By Dr Yoshiro Okubo

Book Chapters

Menant JC; Okubo Y; Menz HB, 2021, 'Postural Stability and Falls', in Falls in Older People, Cambridge University Press, pp. 23 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108594455.003

Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL, 2021, 'Volitional and Reactive Step Training', in Falls in Older People, Cambridge University Press, pp. 271 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108594455.018

Sakurai R; Okubo Y, 2020, 'Depression, Fear of Falling, Cognition and Falls', in Falls and Cognition in Older Persons, Springer International Publishing, pp. 49 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24233-6_4

Fujiwara H; Takahashi H; Shimada H; Okubo Y; Suhara T, 2014, 'Human Brain Imaging of Dopamine D1 Receptors', in Imaging of the Human Brain in Health and Disease, pp. 187 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-418677-4.00008-7

Takahashi H; Okubo Y, 2009, 'Sex differences in the neural correlates of jealousy', in Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience, pp. 205 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511626586.008

Kurumaji A; Okubo Y, 2000, 'D1 dopamine receptors, schizophrenia, and antipsychotic medications', in Neurotransmitter Receptors in Actions of Antipsychotic Medications, pp. 65 - 78

Journal articles

Lee J; Phu S; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2024, 'Effects of immersive virtual reality training on balance, gait and mobility in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Gait and Posture, 110, pp. 129 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.03.009

Phu S; Sturnieks DL; Song PYH; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2024, 'Treadmill induced belt-accelerations may not accurately evoke the muscle responses to obstacle trips in older people', Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2024.102857

Karibe H; Koeda M; Kato Y; Hama T; Tanaka S; Tateno A; Suzuki H; Okubo Y, 2024, 'Cerebral activation caused by dental sounds: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study', Odontology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10266-023-00898-7

Ishii H; Okubo Y; Doi T; Tsutsumimoto K; Nakakubo S; Kurita S; Uemura K; Misu S; Sawa R; Hashiguchi Y; Shimada H; Arai H, 2023, 'Effect of driving training on car crashes and driving skills in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 23, pp. 771 - 778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14702

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Menant JC; Chaplin C; Canning C; Brodie MA; Sturnieks DL; Okubo Y, 2023, 'Combined Reactive and Volitional Step Training Improves Balance Recovery and Stepping Reaction Time in People With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 37, pp. 694 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15459683231206743

Pelicioni PHS; Chan LLY; Shi S; Wong K; Kark L; Okubo Y; Brodie MA, 2023, 'Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians', Heliyon, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18366

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Delbaere K; Menant JC; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 2023, 'Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-Related Fractures in Community-Living Older People with Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, pp. 6040, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20116040

Ikeda Y; Funayama T; Okubo Y; Suzuki H, 2023, 'The role of left insula mediating impaired error processing in response inhibition in adult heavy drinkers', Cerebral Cortex, 33, pp. 5991 - 5999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac477

Okubo Y; Mohamed Suhaimy MSB; Hoang P; Chaplin C; Hicks C; Sturnieks DL; Lord SR, 2023, 'Training reactive balance using trips and slips in people with multiple sclerosis: A blinded randomised controlled trial', Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2023.104607

Osuka Y; Okubo Y; Nofuji Y; Maruo K; Fujiwara Y; Oka H; Shinkai S; Lord SR; Sasai H, 2023, 'Occupational Fall Risk Assessment Tool for older workers', Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 73, pp. 161 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad035

Tateno A; Nogami T; Sakayori T; Yamamoto K; Okubo Y, 2023, 'Depression as a Prodromal Symptom of Neurodegenerative Diseases', Journal of Nippon Medical School, 90, pp. 157 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2023_90-216

McCrum C; Okubo Y, 2023, 'Editorial: Perturbation-based balance training', Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1306133

Otaka Y; Arakawa R; Narishige R; Okubo Y; Tateno A, 2022, 'Suicide decline and improved psychiatric treatment status: longitudinal survey of suicides and serious suicide attempters in Tokyo', BMC Psychiatry, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03866-7

McCrum C; Bhatt TS; Gerards MHG; Karamanidis K; Rogers MW; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2022, 'Perturbation-based balance training: Principles, mechanisms and implementation in clinical practice', Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.1015394

Okubo Y; Duran L; Delbaere K; Sturnieks DL; Richardson JK; Pijnappels M; Lord SR, 2022, 'Rapid Inhibition Accuracy and Leg Strength Are Required for Community-Dwelling Older People to Recover Balance From Induced Trips and Slips: An Experimental Prospective Study', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 45, pp. 160 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000312

Phu S; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL; Okubo Y, 2022, 'Impact of pathological conditions on postural reflex latency and adaptability following unpredictable perturbations: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Gait and Posture, 95, pp. 149 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.04.014

Nogami T; Arakawa R; Sakayori T; Ikeda Y; Okubo Y; Tateno A, 2022, 'Effect of DL-Methylephedrine on Dopamine Transporter Using Positron Emission Tomography With [¹⁸F]FE-PE2I', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.799319

Tomita Y; Takagaki T; Kitamura A; Wada E; Nishibe H; Tateno A; Okubo Y, 2022, 'Prediction of Corresponding Dose of Transdermal Blonanserin to Oral Dose Based on Dopamine D²Receptor Occupancy: Unique Characteristics of Blonanserin Transdermal Patch', Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 42, pp. 260 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000001545

Phu S; Sturnieks DL; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2022, 'Impact of ageing, fall history and exercise on postural reflexes following unpredictable perturbations: A systematic review and meta-analyses', Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2022.111634

Osuka Y; Okubo Y; Nofuji Y; Sasai H; Seino S; Maruo K; Fujiwara Y; Oka H; Shinkai S; Lord SR; Kim H, 2022, 'Modifiable intrinsic factors related to occupational falls in older workers', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 22, pp. 338 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14370

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Okubo Y; Menant JC, 2022, 'Cortical activation during gait adaptability in people with Parkinson's disease', Gait and Posture, 91, pp. 247 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.10.038

Otaka Y; Arakawa R; Narishige R; Okubo Y; Tateno A, 2022, 'Factors Regarding Suicide Decline in Japan: A Longitudinal Study on Psychiatric Diagnosis of Serious Suicide Attempters', Journal of Nippon Medical School, 89, pp. 392 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2022_89-405

Mohamed Suhaimy MSB; Lord SR; Hoang PD; Nieto A; Sturnieks DL; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Reactive balance responses to a trip and slip during gait in people with multiple sclerosis', Clinical Biomechanics, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105511

Tiger M; Gärde M; Tateno A; Matheson GJ; Sakayori T; Nogami T; Moriya H; Varnäs K; Arakawa R; Okubo Y, 2021, 'A positron emission tomography study of the serotonin1B receptor effect of electroconvulsive therapy for severe major depressive episodes', Journal of Affective Disorders, 294, pp. 645 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.060

Song PYH; Sturnieks DL; Davis MK; Lord SR; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Perturbation-Based Balance Training Using Repeated Trips on a Walkway vs. Belt Accelerations on a Treadmill: A Cross-Over Randomised Controlled Trial in Community-Dwelling Older Adults', Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, pp. 702320, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.702320

Nakashima S; Koeda M; Ikeda Y; Hama T; Funayama T; Akiyama T; Arakawa R; Tateno A; Suzuki H; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on implicit motor learning and language-related brain function: An fMRI study', Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 75, pp. 200 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13208

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Delbaere K; Menant JC; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 2021, 'Predictors of development and persistence of musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older people: A two-year longitudinal study', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 21, pp. 519 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14172

Sohara K; Sekine T; Tateno A; Mizumura S; Suda M; Sakayori T; Okubo Y; Kumita SI, 2021, 'Multi-Atlas MRI-Based Striatum Segmentation for ¹²³I-FP-CIT SPECT (DAT-SPECT) Compared With the Bolt Method and SPECT-Atlas-Based Segmentation Method Toward the Accurate Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease/Syndrome', Frontiers in Medicine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.662233

Sakayori T; Tateno A; Arakawa R; Kim WC; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Evaluation of dopamine D3 receptor occupancy by blonanserin using [¹¹C]-(+)-PHNO in schizophrenia patients', Psychopharmacology, 238, pp. 1343 - 1350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05698-3

Hama T; Koeda M; Ikeda Y; Tateno A; Kawara T; Suzuki H; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Bupropion increases cerebral activation in auditory affective processing: A randomized controlled fMRI study', Neuroscience Letters, 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135716

Okubo Y; Schoene D; Caetano MJ; Pliner EM; Osuka Y; Toson B; Lord SR, 2021, 'Stepping impairment and falls in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of volitional and reactive step tests', Ageing Research Reviews, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101238

Nishibe H; Tateno A; Sakayori T; Yamamoto M; Kim W; Kakuyama H; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Striatal Dopamine D2Receptor Occupancy Induced by Daily Application of Blonanserin Transdermal Patches: Phase II Study in Japanese Patients with Schizophrenia', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 24, pp. 108 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyaa071

Minami M; Niikura R; Kashimura M; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Factors influencing the mental health of international students, as observed in a longitudinal study on former japanese government scholarship students', Journal of Nippon Medical School, 88, pp. 475 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2021_88-606

Hama T; Koeda M; Ikeda Y; Tateno A; Kawara T; Suzuki H; Okubo Y, 2021, 'Modafinil decreased thalamic activation in auditory emotional processing: A randomized controlled functional magnetic resonance imaging study', Journal of Nippon Medical School, 88, pp. 485 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2021_88-607

Chan LLY; Okubo Y; Brodie MA; Lord SR, 2020, 'Mobility performance predicts incident depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Experimental Gerontology, 142, pp. 111116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111116

Pelicioni PHS; Lord SR; Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL; Menant JC; Silva Pelicioni P, 2020, 'People With Parkinson’s Disease Exhibit Reduced Cognitive and Motor Cortical Activity When Undertaking Complex Stepping Tasks Requiring Inhibitory Control', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, pp. 1088 - 1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968320969943

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Menant J; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL, 2020, 'Impact of pain on reactive balance and falls in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective cohort study', Age and Ageing, 49, pp. 982 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa070

Moriya H; Tiger M; Tateno A; Sakayori T; Masuoka T; Kim WC; Arakawa R; Okubo Y, 2020, 'Low dopamine transporter binding in the nucleus accumbens in geriatric patients with severe depression', Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 74, pp. 424 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13020

Mohamed Suhaimy MSB; Okubo Y; Hoang PD; Lord SR, 2020, 'Reactive Balance Adaptability and Retention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34, pp. 675 - 685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968320929681

Masuoka T; Tateno A; Sakayori T; Tiger M; Kim WC; Moriya H; Ueda S; Arakawa R; Okubo Y, 2020, 'Electroconvulsive therapy decreases striatal dopamine transporter binding in patients with depression: A positron emission tomography study with [¹⁸F]FE-PE2I', Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2020.111086

Nakai Y; Takenaka T; Kubozono T; Ohishi M; Okubo Y; Lord SR; Okita M; Hirase T; Makizako H, 2020, 'Falls in community-dwelling older adults with lower back or knee pain are associated with cognitive and emotional factors', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17144960

Hirase T; Okubo Y; Sturnieks DL; Lord SR, 2020, 'Pain Is Associated With Poor Balance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, pp. 597 - 603.e8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.011

Sturnieks D; Okubo Y; Brodie M; Lord S, 2019, '159 Reactive Balance Training for Preventing Falls in Older People', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv34 - iv39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.159

Menant J; Pelicioni P; Okubo Y; Canning C; Sturnieks D; Lord S, 2019, '161 Brain Activation Assessed with Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FNIRS) During Stepping and Gait in Older People and Those with PD', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. iv34 - iv39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.161

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