Neurology
Outline
The Department of Neurology was established in April 1974 by Dr. Genjiro Hirose. As the first professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine (Neurology), Dr. Hirose made many achievements in various fields, including neurological symptomatology and diagnostics, neurotherapeutics, and neurophysiology. Following Dr. Hirose’s retirement in March 2005, Dr. Makoto Matsui was appointed the position of professor and chair of the department, and made significant achievements in the field of neuroimmunology, especially with respect to multiple sclerosis, until his retirement in March 2021. Most recently, in April 2021, Dr. Masato Asahina became the professor and chair of the department. Dr. Asahina specializes in neurodegenerative diseases and autonomic nervous system disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. In conducting joint research with Keio University’s Psychology Department, Dr. Asahina has been working on the development of emotion evaluation systems using autonomic nerve activity recordings. Dr. Asahina is also studying dyshidrosis in collaboration with professor Hiroo Yokozeki of the Department of Dermatology of Tokyo Dental and Medical University.
e-mail: neurol【a】kanazawa-med.ac.jp (【a】=@）
Faculty
Professor and Chair
Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
HIRANO Yasuki, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Professor
Professor (Adjunct)
UEDA Yoshihiko, , M.D., Ph.D
part-time doctor
MINATO Naomi, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Achievements
Msato Asahina. Research History and Current Concept of the Autonomic Nervous System. J Kanazawa Med Univ 2022; 47:13-19.
Kenji Sakai, Moeko Nogushi-Shinohara, Hidetomo Tanaka, Tokuhei Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Hamagushi, Akiyoshi Kakita, Masahito Yamada and Kenjiro Ono. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers and Amyloid-β Elimination from the brain in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation. Journal of Alzhemimer’s Disease 91:1173-1183,2023.
Ayano Shima, Kenji Sakai, Fumio Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Hamagushi, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Makoto Sakai, Masahito Yamada, Kenjiro Ono. Vacuoles related to tissue neuron-astrocyte ratio and infiltration of macrophages/monocytes contribute to hyperintense brain signals on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 447:120612,2023.
K.Sano, M.Asahina, N.Araki, T.Uehara, M.Iwaya, R.Okuyama. Type 1 Interferon Signature and cytotoxic T lymphocyte activation targeted against sweat ducts in inflammatory acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis. I Eur Acad Dermatol Venercol 37:2124-2132,2023.
Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Ichizo Nishino, Yasuki Hirano, Nobuaki Uchida, Michiyo Fujita-Nakata, Megumi Nakanishi, Tomoyuki Sakai, Masato Asahina. Sporadic Late-onset Nemaline Myopathy Associated with Sj?gren’s Syndrome: A Case Report. Intern Med, 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3092-23. Online ahead of print.
External Research Funding
Research on rare and intractable diseases from Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants, Japan.2022 -2024. (Asahina M, Research Member).
Research on rare and intractable diseases from Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants, Japan. 2023-2025. (Hamaguchi T, Research Member).
Research on rare and intractable diseases from Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants, Japan. 2023-2025. (Nakanishi M, Research Member).
Research on rare and intractable diseases from Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants, Japan. 2024-2025. (Hamaguchi T, Research Member).