Neurology

Thoru Yamada, MD

Portrait

Mailing Address

Office: RCP
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:
Email: thoru-yamada@uiowa.edu

Education

MD, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan,
Residency, Neurology, Kansas City General Hospital,
Residency, Neurology, Wayne State University,
Fellowship, EEG/Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Michigan,

Appointments

Primary: Neurology

Research Interests

Brain, spinal cord electrical activities and responses, Computer application of brain physiology, Somatosensory evoked potentials, Brain response in sleep, Computer application of quantitative EEG

Publications

  • McCormick, L, Brumm, M, Beadle, J, Paradiso, S, Yamada, T, Andreasen, N. Mirror neuron function, psychosis, and empathy in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 201(3):233-9, 2012. [PubMed]
  • Hamsakutty, H, Yamada, T, Denburg, N, Magnotta, V, Beglinger, L, Nopoulos, P, Schultz, SK. Structural MRI Correlates of Neurocognitive Performance in Breast Cancer Survivors. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 19(3):S124-S124, MAR 2011.
  • Hamsakutty, H, Yamada, T, Denburg, N, Magnotta, V, Beglinger, L, Nopoulos, P, Schultz, SK. Structural MRI Correlates of Neurocognitive Performance in Breast Cancer Survivors. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 19(3):S124-S124, MAR 2011.
  • Narushima, K, McCormick, L, Yamada, T, Thatcher, R, Robinson, R. Subgenual cingulate theta activity predicts treatment response of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in participants with vascular depression. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 22(1):75-84, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Hara, M, Kimura, J, Walker, D, Taniguchi, S, Ichikawa, H, Fujisawa, R, Shimizu, H, Abe, T, Yamada, T, Kayamori, R, Mizutani, T. Effect of motor imagery and voluntary muscle contraction on the F wave. Muscle Nerve 42(2):208-12, 2010. [PubMed]
  • McCormick, L, Yamada, T, Yeh, M, Brumm, M, Thatcher, R. Antipsychotic effect of electroconvulsive therapy is related to normalization of subgenual cingulate theta activity in psychotic depression. J Psychiatr Res 43(5):553-60, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Ichikawa, H, Kimura, J, Taniguchi, S, Hara, M, Fujisawa, R, Shimizu, H, Yamada, T, Kawamura, M. Motor imagery facilitates the spinal motor neurons without hemispheric asymmetry. J Clin Neurophysiol 26(5):358-65, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Ichikawa, H, Yamada, T, Taniguchi, S, Hara, M, Fujisawa, R, Shimizu, H, Kimura, J. Changes of recovery function in median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials from awake to sleep. J Clin Neurophysiol 26(3):183-91, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Machida, M, Dubousset, J, Yamada, T, Kimura, J. Serum melatonin levels in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis prediction and prevention for curve progression--a prospective study. J Pineal Res 46(3):344-8, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Taniguchi, S, Kimura, J, Yanagisawa, T, Okada, F, Yamada, T, Taniguchi, S, Ootsuka, T. Rest-induced suppression of anterior horn cell excitability as measured by F waves: comparison between volitionally inactivated and control muscles. Muscle Nerve 37(3):343-9, 2008. [PubMed]