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Overview

Yoshio Okada is affiliated with Kobe Gakuin University in Japan, contributing to the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and engineering through interdisciplinary research. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including neurology, cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects with particular focus on:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Yoshio Okada has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Stroke
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Human Reproduction

Recent notable publications include:

  • "A 3-axis coil design for multichannel TMS arrays", 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Boundary Element Fast Multipole Method for Enhanced Modeling of Neurophysiological Recordings", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • "Alkaline brain pH shift in rodent lithium-pilocarpine model of epilepsy with chronic seizures", 2021, Brain Research
  • "Blood Pressure Level and Variability During Long-Term Prasugrel or Clopidogrel Medication After Stroke", 2021, Stroke
  • "Ultrasound-Induced Membrane Hyperpolarization in Motor Axons and Muscle Fibers of the Crayfish Neuromuscular Junction", 2023, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Throughout their career, Okada has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Padmavathi Sundaram
  • Matti Hämäläinen
  • Chunling Dong
  • Teppei Matsubara
  • Sergey N Makaroff

Best Publications

  • One molecule of diphtheria toxin fragment A introduced into a cell can kill the cell.

    Masaru Yamaizumi;Eisuke Mekada;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Yoshio Okada

  • Analysis of a human DNA excision repair gene involved in group A xeroderma pigmentosum and containing a zinc-finger domain

    Kiyoji Tanaka;Naoyuki Miura;Ichiro Satokata;Iwai Miyamoto

  • Analysis of giant polynuclear cell formation caused by HVJ virus from Ehrlich's ascites tumor cells. I. Microscopic observation of giant polynuclear cell formation.

    Yoshio Okada

  • High incidence of ultraviolet-B-or chemical-carcinogen-induced skin tumours in mice lacking the xeroderma pigmentosum group A gene

    Hironobu Nakane;Seiji Takeuchi;Shunsuke Yuba;Masafumi Saijo

  • Expression of hepatitis B virus surface antigen in adult rat liver. Co-introduction of DNA and nuclear protein by a simplified liposome method.

    K Kato;M Nakanishi;Y Kaneda;T Uchida

  • The XPA protein is a zinc metalloprotein with an ability to recognize various kinds of DNA damage

    Hiroshi Asahina;Isao Kuraoka;Masahiro Shirakawa;Eugene H. Morita

  • Antibodies against 70-kD heat shock cognate protein inhibit mediated nuclear import of karyophilic proteins.

    Naoko Imamoto;Yosuke Matsuoka;Toshinao Kurihara;Kenji Kohno

  • Analysis of giant polynuclear cell formation caused by HVJ virus from Ehrlich's ascites tumor cells. II. Quantitative analysis of giant polynuclear cell formation.

    Yoshio Okada;Jun Tadokoro

  • Amino acid sequence of mammalian elongation factor 2 deduced from the cDNA sequence: homology with GTP-binding proteins.

    Kenji Kohno;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Hiroaki Ohkubo;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Molecular cloning of a mouse DNA repair gene that complements the defect of group-A xeroderma pigmentosum

    Kiyoji Tanaka;Ichiro Satokata;Zenzaburo Ogita;Tsuyoshi Uchida

  • Injection of foreign substances into single cells by cell fusion.

    Mitsuru Furusawa;Toshikazu Nishimura;Masaru Yamaizumi;Yoshio Okada

  • Characterization of a splicing mutation in group A xeroderma pigmentosum

    Ichiro Satokata;Kiyoji Tanaka;Naoyuki Miura;Iwai Miyamoto

  • The improved efficient method for introducing macromolecules into cells using HVJ (Sendai virus) liposomes with gangliosides.

    Yasufumi Kaneda;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Jeman Kim;Masahiro Ishiura

  • Reconstitution of lipid vesicles associated with HVJ (Sendai virus) sikes. Purification and some properties of vesicles containing nontoxic fragment A of diphtheria toxin.

    T Uchida;J Kim;M Yamaizumi;Y Miyake

  • Analysis of giant polynuclear cell formation caused by HVJ virus from Ehrlich's ascites tumor cells. III. Relationship between cell condition and fusion reaction or cell degeneration reaction.

    Yoshio Okada

  • Sendai virus-induced cell fusion

    Yoshio Okada

  • Genetic complementation groups in cockayne syndrome

    Kiyoji Tanaka;Kazuhiko Kawai;Yuichi Kumahara;Mituo Ikenaga

  • Efficient introduction of contents of liposomes into cells using HVJ (Sendai virus).

    Mahito Nakanishi;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Hideo Sugawa;Masahiro Ishiura

  • HVJ (Sendai virus)-induced envelope fusion and cell fusion are blocked by monoclonal anti-HN protein antibody that does not inhibit hemagglutination activity of HVJ

    Naoyuki Miura;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Tsuyoshi Uchida;Yoshio Okada;Yoshio Okada

  • Expression of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen in Adult Rat

    Keiko Kato;Mahito NakanishiS;Yasufumi Kaneda;Tsuyoshi Uchidat

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiyoji Tanaka
Kiyoji Tanaka University of Tsukuba
Eisuke Mekada
Eisuke Mekada Osaka University
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Yoshihiro Yoneda
Yoshihiro Yoneda Osaka University
Kenji Kohno
Kenji Kohno Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Shintaro Okada
Shintaro Okada Osaka University
Masayuki Ozawa
Masayuki Ozawa Kagoshima University
Masashi Narita
Masashi Narita University of Cambridge
Toshihiko Shiroishi
Toshihiko Shiroishi National Institute of Genetics

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