Ryuta Kawashima
Professor
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Ryuta Kawashima is a Professor of Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, at Tohoku University. His research theme are Exploring the neural mechanisms behind healthy development, and developmental diorders such as autism, and dyslexia. Revealing the neural mechanisms of higher cognitive functions in those children. Revealing the effects of daily habits and genetic polymorphisms on cognitive functions and brain mechanisms in those children
Research Interest
brain imaging, development, developmental disorder, daily habit, genetic polymorphism, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) , psychological assessment, genetic polymorphism
Publications
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Okuda, J., Fujii, T., Ohtake, H., Tsukiura, T., Tanji, K., Suzuki, K., ... & Yamadori, A. (2003). Thinking of the future and past: The roles of the frontal pole and the medial temporal lobes. Neuroimage, 19(4), 1369-1380.
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Kawashima, R., Sugiura, M., Kato, T., Nakamura, A., Hatano, K., Ito, K., ... & Nakamura, K. (1999). The human amygdala plays an important role in gaze monitoring: A PET study. Brain, 122(4), 779-783.
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Mazziotta, J., Toga, A., Evans, A., Fox, P., Lancaster, J., Zilles, K., ... & Holmes, C. (2001). A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 356(1412), 1293-1322.
