Matsui, M.,Sumiyoshi, T., Arai, H., Higuchi, Y., Kurachi, M. (2008).Cognitive Functioning

Matsui, M.,Sumiyoshi, T., Arai, H., Higuchi, Y., Kurachi, M. (2008).Cognitive Functioning

原著論文

Matsui, M.,Sumiyoshi, T., Arai, H., Higuchi, Y., Kurachi, M. (2008).Cognitive functioning

related to quality of life in schizophrenia.Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological

Psychiatry, in press.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Itoh, H., Higuchi, Y., Arai, H., Takamiya, C., & Kurachi, M. (2008).

Essential polyunsaturated fatty acids and social cognition in schizophrenia Psychiatry Research,157, 87-93.

Matsui, M., Tanaka, K., Yonezawa, M., Kurachi, M. (2007).Activation of the prefrontal cortex during memory learning: a near-infrared spectroscopy study, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 61, 31-38.

Matsui, M., Arai, H., Yonezawa, M., Tanaka, K., Kurachi, M. (2007). Influence of instruction on the Japanese Verbal Learning Test in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 90, 366-367.

Matsui, M., Yuuki, H., Kato, K., Takeuchi, A., Nishiyama, S., Bilker, W., Kurachi, M. (2007) Schizotypal disorder and schizophrenia: A profile analysis of neuropsychological functioning in Japanese patients. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society,13, 672-682.

Matsui, M.,Sumiyoshi, T.,Abe, R., Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Kurachi, M. (2007). Impairment of story memory organization in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 61, 437-440.

Kawasaki, Y., Suzuki, M., Kherif, F., Takahashi, T., Zhou, S.Y., Nakamura, K., Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2007). Multivariate voxel-based morphometry successfully differentiates schizophrenia patients from healthy controls. Neuroimage,34, 235-252.

Zhou, S.Y., Suzuki, M., Takahashi, T., Hagino, H., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M. (2007). Parietal lobe volume deficits in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research,89, 35-48.

Sumiyoshi, T., Higuchi, Y., Matsui, M., Arai, H., Takamiya, C., Meltzer, H.Y.,Kurachi, M.(2007).Effective adjunctive use of tandospirone with perospirone for enhancing verbal memory and quality of life in schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 31, 965-967.

Takeuchi, M., Hayashi, N., Takaiwa, A., Hamada, H., Kuwayama, N., Hirashima, Y., Matsui, M., Endo, S.(2007). Clinical value of constructional skill testing in patients with secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus. Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica,47, 322-324.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Yuuki, H., Kato, K., Kurachi, M. (2006).Impairment of event schema in patients withschizophrenia : Examination of script for shopping at supermarket. Psychiatry Research, 143, 179-187.

Matsui, M., Yuuki, H. Kato, K., Kurachi, M. (2006).Impairment of memory organization in patients with schizophrenia or schizotypal disorder, Journal of International Neuropsychological Society,12, 750-754.

Sumiyoshi, T., Higuchi, Y., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Arai, H., & Kurachi, M. (2006). Electrical brain activity and response to olanzapine in schizophrenia: A study with LORETA images of P300. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 30, 1299-1303.

Takahashi, T., Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Tanino, R., Hagino, H., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2006).Morphologic alterations of the parcellated superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia Research,83, 131-143.

Kurimoto, M., Asahi, T., Shibata, T., Takahashi, C., Nagai, S., Hayashi, N., Matsui, M., Endo, S. (2006).Safe removal of glioblastoma near the angular gyrus by awake surgery preserving calculation ability-case report-. Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica,46: 46-50.

Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Nohara, S., Zhou, S.Y., Kawasaki, Y., Takahashi, T., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Ono, T., Kurachi, M.(2005). Male-specific volume expansion of the human hippocampus during adolescence. Cerebral Cortex,15, 187-193.

Sumiyoshi, C., Sumiyoshi, T., Nohara, S., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M., Niwa, S. (2005). Disorganization of semantic memory underlies alogia in schizophrenia: An analysis of verbal fluency performance in Japanese subjects. Schizophrenia Research, 74, 91-100.

Tsunoda, M., Kawasaki, Y.,Matsui, M., Tonoya, Y.,Hagino, H., Suzuki, M., Seto, H.,Kurachi, M.(2005).Relationship between exploratory eye movements and brain morphology in schizophrenia spectrum patients -Voxel–based morphometry of three–dimensional magnetic resonance imaging.European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience,255, 104-110.

Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Hagino, H., Niu, L., Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Ono, T., Kurachi, M.(2005). Morphological brain changes associated with Schneider's first-rank symptoms in schizophrenia: a MRI study. Psychological Medicine, 35, 549-560.

Zhou, S.Y., Suzuki, M., Hagino, H, Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2005). Volumetric analysis of sulci/gyri-defined in vivo frontal lobe regions in schizophrenia: Precentral gyrus, cingulate gyrus, and prefrontal region. Psychiatry Research,139, 127-139.

Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Takahashi, T., Hagino, H., Kawasaki, Y., Niu, L., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2005). Differential contributions of prefrontal and temporolimbic pathology to mechanisms of psychosis. Brain, 128, 2109-2122.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Yoneyama, E., Kurachi, M. (2004).Neuropsychological profile in patients with schizotypal personality disorder or schizophrenia. Psychological Reports, 94, 387-397.

Sumiyoshi, C., Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Kurachi, M., Niwa, S.(2004). Effects of orthography on the verbal fluency performance in schizophrenia: examination using Japanese patients. Schizophrenia Research, 69, 15-22.

Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Hagino, H., Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2004). Volume reduction of the right anterior limb of the internal capsule in patients with schizotypal disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging,130, 213-225.

Niu, L., Matsui, M., Hagino, H., Zhou, S.Y., Takahashi, T., Yoneyama, E., Kawasaki, Y., Suzuki, M., Seto, H., Ono, T., Kurachi, M.(2004).Volume reduction of the amygdala in patients with schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 132, 41-51.

Nakamura, K., Kawasaki, Y., Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Kurokawa, K., Takahashi, T., Niu, L., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M..(2004). Multiple structural brain measures obtained by three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging to distinguish between schizophrenia patients and normal subjects.Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30,393-404.

Kawasaki, Y., Suzuki, M., Nohara, S, Hagino, H, Takahashi, T., Matsui, M., Yamashita, I, Chitnis, X.A., McGuire, P.K., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2004). Structural brain differences in patients with schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder demonstrated by voxel-based morphometry. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience,254, 406-414.

Yotsutsuji, T., Saitoh, O., Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Mori, K., Takahashi, T., Kurokawa, K., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2003). Quantification of lateral ventricular subdivisions in schizophrenia by high-resolution three-dimensional MR imaging. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging,122, 1-12.

Yoneyama, E., Matsui, M., Kawasaki, Y., Nohara, S., Takahashi, T., Hagino, H., Suzuki, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2003). Gray matter features of schizotypal disorder patients exhibiting the schizophrenia-related code types of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 108, 333-340.

Tonoya, Y., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M., Kurokawa, K., Sumiyoshi, T.(2002). Exploratory eye movements in schizophrenia: effects of figure size and the instruction on visual search. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 252, 255-261.

Sumiyoshi, C.,Matsui, M.,Sumiyoshi, T., Yamashita,I., Sumiyoshi, S.,Kurachi, M.(2002).Semantic structure in schizophrenia as assessed by the category fluency test: effect of verbal intelligence and age of onset. Psychiatry Research, 105, 187-199.

Matsui, M., Yoneyama, E., Sumiyoshi, T., Noguchi, K., Nohara, S., Suzuki, M.,Kawasaki, Y., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2002).Lack of self-control as assessed by a personality inventory is related to reduced volume of supplementary motor area. Psychiatry Research:Neuroimaging, 116, 53-61.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Niu, L., Kurokawa, K., Kurachi, M.(2002). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profile characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder.Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 56, 443-452.

Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Kurokawa, K., Hagino, H., Nohara, S., Yamashita, I., Nakamura, K., Murata, M., Matsui, M., Suzuki, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2002).Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study of the anterior cingulate gyrus in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 55, 69-81.

Suzuki, M., Nohara, S., Hagino, H., Kurokawa, K., Yotsutsuji, T., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Watanabe, N., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2002). Regional changes in brain gray and white matter in patients with schizophrenia demonstrated with voxel-based analysis of MRI. Schizophrenia Research,55, 41-54.

Hagino, H., Suzuki, M., Mori, K., Nohara, S., Takahashi, T., Kurokawa, K., Matsui, M., Watanabe, N., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2002). Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the inferior frontal gyrus and thalamus, and its relationship to verbal learning task performance in patients with schizophrenia: a preliminary report. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,56, 499-507.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Yamashita,I., Nohara, S., Uehara, T., Kurachi, M., Sumiyoshi, S.,Sumiyoshi, C., Meltzer H.Y.(2001).The Effect of Tandospirone, a Serotonin 1A Agonist, on Memory Function in Schizophrenia.Biological Psychiarty, 49, 861-868.

Aso, M., Suzuki, M., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Hagino, H., Kurokawa, K., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.. (2001). Sylvian fissure and medial temporal lobe structures in patients with schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 55, 49-56.

Matsuzawa, J., Matsui, M., Konishi, T., Noguchi, K., Gur, R.C., Bilker, W., Miyawaki,T. (2001). Age-related volumetric changes of brain gray and white matter in healthy infants and children. Cerebral Cortex, 11, 335-342.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Kurachi, M., Sumiyoshi, C., Jayathilake, K., Meltzer, H.Y.(2001). Addition of Tandospirone to neuroleptic treatment enhances cognitive performance in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 1722-1725.

Kurokawa, K., Nakamura, K., Sumiyoshi, T., Hagino, H., Yotsutsuji, T., Yamashita,I., Suzuki, M., Matsui, M.,Kurachi, M.(2000). Ventricular Enlargement in Schizophrenia Spectrum Patients with Prodromal Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatry Research:Neuroimaging,99, 83-91.

Matsui, M., Gur, R.C., Turetsky, B.I., Yan, M., Gur, R.E. (2000). The relation between tendency for psychopathology and reduced frontal brain volume in healthy people. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neurology, 13, 155-162.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Yamashita,I., Nohara, S., Uehara, T., Kurachi, M., Meltzer, H.Y.(2000). Effect of adjunctive therapy with serotnin1A agonist Thandospirone on memory functions in schizophrenia, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20, 386-388.

Nohara, S., Suzuki, M., Kurachi, M., Yamashita, I, Matsui, M., Seto, H., Saitoh, O. (2000).Neural correlates of memory organization deficits in schizophrenia – a single photon emission computed tomography study with 99m Tc-ECD during a verbal learning task-. Schizophrenia Research, 42, 209-222.

Gur, R.C., Turetsky, B.I., Matsui, M., Yan, M., Bilker, W., Hughett, P., Gur, R.E. (1999). Sex differences in brain gray and white matter in healthy young adults: correlations with cognitive performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 4065-4072.

Matsui, M., Kurachi, M., Yuasa, S., Aso, M., Tonoya, Y., Nohara, S., Saitoh, O. (1997). Saccadic eye movements and regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenic patients. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 247, 219-227.

Yuasa, S., Kurachi, M., Suzuki, M., Kadono, Y., Matsui, M., Saitoh, O.,Seto, H.(1995).Clinical symptoms and regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 246, 7-12.

Aso, M., Kurachi, M., Suzuki, M., Yuasa, S., Matsui, M., Saitoh, O. (1995).Asymmetry of the ventricle and age at the onset of schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 245, 142-144.

Matsui, M., Kurachi, M.(1995). Impaired saccadic eye movements on stationary targets in patients with

schizophrenia spectrum disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience,245, 129-134, 1995.

Kurachi, M., Matsui, M., Kiba, K., Suzuki, M., Tsunoda, M., Yamaguchi, N. (1994). Limited visual search on the WAIS picture completion test in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research,12, 75-80, 1994.

Tsunoda M., Kurachi, M., Yuasa S., Kadono, Y., Matsui, M., Shimizu A. (1992). Scanning eye movements in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research,7, 159-168.

著書

Matsui, M., Yoneyama, E., Sumiyoshi, T., Noguchi, K., Nohara, S., Kurachi, M., Seto, H.(2002). Poor self-control in personality inventory and reduced volume of supplementary motor area. In K.Hirata, Y.Koga, N.NagataR.Yamazaki (Eds.),Recent advances in human mapping(pp.131-135).Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Matsui, M., Tonoya Y., Kurachi, M.(2001) Cognitive dysfunction and exploratory eye movements in patients with schizophrenia. In: K.Miyoshi, C.M.Shapiro, M.Gaviria & Y.Morita (Eds.), Contemporary Neuropsychiatry(pp.290-295).Tokyo:Springer-Verlag.

学会発表・講演

Matsui, M., Arai, H., Yonezawa, M., Tanaka, K., Kurachi, M. (2007, Feburary). Influence of instruction on the Verbal Learning Test in patients with schizophrenia. 35th Annual Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Portland.

Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Tanino R., Kurachi, M. (2006, October). Changes in brain morphology implicating vulnerability and protection factors for psychosis development. 5th International Conference on Early Psychosis, Birmingham.

Matsui, M., Takamiya, C., Kobayashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Suzuki, M., Nishijo, H., Nakazawa, J., Noguchi, K., Kurachi, M.(2006, July).Brain activation associated with theory of mind : an fMRI study.29th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Zurich.

Nishiyama, S., Matsui, M., Furuichi, A., Kurachi, M.(2006, July). Neuropsychological examination in agenesis of corpus callosum. 29th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Zurich.

Suzuki, M.., Zhou, S.Y., Takahashi, T., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M.(2006, Feburary). Differential contributions of prefrontal and temporal pathology to development of schizophrenia. 13th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia Research, Davos.

Matsui, M., Tanaka, K., Yonezawa, M., Kurachi, M.(2005, October).Activation of the frontal cortex during words memory learning: a near-infrared spectroscopy study. 25th Annual Conference of NationalAcademy of Neuropsychology, Tampa, Florida.

Matsui, M.(2005, July). Impairment of memory organization in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, Symposia “ Neuropsychology in schizophrenia and medication effects.” 8th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Vienna.

Matsui, M., Yuuki, H., Kato, K., Takeuchi, A., Kurachi, M. (2005, July).Characteristics of neuropsychological profile in patients with schizotypal disorder, 28th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Dublin.

Nishiyama, S., Matsui, M.(2005, July).Mechanism for selective impairment of reading following occipital lobe damage. 28th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Dublin.

Matsui, M., Tanaka, K., Kurachi, M.(2005, March). Activation of the frontal cortex during words memory learning in healthy people: a near-infrared spectroscopy study. 6th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory, Tsukuba

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Yuuki H, Kato, K., Kurachi, M. (2004, November). Impairment of event schema in patients with schizophrenia: an examination of their script for shopping at supermarket. 24th Annual Conference of NationalAcademy of Neuropsychology, Seattle.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Yuuki, H, Kurachi, M.(2004, July). Impairment of event schema in patients with schizophrenia. Oral session, 27th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Brisbane.

Nishiyama, S., Matsui, M., Taniguchi, S, Kurachi, M.(2004, July).Neural mechanism for selective impairment of reading following occipital lobe damage, 27th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Brisbane.

Takeuchi, A., Matsui, M., Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Kurachi, M.(2004, July).Factor analysis of neuropsychological function on normal population.27th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Brisbane.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Yuuki, H.,Kurachi, M.(2004, July). Characteristics on everyday cognition in patients with schizophrenia, Symposia, World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2004, Kobe.

Kurachi, M., Suzuki, M., Kawasaki, Y., Matsui, M.(2004, June). Pathogenesis of schizophrenia: Temporo-frontal two-step hypothesis. In Symposium “Brain imaging in adolescents and first-break patients with schizophrenia”; The 24th Congress of Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Paris.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Yuuki, H., Kato, K., Kurachi, M.(2004, March). A breakdown of event schemas in patients with schizophrenia: an examination of their script for shopping at supermarket. 5th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory, Tsukuba.

Matsui, M., Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Kurachi, M.(2004, February).Impairment of memory organization in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. 32nd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Baltimore.

Suzuki, M., Zhou, S.Y., Kawasaki, Y., Hagino H., Takahashi, T., Nohara S., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M.(2003, September). Differential involvement of the frontal lobe in schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder. The 16th Congress of the EuropeanCollege of Neuropsychopharmacology, Prague.

Matsui, M., Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Takeuchi, A., Kurachi, M. (2003, July). Response characteristics on a guessing task in schizophrenic patients, 26th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Berlin, Germany.

Nishiyama, S., Matsui, M., Tajiri, K., Minami, S., Kurachi, M. (2003, July). Selective impairment of reading in pure alexia –a case study-, 26th Mid-Year Meeting of International Neuropsychological Society, Berlin, Germany.

Sumiyoshi, C., Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Kurachi, M.(2003, March). Effect of orthography on the verbal fluency performance: Examination using Japanese patients with schizophrenia. The Sixth Biennial Mt. Sinai Conference on Cognition in Schizophrenia, Colorado Spring, CO

Sumiyoshi, C., Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S, Yamashita, I., M Kurachi, M., Niwa, S. (2003, March).Effect of Orthography On The Verbal Fluency Performance: Examination Using Japanese Patients With Schizophrenia. The Sixth Biennial Mt. Sinai Conference on Cognition in Schizophrenia: An Official Satellite of the 2003 International Congress on Schizophrenia Research. Colorado Spring, CO.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Yoneyama, E, Kurachi, M. (2003, February).A comparative profile analysis of neuropsychological functioning in schizotypal personality disorder. 14th Annual Meeting of American Neuropsychiatric Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Matsui, M.,Kato, K., Yuuki, H., Yoneyama, E., Kurachi, M. (2003, February). Neuropsychological profile in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder. 31st Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Matsui, M., Yuuki, H., Kato, K., Kurachi, M.(2003, January). The nature of memory impairment in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder.4th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory, Tsukuba.

Kato, K., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M. (2003, January).Age-related changes in cognitive function of elderly healthy people: An examination through Mini-Neuropsychological Scale. 4th Tsukuba International Conference on Memory, Tsukuba.

Mikami, A., Matsui, M., Nishimura, T., Tanaka, M., Tomonaga, M., Matsuzawa, T., Suzuki, J., Kato, A., Matsubayashi, K., Goto, S., Hashimoto, C.(2002, September). Development of the brain in baby chimpanzees. The 3rd FAONS congress for the Federation of Asia-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies,Seoul, Korea.

Kurachi, M., Kawasaki, Y., Nohara, S., Hagino, H., Suzuki, M., Matsui, M.(2002, August). Brain morphology underlying the vulnerability to schizophrenia. WPA, Yokohama.

Kawasaki, Y., Nohara S, Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M. (2002, August). MRI studies in schizophrenia-I: voxel-based morphometry. WPA, Yokohama

Nohara, S., Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Kawasaki, Y., Mori, K., Matsui, M., Seto, H., Kurachi, M. (2002, August). MRI studies in schizophrenia-IV: developmetal changes in adolescence. WPA, Yokohama.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Sumiyoshi, S., Kikura, Y., Kurachi, M. (2002, July).Impairment of story memory organization in patients with schizophrenia. International Neuropsychological Society 25thMid-Year Meeting, Stockholm.

Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Kato, K., Sumiyoshi, S., Kikura, Y., Kurachi, M.(2002, March). Impairment of story memory organization in patients with schizophrenia. 3rd Tsukuba International Conference on Memory, Tsukuba

Kawasaki, Y., Nohara S, Suzuki, M., Hagino, H., Matsui, M., Yamashita,I., Chitnis, X., McGuire, P.K., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2002, March). Structural brain differences in patients with schizotypal disorder and schizophrenia using voxel-based morphometry. XIth Binnial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia, Davos, Switzerland.

Matsui, M., Matsuzawa J., Niu L, Konishi T., Noguchi, K., Yagi S. (2002, February). Age-related volumetric changes of prefrontalgray and white matter in healthy infants and children. International Neuropsychological Society 30th Annual Meeting, Toronto.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Kurachi, M., Sumiyoshi, C., Jayathilake K, Meltzer, H.Y.(2001, December). Addition of Tandospirone to neuroleptic treatment enhances cognitive performance in schizophrenia. AmericanCollege of Neuropsychopharmacology 2001 Annual Meeting, Hawaii.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Nohara, S., Yamashita,I., Kurachi, M., Sumiyoshi, C., Jayathilake, K., Meltzer, H.Y.(2001, November). Tandospirone, a serotonin-1A agonist, added to neuroleptic treatment enhances cognitive performance in schizophrenia. 31st Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, San Diego.

Suzuki, M., Nohara S., Hagino H., Kurokawa K., Yotsutsuji T., Kawasaki, Y., Takahashi, T., Matsui, M., Watanabe N., Seto, H., Kurachi, M.(2001, October).Regional changes in brain gray and white matter in schizophrenia: A voxel-based analysis of structural MRI using SPM96. 2001 Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) Regional Meeting Hiroshima, Hiroshima.

Sumiyoshi, C., Matsui, M., Sumiyoshi, T., YamashitaI., Sumiyoshi S., Kurachi, M.(2001, July). Mental structure in schizophrenia assessed by category fluency test: related to verbal intelligence and age of onset. The 24th Annual International Neuropsychological Society; Mid-Year Conference, Brasilia, Brazil.

Matsui, M., Yoneyama, E., Sumiyoshi, T., Noguchi, K., Nohara, S., Kurachi, M., Seto, H.(2001, June). Lack of self-control in personality inventory and reduced volume of supplementary motor area. First Japan International Conference on Early Intervention and Prevention In Psychiatric Disorders, Naha.

Suzuki, M., Kurachi, M., Nohara, S., Hagino, H., Kawasaki, Y., Takahashi, T., Yotsutsuji, T., Nakamura, K., Matsui, M.(2001, June). Brain Morphology in Patients with Schizophrenia: Voxel-based Analysis of Structural MRI. In Symposium “Magnetic resonance imaging in psychiatry: Highlights of our current state of knowledge and future directions; 7th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Berlin.

Matsui, M., Yoneyama, E., Sumiyoshi, T., Noguchi, K., Nohara, S., Kurachi, M., Seto, H.(2001, March). Lack of self-control in personality inventory and reduced volume of supplementary motor area. ISBET2001, Utsunomiya.

Matsui, M., Matsuzawa, J., Konishi T., Noguchi, K., Gur, R.C. (2001, February). Age-related Volumetric Changes of Brain Gray and White Matter in Healthy Infants and Children. International Neuropsychological Society 29th Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Yamashita,I., Nohara, S., Uehara, T., Kurachi, M., Meltzer, H.Y. (2000, November). Effect of adjunctive therapy with serotnin1A agonist Thandospirone on memory functions in schizophrenia, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans.

Matsui, M., Tonoya, Y., Kurachi, M.(2000, April). Cognitive dysfunction and exploratory eye movements in patients with schizophrenia. 3rd International Congress of Neuropsychiatry, Symposia, Kyoto.

Kurokawa, K., Nakamura, K., Hagino, H., Yotsutsuji, T., Yamashita, I., Suzuki, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Matsui, M., Kurachi, M.(2000, April). Ventricular enlargement in schizophrenic patients with prodromal symptoms of pbsessive-compulsive disorder. 3rd International Congress of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto.