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  1. Impact of Direct Oral Anticoagulants on Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity

    Article • IBRO Neuroscience Reports, November 2025, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  2. Efficacy of a Modified Superficial Temporal Artery–Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Using Superficial Temporal Artery Side-Branch Donors in Adult Moyamoya Disease: A Technical Note

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  3. Prediction of Distal Dural Ring Location in Internal Carotid Paraclinoid Aneurysms Using the Tuberculum Sellae–Anterior Clinoid Process Line

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  4. Recanalization Does Not Always Equate to Reperfusion: No-Reflow Phenomenon After Successful Thrombectomy

    Article • Stroke, December 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yoichi Morofuji

  5. Arterial spin labelling could detect the occlusion of inferior petrosal sinus for cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula

    Article • BJR|case reports, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  6. Evolving approaches in the management of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from 2002 to 2022: The impact of clazosentan and treatment modalities on outcomes

    Article • Brain Hemorrhages, April 2024, Tsinghua University Press

    Yoichi Morofuji

  7. Endovascular Coil Embolization for Recurrent Bow Hunter's Stroke

    Article • Internal Medicine, December 2022, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

    Yoichi Morofuji

  8. Effects of fasudil on blood–brain barrier integrity

    Article • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  9. A Spontaneous Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery Dissection with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

    Article • Medicina, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  10. Unruptured cerebral aneurysms with the segmental duplicated middle cerebral artery formed a fenestrated structure at origin

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, January 2022, Scientific Scholar

    Yoichi Morofuji

  11. Beyond Lipid-Lowering: Effects of Statins on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases and Cancer

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  12. RNA Sequencing Data Analysis on the Maser Platform and the Tag-Count Comparison Graphical User Interface

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  13. Beyond Lipid-Lowering: Effects of Statins on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases and Cancer

    Article • December 2021, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  14. Effects of fasudil on blood-brain barrier integrity

    Article • November 2021, Research Square

    Yoichi Morofuji

  15. Hematoma expansion unrelated to rebleeding in ruptured anterior cerebral artery aneurysms treated by early endovascular embolization

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, November 2021, Scientific Scholar

    Yoichi Morofuji

  16. Partial Clipping Occlusion Including Rupture Point Is an Effective Strategy for Ruptured Giant Fusiform Basilar Artery Aneurysm: A Technical Case Report

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Yoichi Morofuji

  17. Characterization of a Primate Blood-Brain Barrier Co-Culture Model Prepared from Primary Brain Endothelial Cells, Pericytes and Astrocytes

    Article • Pharmaceutics, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  18. Free-Floating Thrombus in the Carotid Artery Without Atherosclerosis Dissolved by Antithrombotic Therapy

    Article • Neurology India, September 2021, Medknow

    Yoichi Morofuji

  19. MAP Kinase Pathways in Brain Endothelial Cells and Crosstalk with Pericytes and Astrocytes Mediate Contrast-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption

    Article • Pharmaceutics, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  20. Increased In Vitro Intercellular Barrier Function of Lung Epithelial Cells Using Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells

    Article • Pharmaceutics, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Yoichi Morofuji

  21. Pitavastatin Ameliorates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction

    Article • Biomedicines, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  22. Unusual course of the vagus nerve passing anterior to the internal carotid artery during carotid endarterectomy

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, June 2021, Scientific Scholar

    Yoichi Morofuji

  23. A1 Segment Unruptured Aneurysm of Persistent Primitive Olfactory Artery Coexisted with Accessory Middle Cerebral Artery

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, June 2021, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  24. Carotid Endarterectomy Using Lone Star Retractor System

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, May 2021, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  25. Current status of a helicopter transportation system on remote islands for patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy

    Article • PLOS One, January 2021, PLOS

    Yoichi Morofuji

  26. First Bite Syndrome Following Carotid Endarterectomy

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, December 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  27. Hybrid treatment for a giant thrombosed aneurysm at the distal posterior cerebral artery: A case report and literature review

    Article • Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, December 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  28. Characteristics of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with rheumatic disease

    Article • Neurosurgical Review, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  29. Exploration of Pericyte-Derived Factors Implicated in Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis Protection: A Pilot Messenger RNA Sequencing Using the Blood–Brain Barrier In Vitro Model

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  30. Impact of perioperative aneurysm rebleeding after subarachnoid hemorrhage

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, November 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  31. Letter to the Editor. ClearPoint versus frame-based MRI-guided and MRI-verified deep brain stimulation

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, November 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  32. Impact of basal ganglia damage after successful endovascular recanalization for acute ischemic stroke involving lenticulostriate arteries

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  33. Comparison of the rate of dedifferentiation with increasing passages among cell sources for an in vitro model of the blood–brain barrier

    Article • Journal of Neural Transmission, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  34. Drug Development for Central Nervous System Diseases Using In vitro Blood-brain Barrier Models and Drug Repositioning

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, May 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Yoichi Morofuji, Yoichi MOROFUJI

  35. Delayed Vasospasm Associated with Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

    Article • World Neurosurgery, March 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji, Yoichi MOROFUJI

  36. Carotid-carotid bypass for a carotid artery aneurysm

    Article • World Neurosurgery, February 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji, Yoichi MOROFUJI

  37. Hyperhomocysteinemia Causes Severe Intraoperative Thrombotic Tendency in Superficial Temporal Artery-middle Cerebral Artery Bypass

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, February 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  38. Correction to: Intra-Arterial Transplantation of Low-Dose Stem Cells Provides Functional Recovery Without Adverse Effects After Stroke

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  39. Surgical Venous Drainage Disconnection from Cavernous Sinus Dural Arteriovenous Fistula and Ruptured Varix: A Case Report

    Article • World Neurosurgery, January 2020, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  40. Carotid Endarterectomy Effectively treats Carotid Webs : A Case Report

    Article • Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2020, The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons

    Yoichi Morofuji

  41. Current Status and Regional Collaboration for Endovascular Thrombectomy

    Article • Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2020, The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons

    Yoichi Morofuji

  42. Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping for Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques: A Pilot Study

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, January 2020, Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

    Yoichi Morofuji

  43. Impact of Mechanical Thrombectomy Device on Thrombus Histology in Acute Embolic Stroke

    Article • World Neurosurgery, December 2019, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  44. Biomarkers of Cardiac Dysfunction as Risk Factors in Cryptogenic Stroke

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, November 2019, Karger Publishers

    Yoichi Morofuji

  45. Pericytes Suppress Brain Metastasis from Lung Cancer In Vitro

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  46. Resistance to the sympathoexcitatory effects of insulin and leptin in late pregnant rats

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, July 2019, Wiley

    Yoichi Morofuji

  47. A score using left ventricular diastolic dysfunction to predict 90-day mortality in acute ischemic stroke: The DONE score

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, March 2019, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  48. Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Can Identify the Occlusion Site and Collateral Perfusion in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: Comparison with Digital Subtraction Angiography

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, January 2019, Karger Publishers

    Yoichi Morofuji

  49. Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms: Comparative Analysis of Modified Mini-Pterional and Standard Pterional Craniotomies

    Article • Neurology India, January 2019, Medknow

    Yoichi Morofuji

  50. In vitro analysis of drugs that improve hyperglycemia-induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2018, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  51. Revascularization for Aplastic or Twiglike Middle Cerebral Artery: A Case Report

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, May 2018, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  52. Assessment of veins in T2*-weighted MR angiography predicts infarct growth in hyperacute ischemic stroke

    Article • PLOS One, April 2018, PLOS

    Yoichi Morofuji

  53. Early Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis by Brain T2*-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Article • Circulation Journal, January 2018, Japanese Circulation Society

    Yoichi Morofuji

  54. Neurovascular unit crosstalk: Pericytes and astrocytes modify cytokine secretion patterns of brain endothelial cells

    Article • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, November 2017, SAGE Publications

    Yoichi Morofuji

  55. Age of donor of human mesenchymal stem cells affects structural and functional recovery after cell therapy following ischaemic stroke

    Article • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Takeshi Ishikawa, Yoichi Morofuji

  56. Acute stroke with major intracranial vessel occlusion: Characteristics of cardioembolism and atherosclerosis-related in situ stenosis/occlusion

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, October 2016, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  57. Subacute lesion volume as a potential prognostic biomarker for acute ischemic stroke after intravenous thrombolysis

    Article • Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2016, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  58. Point-by-point parent artery/sinus obliteration using detachable, pushable, 0.035-inch coils

    Article • Acta Neurochirurgica, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  59. One Cause of Secondary Hypertension

    Article • Circulation, May 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yoichi Morofuji

  60. Computational and In Vitro Studies of Blast-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption

    Article • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, January 2016, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  61. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Strengthens the Barrier Integrity in Primary Cultures of Rat Brain Endothelial Cells Under Basal and Hyperglycemia Conditions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  62. Lipopolysaccharide-induced blood-brain barrier disruption: roles of cyclooxygenase, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and elements of the neurovascular unit

    Article • Journal of Neuroinflammation, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  63. Communication of inwardly projecting neovessels with the lumen contributes to symptomatic intraplaque hemorrhage in carotid artery stenosis

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, November 2015, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  64. A Case of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Complicated with Repeated Intracerebral Hemorrhage due to Quasi-Moyamoya Disease

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, May 2015, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  65. Microsurgical Clipping for Recurrent Aneurysms After Initial Endovascular Coil Embolization

    Article • World Neurosurgery, February 2015, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  66. Intraoperative Angiography Using Portable Fluoroscopy Unit in the Treatment of Vascular Malformation

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2015, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Yoichi Morofuji

  67. Candesartan Improves Ischemia-Induced Impairment of the Blood–Brain Barrier In Vitro

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  68. Intra-Arterial Transplantation of Low-Dose Stem Cells Provides Functional Recovery Without Adverse Effects After Stroke

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  69. Quadruple coaxial catheter system on transvenous embolization for dural arteriovenous fistula

    Article • Neurological Research, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Yoichi Morofuji

  70. Pathophysiology of flow impairment during carotid artery stenting with an embolus protection filter

    Article • Acta Neurochirurgica, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  71. De Novo Ivy Sign Indicates Postoperative Hyperperfusion in Moyamoya Disease

    Article • Stroke, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yoichi Morofuji

  72. Rapid Transport of CCL11 across the Blood-Brain Barrier: Regional Variation and Importance of Blood Cells

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, April 2014, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  73. High glucose-induced mitochondrial respiration and reactive oxygen species in mouse cerebral pericytes is reversed by pharmacological inhibition of mitochondrial carbonic anhydrases: Implications for cerebral microvascular disease in diabetes

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2013, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  74. Radiological findings of orbital infarction syndrome following intracranial aneurysm surgery

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, August 2013, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  75. De novo ruptured aneurysm at the site of anastomosis after superficial temporal artery–middle cerebral artery anastomosis—Case report and literature review

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, April 2013, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  76. Pharmacological Inhibition of Mitochondrial Carbonic Anhydrases Protects Mouse Cerebral Pericytes from High Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, December 2012, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  77. Cilostazol Strengthens Barrier Integrity in Brain Endothelial Cells

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  78. Dolichoectasic Anterior Cerebral Artery and Hemodynamics

    Article • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, November 2012, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  79. Lipopolysaccharide impairs amyloid beta efflux from brain: altered vascular sequestration, cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption, peripheral clearance and transporter function at the blood–brain barrier

    Article • Journal of Neuroinflammation, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoichi Morofuji

  80. Shrinkage of a Vertebral Dissecting Aneurysm After Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization Demonstrated by the Three-Dimensional Driven Equilibrium Sequence

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2012, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Yoichi Morofuji

  81. Significance of the T2*-weighted gradient echo brain imaging in patients with infective endocarditis

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, June 2010, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  82. Pitavastatin Strengthens the Barrier Integrity in Primary Cultures of Rat Brain Endothelial Cells

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria A Deli, Yoichi Morofuji

  83. Recurrence of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Due to the Rupture of Cerebral Aneurysms in a Patient With Sjögren's Syndrome

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2010, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Yoichi Morofuji

  84. Observation of the embolus protection filter for carotid artery stenting

    Article • Surgical Neurology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Yoichi Morofuji

  85. Efficacy of DynaCT Digital Angiography in the Detection of the Fistulous Point of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

    Article • American Journal of Neuroradiology, February 2009, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  86. MicroNester coil for neurointervention

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2009, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Yoichi Morofuji

  87. Preoperative Embolization of the Meningioma using Gelpart: Case report

    Article • Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy, January 2009, The Japanese Society for Neuroendovascular Therapy

    Yoichi Morofuji

  88. Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage Following Thoracic Spinal Surgery

    Article • Neurologia medico-chirurgica, January 2009, Japan Neurosurgical Society

    Yoichi Morofuji

  89. Usefulness of Intraoperative Photodynamic Diagnosis Using 5-Aminolevulinic Acid for Meningiomas With Cranial Invasion: Technical Case Report

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, March 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yoichi Morofuji