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Hiroto Kawasaki, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery

Introduction

Neurophysiology of Emotion Processing in the Human Brain, Neurophysiology of Auditory Cortex, Information processing of the Brain, Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy

Current Positions

  • Professor of Neurosurgery

Education

  • MD, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
  • PhD in Medical Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Resident in Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Toyko Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physiology, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Research Interests

  • Neurophysiology of emotion processing in the human brain
  • Neurophysiology of auditory cortex
  • Surgical treatment of epilepsy
  • Information processing of the Brain

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • Board Certification, Japan Neurosurgical Society

Selected Publications

  • Nourski KV, Steinschneider M, Rhone AE, Kovach CK, Kawasaki H, Howard MA 3rd. Gamma Activation and Alpha Suppression within Human Auditory Cortex during a Speech Classification Task. J Neurosci. 2022 Jun 22;42(25):5034-5046. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2187-21.2022. Epub 2022 May 9. PMID: 35534226
  • Yamanashi T, Nagao T, Wahba NE, Marra PS, Crutchley KJ, Meyer AA, Andreasen AJ, Hellman MM, Jellison SS, Hughes CG, Pandharipande PP, Howard Iii MA, Kawasaki H, Iwata M, Hefti MM, Shinozaki G. DNA methylation in the inflammatory genes after neurosurgery and diagnostic ability of post-operative delirium. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Dec 9;11(1):627. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01752-6. PMID: 34887385
  • Nourski KV, Steinschneider M, Rhone AE, Krause BM, Mueller RN, Kawasaki H, Banks MI. Cortical Responses to Vowel Sequences in Awake and Anesthetized States: A Human Intracranial Electrophysiology Study.Cereb Cortex. 2021 Oct 22;31(12):5435-5448. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab168.PMID: 34117741
  • Nourski KV, Steinschneider M, Rhone AE, Mueller RN, Kawasaki H, Banks MI. Arousal State-Dependence of Interactions Between Short- and Long-Term Auditory Novelty Responses in Human Subjects. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021 Oct 1;15:737230. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.737230. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34658820
  • Rocchi, F., Oya, H., Balezeau, F., Billig, A. J., Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R. L., Kovach, C. K., Steinschneider, M., Kikuchi, Y., Rhone, A. E., Dlouhy, B. J., Kawasaki, H., Adolphs, R., Greenlee, J. D., Griffiths, T. D., Howard, M. A. & Petkov, C. I. (2021). Common fronto-temporal effective connectivity in humans and monkeys. Neuron 109 (5) 852-868.e8. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.12.026. PMID: 33482086. PMCID: PMC7927917.
  • Ibayashi, k., Cardenas, A. R., Oya, H., Kawasaki, H., Kovach, C. K., Howard 3rd, M. A., Long, M. A. & Greenlee, J. D. (2021). Focal Cortical Surface Cooling is a Novel and Safe Method for Intraoperative Functional Brain Mapping. World Neurosurgery 147 e118-e129. DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.164. PMID: 33307258.
  • Etler, C. P., Nourski, K. V., Reale, R. A., Oya, H., Kawasaki, H., Greenlee, J. D., Miller, C. A. & Behroozmand, R. (2021). Neural correlates of vocal auditory feedback processing: Unique insights from electrocorticography recordings in a human cochlear implant user. eNeuro Online ahead of print. PMID: 33419861. DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0181-20.2020.
  • Nourski, K. V., Steinschneider, M., Rhone, A. E., Kovach, C. K., Banks, M. I., Krause, B. M., Kawasaki, H. & Howard, M. A. (2021). Electrophysiology of the Human Superior Temporal Sulcus during Speech Processing. Cereb Cortex 31 (2) 1131-48. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa281.
  • Nourski, K. V., Steinschneider, M., Rhone, A. E., Krause, B. M., Kawasaki, H. & Banks, M. I. (2021). Cortical Responses to Auditory Novelty Across Task Conditions: An Intracranial Electrophysiology Study. Hear Res 399 107911. DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.107911. PMID: 32081413.
  • Kumar, S., Gander, P. E., Berger, J. I., Billig, A. I., Nourski, K. V., Oya, H., Kawasaki, H., Howard 3rd, M. A. & Griffiths, T. D. (2020). Oscillatory correlates of auditory working memory examined with human electrocorticography. Neuropsychologia Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107691. PMID: 33227284.

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