Angiographic dilatation and branch extension of the anterior choroidal and posterior communicating arteries are predictors of hemorrhage in adult moyamoya patients

M Morioka, JI Hamada, T Kawano, T Todaka, S Yano… - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— The cause of intracranial bleeding in moyamoya disease
patients is still unknown. To identify factors that contribute to bleeding, we assessed the …

Expression of angiopoietin-2 in human glioma cells and its role for angiogenesis

K Koga, T Todaka, M Morioka, J Hamada, Y Kai… - Cancer Research, 2001 - AACR
In highly vascular malignant glioma, glioma cells themselves may express angiogenic
factors and induce angiogenesis. Recent studies have shown that novel angiogenic factors, …

Activation of Akt/protein kinase B contributes to induction of ischemic tolerance in the CA1 subfield of gerbil hippocampus

S Yano, M Morioka, K Fukunaga… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Apoptosis plays an important role in delayed neuronal cell death after cerebral ischemia.
Activation of Akt/protein kinase B has been recently reported to prevent apoptosis in several …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy of edaravone (radicut), a free radical scavenger, for cardiovascular disease

…, N Takeshige, M Yoshitomi, M Morioka… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Edaravone was originally developed as a potent free radical scavenger, and has been widely
used to treat acute ischemic stroke in Japan since 2001. Free radicals play an important …

High-risk age for rebleeding in patients with hemorrhagic moyamoya disease: long-term follow-up study

M Morioka, J Hamada, T Todaka, S Yano, Y Kai… - …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The prevention of rebleeding is one of the most important issues in the successful
treatment of moyamoya disease with hemorrhagic onset. However, the natural course of …

Outer-diameter narrowing of the internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries in moyamoya disease detected on 3D constructive interference in steady-state MR image …

Y Kaku, M Morioka, Y Ohmori, T Kawano, Y Kai… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Background To obtain information on affected vessels in moyamoya disease (MMD), we
analyzed the vascular morphological characteristics of MMD using three-dimensional (3D) …

Appropriate interval between embolization and surgery in patients with meningioma

Y Kai, J Hamada, M Morioka, S Yano… - American Journal …, 2002 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The best time for surgery after embolization of meningiomas
remains unclear. We used the tumor-softening effect of embolization to determine this time…

Detection of hemorrhagic hypointense foci in the brain on susceptibility-weighted imaging: clinical and phantom studies

…, M Takahashi, T Hirano, Y Kai, M Morioka… - Academic radiology, 2007 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the sensitivity of susceptibility-weighted imaging
(SWI) for depicting hemorrhagic hypointense foci of the brain in comparison with gradient…

Leakage sign for primary intracerebral hemorrhage: a novel predictor of hematoma growth

…, K Sakata, T Abe, Y Uchiyama, T Sakamoto, M Morioka - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— Recent studies of intracerebral hemorrhage treatments have
highlighted the need to identify reliable predictors of hematoma expansion. Several studies …

Arteriovenous fistulas at the cervicomedullary junction presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage: six case reports with special reference to the angiographic pattern …

Y Kai, J Hamada, M Morioka, S Yano… - American journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cases with spinal perimedullary arteriovenous fistulas (SPAVFs)
or spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) at the cervicomedullary junction are …