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  1. Suppressed descending pain modulatory and enhanced sensorimotor networks in patients with chronic low back pain

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  2. Anterior insular volume decrease is associated with dysfunction of the reward system in patients with chronic pain

    Article • European Journal of Pain, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  3. Correction to: Attenuation of cortical activity triggering descending pain inhibition in chronic low back pain patients: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  4. Attenuation of offset analgesia is associated with suppression of descending pain modulatory and reward systems in patients with chronic pain

    Article • Molecular Pain, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  5. Dysfunction of Nucleus Accumbens Is Associated With Psychiatric Problems in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

    Article • Spine, June 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  6. Attenuation of cortical activity triggering descending pain inhibition in chronic low back pain patients: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  7. A case of malignant catatonia with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension treated by electroconvulsive therapy

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  8. Mining the hidden dysrhythmia - can machines get smarter at defining the anaesthetised state?

    Article • Anaesthesia, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  9. Memory and awareness in anaesthesia

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  10. Rescue Reversal

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, November 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  11. Canʼt Intubate, Canʼt Ventilate

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  12. Augmented damage of islets by impaired exocrine acinar cells undergoing apoptosis that is possibly converted to necrosis during isolation

    Article • Islets, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  13. Deep Hypnosis as a Sign of “Imbalance” in Balanced Anesthesia

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  14. Augmented Cerebral Activation by Lumbar Mechanical Stimulus in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

    Article • Spine, October 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  15. The Cross-Modal Interaction Between Pain-Related and Saccade-Related Cerebral Activation: A Preliminary Study by Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, August 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  16. Early Decay of Pain-related Cerebral Activation in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Article • Anesthesiology, January 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  17. Functional magnetic resonance imaging explained for pain research and medicine☆

    Article • Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  18. Dexmedetomidine reduces seizure threshold during enflurane anaesthesia in cats

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 1999, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  19. Effect of xenon on central nervous system electrical activity during sevoflurane anaesthesia in cats: comparison with nitrous oxide

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  20. The Effect of Xenon on Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 1997, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  21. Halothane and Diazepam Inhibit Ketamine-induced c-fos Expression in the Rat Cingulate Cortex

    Article • Anesthesiology, October 1996, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  22. Nitrous oxide depresses somatocardiac sympathetic A- and C-reflexes in anesthetized rats

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, July 1996, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  23. Sevoflurane, enflurane and isoflurane have no persistent postanaesthetic effects on the central nervous system in cats

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 1996, Elsevier

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  24. Chronic Treatment with Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) Inhibitor Profoundly Reduces Cerebellar NOS Activity and Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate but Does Not Modify Minimum Alveolar Anesthetic Concentration

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, October 1995, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  25. Lignocaine-induced convulsion does not induce c-fos protein (c-Fos) in rat hippocampus

    Article • Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, November 1994, Wiley

    Dr. Jiro Kurata

  26. Effects of combined intravenous nicardipine and diltiazem administration on the circulatory response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, June 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jiro Kurata