KAWASAKI Yasuhiro

■FacultyDepartment of Neuropsychiatry
■PositionProfessor

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

    Overview of research:
    Clinical investigations for the etiology of the psychosis including schizophrenia and affective disorders. Related field includes cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, and neurophysiology.

Degree

  • Ph.D in Medicine

Research Activities

Published Papers

  • Genetic correlations between subcortical brain volumes and psychiatric disorders, Ohi K, Shimada T, Kataoka Y, Yasuyama T, Kawasaki Y, Shioiri T, Thompson PM, The British journal of psychiatry, 216:280-283, May 2020
  • Polygenetic Risk Scores for Major Psychiatric Disorders Among Schizophrenia Patients, Their First-Degree Relatives, and Healthy Participants., Ohi K, Nishizawa D, Shimada T, Kataoka Y, Hasegawa J, Shioiri T, Kawasaki Y, Hashimoto R, Ikeda K., International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 23:157-164, Mar. 2020
  • Differences in Fxecutive Function Among Patients With Schizophrenia,Their Unaffected First-Degree Relatives, and Healthy Participants., Yuzuru Kataoka, Takamitsu Shimada, Yoko Koide, Hiroaki Okubo, Takashi Uehara, Toshiki Sioiri, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Kazutaka Ohi., International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 23:731-737, Nov. 2020
  • Open-label study of cognitive behavioural therapy for individuals with at-risk mental state: Feasibility in the Japanese clinical setting, (Kazunori Matsumoto), Noriyuki Ohmuro, Naohisa Tsujino, Shimako Nishiyama, Koichi Abe, Yumiko Hamaie, Masahiro Katsura, Naomi Inoue, Hiroo Matsuoka, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Toshifumi Kishimoto, Michio Suzuki, Masafumi Mizuno, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 13:137-141, Feb. 2019
  • Smoking Rates and Number of Cigarettes Smoked per Day in Schizophrenia: A Large Cohort Meta-Analysis in a Japanese Population, Kazutaka Ohi, Takamitsu Shimada, Aki Kuwata, Yuzuru Kataoka, Hiroaki Okubo, Kohei Kimura, Toshiki Yasuyama, Takashi Uehara, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 22:19-27, Jan. 2019
  • Meta-analysis of physical activity and effects of social function and quality of life on the physical activity in patients with schizophrenia, Kazutaka Ohi, Yuzuru Kataoka, Takamitsu Shimada, Aki Kuwata, Hiroaki Okubo, Kohei Kimura, Toshiki Yasuyama, Takashi Uehara, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 269:517-527, Aug. 2019
  • Intelligence decline between present and premorbid IQ in schizophrenia: Schizophrenia Non-Affected Relative Project (SNARP), Ohi Kazutaka, Shimada Takamitsu, Kataoka Yuzuru, Koide Yoko, Yasuyama Toshiki, Uehara Takashi, Okubo Hiroaki, Kawasaki Yasuhiro, European neuropsychopharmacology, 29:653-661, May 2019
  • Genome-Wide Variants Shared Between Smoking Quantity and Schizophrenia on 15q25 Are Associated With CHRNA5 Expression in the Brain, Kazutaka Ohi, Aki Kuwata, Takamitsu Shimada, Yuzuru Kataoka, Toshiki Yasuyama, Takashi Uehara, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45:813-823, Jun. 2019
  • Altered neural basis of self-reflective processing in schizophrenia: An fMRI study, (Furuichi Atsushi), Kawasaki Yasuhiro, Takahashi Tsutomu, Nakamura Kazue, Tanino Ryoichiro, Noguchi Kyo, Kurachi Masayoshi, Suzuki Michio, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 45:53-60, Oct. 2019
  • Relationship of neighborly ties with cognitive decline and total mood disturbances in older adult residents of depopulated areas in Japan: The Ninchisho (Dementia) Supporter Caravan Himi Study, Yoneyama Satoko, Tanaka Koji, Matsuda Yukihisa, Hashimoto Reiko, Ishizaki Masao, Tamai Akira, Kawasaki Yasuhiro, Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 73:763-765, Dec. 2019
  • Spatial and temporal expression patterns of genes around nine neuroticism-associated loci, Ohi, Kazutaka;Shimada, Takamitsu;Yasuyama, Toshiki;Kimura, Kohei;Uehara, Takashi;Kawasaki, Yasuhiro, PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, 77:164-171, Jul. 2017
  • Impact of Familial Loading on Prefrontal Activation in Major Psychiatric Disorders: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Study, K.Ohi, T.Shimada, H.Kihara, T.Yasuyama, K.Sawai, Y.Matsuda, K,Oshima, H.Okubo, Y.Nitta, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Scientific Reports, 7:44268, Apr. 2017
  • Response to benzodiazepines and the clinical course in malignant catatonia associated with schizophrenia: A case report., Ohi Kazutaka;Kuwata Aki;Shimada Takamitsu;Yasuyama Toshiki;Nitta Yusuke;Uehara Takashi;Kawasaki Yasuhiro, Medicine, 96:e6566, Apr. 2017
  • A Case Whose Delirium Improved with Discontinuation of Continuous Deep Sedation Initiated for Refractory Delirium at the End Stage of Cancer, Masao Ogawa, Michiko Michibuchi Takanori Wagatsuma, Mikako Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Hideaki Tsuchida, Kanako Teraguchi, Palliative Care Research, 12:501-505, Mar. 2017
  • Olfactory function in neuropsychiatric disorders, Y.Ryo, M.Takeuchi, N.Ueda, K.Ohi, H.Kihara, T.Shimada, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 252:175-179, Mar. 2017
  • Variability of 128 schizophrenia-associated gene variants across distinct ethnic populations, K.Ohi, T.Shimada, Ｔ.Yasuyama, H.Kihara, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Translational Psychiatry, 7:1-6, Jan. 2017
  • Differences in social functioning among patients with major psychiatric disorders: Interpersonal communication is impaired in patients with schizophrenia and correlates with an increase in schizotypal traits., T.Yasuyama, K.Ohi, T.Shimada, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Psychiatry research, 249:30-34, Jan. 2017
  • Cognitive clustering in schizophrenia patients, their first-degree relatives and healthy subjects is associated with anterior cingulate cortex volume., Ohi Kazutaka;Shimada Takamitsu;Nemoto Kiyotaka;Kataoka Yuzuru;Yasuyama Toshiki;Kimura Kohei;Okubo Hiroaki;Uehara Takashi;Kawasaki Yasuhiro, NeuroImage. Clinical, 16:248-256, 2017
  • The Role of Family Variables in the Length of Stay of Psychiatric In-patients, (S.Yoneyama), Y.Makita, K.Miyazu, K.Katsukawa, E.Yoneyama, S.Masuda, Y.Nakajima, Y.Kawasaki, K.Miyazu, Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health, 12:87-93, Dec. 2016
  • Schizophrenia risk variants in ITIH4 and CALN1 regulate gene expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, K.Ohi, T.Shimada, Y.Nitta, H.Kihara, H.Okubo, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Psychiatric Genetics, 26:142-143, Jun. 2016
  • Abnormal asymmetries in subcortical brain volume in schizophrenia., (N.Okada), M.Fukunaga, F.Yamashita, D.Koshiyama, H.Yamamori, K.Ohi, Y.Yasuda, M.Fujimoto, Y.Watanabe, N.Yahata, K.Nemoto, Hibar D P, van Erp T G M, H.Fujino, M.Isobe, S.Isomura, T.Natsubori, H.Narita, N.Hashimoto, J.Miyata, S.Koike, T.Takahashi, H.Yamasue, K.Matsuo, T.Onitsuka, T.Iidaka, Y.Kawasaki, R.Yoshimura, Y.Watanabe, M.Suzuki, Turner J A, M.Takeda, Thompson P M, N.Ozaki, K.Kasai, R.Hashimoto, Molecular psychiatry, 21:1460-1466, 2016
  • Specific gene expression patterns of 108 schizophrenia-associated loci in cortex, K.Ohi, T.Shimada, Y.Nitta, H.Kihara, H.Okubo, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Schizophrenia research, 174:35-38, 2016
  • The Five-Factor Model personality traits in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis., K.Ohi, T.Shimada, Y.Nitta, H.Kihara, H.Okubo, T.Uehara, Y.Kawasaki, Psychiatry research, 240:34-41, 2016
  • Implementation report of screening investigation of dementia for inhabitants of rural areas in Himi,Toyama, Y.Matsuda, S.Takemoto, R.Hashimoto, A.Tamai, T.Kanda, M.Ishizaki, T.Miwa, S.Morimoto, O.Kitamura, Y.Kawasaki, 39:67-74, Dec. 2014
  • Mismatch negativity and cognitive performance for the prediction of psychosis in subjects with at-risk mental state., (Y.Higuchi), T.Sumiyoshi, T.Seo, T.Miyanishi, Y.Kawasaki, M.Suzuki, PloS one, 8:e54080;1-10, Jan. 2013
  • Effect of individual placement and support"with psychoeducational approach for schizophrenics.", T.Terai, R.Hashimoto, Y.Nitta, T.Monkawa, Y.Kawasaki, K.Kagechika, Proceeding of the 7th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 212-214, 2013
  • Longitudinal MRI study of the midline brain regions in first-episode schizophrenia., (T.Takahashi), K.Nakamura, E.Ikeda, A.Furuichi, M.Kido, Y.Nakamura, Y.Kawasaki, K.Noguchi, H.Seto, M.Suzuki, Psychiatry research., 212:150-153, 2012
  • Altered depth of the olfactory sulcus in first-episode schizophrenia., (T.Takahashi), Y.Nakamura, K.Nakamura, E.Ikeda, A.Furuichi, M.Kido, Y.Kawasaki, K.Noguchi, H.Seto, M,Suzuki, Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 40:167-172, 2012
  • Longitudinal MRI study of the midline brain regions in first-episode schizophrenia., (T.Takahachi), K.Nakamura, E.Ikeda, A.Furuichi, M.Kido, Y.Nakamura, Y.Kawasaki, K.Noguchi, H.Seto, M.Suzuki, Psychiatry Res., (in press), 2012
  • Altered depth of the olfactory sulcus in first-episode schizophrenia., (T.Takahashi), Y.Nakamura, K.Nakamura, E.Ikeda, A.Furuichi, M.Kido, Y.Kawasaki, K.Noguchi, H.Seto, M.Suzuki, Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry., 40:167-172, 2012
  • An MRI study of the superior temporal subregions in patients with current and past major depression, (T.Takahashi), M.Yucel, V.Lorenzetti, M.Walterfang, Y.Kawasaki, S.Whittle, M.Suzuki, C.Pantelis, N.B.Allen, Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 34: 98-103, 2010., Oct. 2010
  • Alterations in hippocampal subfield volumes among schizophrenia patients, their first-degree relatives and healthy subjects., (Ohi Kazutaka);Nemoto Kiyotaka;Kataoka Yuzuru;Sugiyama Shunsuke;Muto Yukimasa;Shioiri Toshiki;Kawasaki Yasuhiro, Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 110:110291, Mar. 2021
  • A case report of late-onset schizophrenia differentiated from a dementing disorder., Shimada Takamitsu;Uehara Takashi;Nagasawa Tatsuya;Hasegawa Mitsuru;Maeda Yoshiki;Kawasaki Yasuhiro, Neurocase, 27:467-473, Dec. 2021
  • Intelligence decline across major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia., (Ohi Kazutaka);Takai Kentaro;Sugiyama Shunsuke;Kitagawa Hiromi;Kataoka Yuzuru;Soda Midori;Kitaichi Kiyoyuki;Kawasaki Yasuhiro;Ito Munechika;Shioiri Toshiki, CNS spectrums, 0:1-7, Mar. 2021
  • Effects of genome-wide neuroticism-associated variants on five-factor model personality traits in schizophrenia., (Ohi Kazutaka);Sugiyama Shunsuke;Soda Midori;Kitaichi Kiyoyuki;Kawasaki Yasuhiro;Shioiri Toshiki, Neuroscience research, 172:87-91, 2021