Yoji Hirano

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yoji Hirano is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoji Hirano has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Yoji Hirano's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (31 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Music Perception (18 papers). Yoji Hirano is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (31 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Music Perception (18 papers). Yoji Hirano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Yoji Hirano's co-authors include Toshiaki Onitsuka, Naoya Oribe, Shigenobu Kanba, Kevin Spencer, Shogo Hirano, Takefumi Ueno, Peter J. Uhlhaas, Paul G. Nestor, Itta Nakamura and Rikako Tsuchimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yoji Hirano

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Complex activity and short-term plasticity of human cerebral organoids reciprocally connected with axons

2024 47 citations Tatsuya Osaki, Yasuhiro Ikegami et al. Nature Communications profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Abnormal spontaneous activity and rest–task shift in schizophrenia 2025 ·Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences ·(unknown), Shunsuke Tamura, Shogo Hirano, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tomohiro Nakao, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Yoji Hirano	0
2	Aberrant thalamocortical connectivity and shifts between the resting state and task state in patients with schizophrenia 2024 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Shunsuke Tamura, Nobuhiko Hoaki, (unknown), Itta Nakamura, Shogo Hirano, Takefumi Ueno, Tomohiro Nakao, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Yoji Hirano	0
3	Spectral decomposition of resting state electroencephalogram reveals unique theta/alpha activity in schizophrenia 2024 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Naoya Oribe, Shogo Hirano, (unknown), Yoji Hirano, Paul G. Nestor, (unknown), Margaret Levin, Kevin Spencer	5
4	Characteristics of psychiatric patients with nightmares after suvorexant administration: A retrospective study 2024 ·Neuropsychopharmacology Reports ·(unknown), Yoji Hirano, Ryuichiro Takeda, Ryuji Ikeda, Yasushi Ishida	1
5	Complex activity and short-term plasticity of human cerebral organoids reciprocally connected with axons breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Tatsuya Osaki, (unknown), (unknown), Yasuhiro Ikegami, (unknown), Timothée Levi, (unknown), Yoji Hirano, Yoshiho Ikeuchi	47
6	Differential Contribution of 5-HT<sub>4</sub>, 5-HT<sub>5</sub>, and 5-HT<sub>6</sub> Receptors to Acute Pruriceptive Processing Induced by Chloroquine and Histamine in Mice 2023 ·Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoji Hirano, Toshikazu Nishimori, Yasushi Ishida	1
7	Cortical representation of speech temporal information through high gamma-band activity and its temporal modulation 2023 ·Cerebral Cortex ·Shunsuke Tamura, Yoji Hirano	2
8	Abnormal phase entrainment of low- and high-gamma-band auditory steady-state responses in schizophrenia 2023 ·Frontiers in Neuroscience ·(unknown), Shunsuke Tamura, Shogo Hirano, Junichi Takahashi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Osamu Togao, Tomohiro Nakao, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Yoji Hirano	4
9	Role of kainate receptors in pruriceptive processing in the mouse spinal cord 2023 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoji Hirano, Toshikazu Nishimori, Yasushi Ishida	2
10	Multi-modal imaging of the auditory-larynx motor network for voicing perception 2022 ·NeuroImage ·Shunsuke Tamura, (unknown), (unknown), Nobuhiko Hoaki, Itta Nakamura, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Yoji Hirano	1
11	Trends in big data analyses by multicenter collaborative translational research in psychiatry 2021 ·Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences ·Toshiaki Onitsuka, Yoji Hirano, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Naoki Hashimoto, Itaru Kushima, Daisuke Koshiyama, Michihiko Koeda, Tsutomu Takahashi, Yoshihiro Noda, Junya Matsumoto, Kenichiro Miura, Takanobu Nakazawa, Takatoshi Hikida, Kiyoto Kasai, Norio Ozaki, Ryota Hashimoto	25
12	Association of self‐reported religiosity with the development of major depression in multireligious country Japan 2020 ·Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences ·Daiki Kobayashi, Michael B. First, Takuro Shimbo, Shigenobu Kanba, Yoji Hirano	12
13	Prospects for Future Methodological Development and Application of Magnetoencephalography Devices in Psychiatry 2020 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·Naruhito Hironaga, Yuichi Takei, (unknown), (unknown), Yoji Hirano	15
14	Neurophysiological Face Processing Deficits in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia: An MEG Study 2020 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·(unknown), Yoji Hirano, Naoya Oribe, Shunsuke Tamura, Itta Nakamura, Shogo Hirano, Rikako Tsuchimoto, Takefumi Ueno, Osamu Togao, Akio Hiwatashi, Tomohiro Nakao, Toshiaki Onitsuka	6
15	Neuroanatomical substrate of chronic psychosis in epilepsy: an MRI study 2019 ·Brain Imaging and Behavior ·(unknown), Hironori Kuga, Yoji Hirano, (unknown), Naoya Oribe, Itta Nakamura, Shogo Hirano, Takefumi Ueno, Yuko Oda, Osamu Togao, Akio Hiwatashi, Hiroshi Honda, Shigenobu Kanba, Toshiaki Onitsuka	8
16	Right hemisphere pitch-mismatch negativity reduction in patients with major depression: An MEG study 2017 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), Yoji Hirano, Itta Nakamura, Shogo Hirano, (unknown), Naoya Oribe, Takefumi Ueno, Shigenobu Kanba, Toshiaki Onitsuka	16
17	Progressive Reduction of Visual P300 Amplitude in Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia: An ERP Study 2014 ·Schizophrenia Bulletin ·Naoya Oribe, Yoji Hirano, Shigenobu Kanba, Elisabetta C. del Re, Larry J. Seidman, R I Mesholam-Gately, Jill M. Goldstein, Martha E. Shenton, Kevin Spencer, Robert W. McCarley, Margaret Niznikiewicz	28
18	Spatiotemporal signatures of an abnormal auditory system in stuttering 2011 ·NeuroImage ·(unknown), Katsuya Ogata, (unknown), Takashi Yoshiura, (unknown), Yoji Hirano, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Shizuo Komune, Shozo Tobimatsu	58
19	Reduced high and low frequency gamma synchronization in patients with chronic schizophrenia 2011 ·Schizophrenia Research ·Rikako Tsuchimoto, Shigenobu Kanba, Shogo Hirano, Naoya Oribe, Takefumi Ueno, Yoji Hirano, Itta Nakamura, Yuko Oda, Tomofumi Miura, Toshiaki Onitsuka	95
20	Differentiation between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia revealed by neural oscillation to speech sounds: an MEG study 2010 ·Bipolar Disorders ·Naoya Oribe, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Shogo Hirano, Yoji Hirano, Toshihiko Maekawa, (unknown), Takefumi Ueno, Kiyoto Kasai, Shigenobu Kanba	21

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