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Youichi Saitoh

Youichi Saitoh

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Neuroscience

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44
Citations
6813
World Ranking
7212
National Ranking
243

Overview

Youichi Saitoh is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on neurology, anesthesiology and pain medicine, physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several major topics, including:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Vestibular and Auditory Disorders
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Frequent publication venues for Youichi Saitoh include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Pain
  • NMC Case Report Journal
  • Pituitary
  • PAIN RESEARCH

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Youichi Saitoh include:

  • "A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database," 2021, Scientific Data
  • "Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation restores altered functional connectivity of central poststroke pain model monkeys," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Analgesic Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation at Different Stimulus Parameters for Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Study," 2021, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • "Neural decoding of electrocorticographic signals using dynamic mode decomposition," 2020, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "BCI training to move a virtual hand reduces phantom limb pain," 2020, Neurology

Youichi Saitoh has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, which includes:

  • Koichi Hosomi
  • Haruhiko Kishima
  • Nobuhiko Mori
  • Satoru Oshino
  • Asaya Nishi

The breadth of publications highlights a consistent focus on neurological and pain-related disorders, with particular emphasis on transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques and their applications for pain management and stroke rehabilitation.

Best Publications

  • Electrocorticographic control of a prosthetic arm in paralyzed patients

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima

  • Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain by navigation-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex.

    Azuma Hirayama;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima;Toshio Shimokawa

  • rTMS for suppressing neuropathic pain: a meta-analysis.

    Albert Leung;Michael Donohue;Ronghui Xu;Ryan Lee

  • Real-time control of a prosthetic hand using human electrocorticography signals: Technical note

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Tetsu Goto

  • Impaired beta-cell function in the presence of reduced insulin sensitivity determines glucose tolerance status in acromegalic patients.

    Soji Kasayama;Michio Otsuki;Miki Takagi;Hiroshi Saito

  • Mirror visual feedback alleviates deafferentation pain, depending on qualitative aspects of the pain: a preliminary report

    M. Sumitani;S. Miyauchi;C. S. McCabe;M. Shibata

  • Daily repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary motor cortex for neuropathic pain: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, crossover, sham-controlled trial.

    Koichi Hosomi;Toshio Shimokawa;Katsunori Ikoma;Yusaku Nakamura

  • Motor cortex stimulation for central and peripheral deafferentation pain. Report of eight cases.

    Youichi Saitoh;Masahiko Shibata;Shun-ichiro Hirano;Masayuki Hirata

  • Determination of language dominance with synthetic aperture magnetometry: comparison with the Wada test.

    Masayuki Hirata;Amami Kato;Masaaki Taniguchi;Youichi Saitoh

  • Regulation of motor representation by phase-amplitude coupling in the sensorimotor cortex.

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Okito Yamashita;Masayuki Hirata;Haruhiko Kishima

  • Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain due to spinal cord or peripheral lesion by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex.

    Youichi Saitoh;Azuma Hirayama;Haruhiko Kishima;Toshio Shimokawa

  • A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database

    Saori C Tanaka;Ayumu Yamashita;Noriaki Yahata;Takashi Itahashi

  • Diffusion tensor fiber tracking in patients with central post-stroke pain; correlation with efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Tetsu Goto;Youichi Saitoh;Naoya Hashimoto;Masayuki Hirata

  • Modulating the pain network--neurostimulation for central poststroke pain.

    Koichi Hosomi;Ben Seymour;Youichi Saitoh

  • Stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable deafferentation pain.

    Y. Saitoh;A. Hirayama;H. Kishima;S. Oshino

  • Characterization of premature atherosclerosis of carotid arteries in acromegalic patients.

    Michio Otsuki;Soji Kasayama;Hiroyasu Yamamoto;Hiroshi Saito

  • Electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex within the central sulcus for intractable neuropathic pain

    Koichi Hosomi;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima;Satoru Oshino

  • Low-frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a randomized clinical trial.

    Hui Ming Khoo;Haruhiko Kishima;Koichi Hosomi;Tomoyuki Maruo

  • Validation of the Japanese Version of the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire in Japanese Patients with Chronic Pain

    Tomonori Adachi;Aya Nakae;Tomoyuki Maruo;Kenrin Shi

  • Neural decoding using gyral and intrasulcal electrocorticograms.

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Amami Kato

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation system

    Youichi Saitoh;Kenji Tojo;Atsushi Asahina

  • Modulation of neuronal activity after spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain; H215O PET study

    Haruhiko Kishima;Youichi Saitoh;Satoru Oshino;Koichi Hosomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruhiko Kishima
Haruhiko Kishima Osaka University
Masayuki Hirata
Masayuki Hirata Osaka University
Amami Kato
Amami Kato Kindai University
Yukiyasu Kamitani
Yukiyasu Kamitani Kyoto University
Ben Seymour
Ben Seymour University of Oxford
Takashi Mashimo
Takashi Mashimo Osaka University
Ryusuke Kakigi
Ryusuke Kakigi National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University
Minoru Hoshiyama
Minoru Hoshiyama Nagoya University
Naoki Yoshida
Naoki Yoshida University of Tokyo

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