shu Takagai;Masayoshi Kawai;Hideo Matsumoto

  • Oxytocin signal and social behaviour: comparison among adult and infant oxytocin, oxytocin receptor and CD38 gene knockout mice

    Haruhiro Higashida;Olga A. Lopatina;T. Yoshihara;Yu A. Pichugina

  • Association between schizophrenia with ocular misalignment and polyalanine length variation in PMX2B

    Tomoko Toyota;Kiyoshi Yoshitsugu;Mitsuru Ebihara;Kazuo Yamada

  • Is taijin kyofusho a culture-bound syndrome?

    Katsuaki Suzuki;Nori Takei;Masayoshi Kawai;Yoshio Minabe

  • Distinguishable haplotype blocks in the HTR3A and HTR3B region in the Japanese reveal evidence of association of HTR3B with female major depression.

    Kazuo Yamada;Eiji Hattori;Yoshimi Iwayama;Tetsuo Ohnishi

  • Endogenous dopamine release under transcranial direct-current stimulation governs enhanced attention: a study with positron emission tomography.

    Mina Fukai;Tomoyasu Bunai;Tetsu Hirosawa;Mitsuru Kikuchi

  • The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on spontaneously active midbrain dopamine neurons in adult male offspring: an electrophysiological study.

    Yoshio Minabe;Charles R. Ashby;Charles Heyser;Linda P. Spear

  • 5-HT3-like receptors in the rat medial prefrontal cortex: an electrophysiological study.

    Charles R. Ashby;Yoshio Minabe;Emmeline Edwards;Rex Y. Wang

  • The impact of robotic intervention on joint attention in children with autism spectrum disorders

    Hirokazu Kumazaki;Yuichiro Yoshikawa;Yuko Yoshimura;Takashi Ikeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsuru Kikuchi
Mitsuru Kikuchi Kanazawa University
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Yukihiko Shirayama
Yukihiko Shirayama Teikyo University
Hideo Matsuzaki
Hideo Matsuzaki University of Fukui
Yasuomi Ouchi
Yasuomi Ouchi Hamamatsu University
Katsumi Watanabe
Katsumi Watanabe Waseda University
David A. Lewis
David A. Lewis University of Pittsburgh
Michio Suzuki
Michio Suzuki University of Toyama
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University

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