Tokushima University / Educator and Researcher Directory --- Mori, Kenji

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Book:

1.	Kenji Mori and Tatsuo Mori : てんかん, 株式会社中外医学社, Tokyo, Jan. 2021.
2.	Kenji Mori : メディカルスタッフのための精神医学「てんかん」, 中外医学社，東京, Jan. 2021.
3.	Kenji Mori : Diffusion-weighted image, 株式会社診断と治療社, Dec. 2017.
4.	Kenji Mori : 非物質関連障害, Nov. 2017.
5.	Kenji Mori : 発達障害事典「行動の依存」, 丸善出版, 2016.
6.	Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda and Shoji Kagami : 第16章神経・筋疾患, 2016.
7.	Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda and Shoji Kagami : シンプル小児科第16章神経・筋疾患, 2016.
8.	Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and Kenji Mori : 脳血流シンチグラフィー(SPECT), Nankodo, Nov. 2015.
9.	Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and Kenji Mori : 脳血流シンチグラフィー(SPECT), Nov. 2015.
10.	Kenji Mori : 自閉症の脳画像, 2013.
11.	Kenji Mori : 画像研究を中心とした自閉症研究, 株式会社診断と治療社, 2010.
12.	Hideyoshi Morita, Seiichi Wakaizumi, Masanori Miyata, Shuji Katsura, Kenji Mori, Nobuyoshi Nakajo, Tomihiko Higuti, Masanobu Haraguchi, Makoto Ohashi and Kenji Matsuura : 授業改善のための実例集ハンドブック, Center for University Extension, Tokushima, Jan. 2005. (Keyword) 授業改善 / 実例集

Academic Paper (Judged Full Paper):

1.	Natsue Nozaki, Kenji Mori, Tetsuya Tanioka, Keiko Mori, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Takahiro Tayama, Aya Gohji and Tatsuo Mori : Bilateral Prefrontasl Cortex Blood Flow Dynamics during Silent and Oral Reading Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.71, No.1,2, 92-101, 2024. (Keyword) near infrared spectroscopy / Silent and Oral Reading (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 119251 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.71.92 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.71.92 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 119251, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.71.92)
2.	三谷勝, 岡田勝彦, 藤田真由美, 武田衣織, 坂本優香, 篠原ゆきの, 浅野登 and Kenji Mori : 機能性構音障害と読み書きの関連性についてー読み書きの症状チェック表より考察ー, 小児保健とくしま, No.30, 23-27, 2023. (Keyword) 機能性構音障害 / 読み書きの症状チェック表
3.	森慶子, Kenji Mori, 野崎夏江, 岡本里恵, Fumiko Murao, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Takahiro Tayama, Aya Gohji and Tatsuo Mori : 個別学習支援を行った限局性学習症を有する子どもの脳機能評価, 小児保健とくしま, No.30, 28-33, 2023. (Keyword) 限局性学習症 / 脳機能評価 / NIRS
4.	Chihiro Kawai, Tomoya Yokotani, Feni Betriana, Hirokazu Ito, Yuko Yasuhara, Tetsuya Tanioka and Kenji Mori : The roles and competencies of welfare commissioners supporting children with developmental disorders and their families expected by Japans public health nurses, Belitung Nursing Journal, Vol.9, No.1, 25-33, 2022. (Keyword) welfare commissioner / role / competencies / children with developmental disorders / public health nurse / Japan (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 118200 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.33546/bnj.2408 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-85160086969 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 118200, DOI: 10.33546/bnj.2408, Elsevier: Scopus)
5.	松村千寿, 岩城咲良, 川本あかね, 野崎夏江, 河井ちひろ, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 読字障害における光トポグラフィー(NIRS)を用いた脳機能評価, 小児保健とくしま, No.29, 31-35, 2022. (Keyword) 読字障害 / 光トポグラフィー / NIRS / 脳機能評価
6.	野﨑夏江, 河井ちひろ, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 黙読・音読時の脳血流動態, 小児保健とくしま, No.29, 25-27, 2022. (Keyword) NIRS / 黙読 / 音読 / 脳血流動態
7.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, 野崎夏江, 河井ちひろ, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Aya Gohji and Tatsuo Mori : 読字障害と脳活動に関する最新の研究, Psychiatry, Vol.41, No.1, 126-132, 2022. (Keyword) dyslexia / near-infrared spectroscopy(NIRS) / brain activity / reading aloud / silent reading (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1520574181168742656 (CiNii: 1520574181168742656)
8.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, 野﨑夏江, 河井ちひろ, Kumi Takahashi and Hiroko Hashimoto : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時におけるNIRSを用いた脳反応の検討, 子どもの心とからだ, Vol.31, No.1, 2-7, 2022. (Keyword) 絵本の読み聞かせ / NIRS / 脳反応 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1520013010160311424 (CiNii: 1520013010160311424)
9.	Tatsuo Mori, Goji Aya, Toda Yoshihiro, Hiromichi Ito, Toshitaka Kawarai, Fujita Atsushi, Matsumoto Naomichi and Kenji Mori : A partial ARID1B deletion in a female child with intractable epilepsy, Epilepsy & Seizure, Vol.13, No.1, 45-50, 2021. (Keyword) Epilepsy / Coffin-Siris syndrome / ARID1B, / partial gene deletion / sodium valproate (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 116186 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3805/eands.13.45 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.3805/eands.13.45 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 116186, DOI: 10.3805/eands.13.45)
10.	Tatsuo Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Masafumi Harada, Sonoka Hisaoka, Yuki Matsumoto, Aya Goji, Yoshihiro Toda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : Multi-delay arterial spin labeling brain magnetic resonance imaging study for pediatric autism., Brain & Development, Vol.42, No.4, 315-321, 2020. (Summary) Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that can measure regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) without radiation exposure. This study aimed to evaluate rCBF in individuals with autism and their age-matched controls, globally and regionally. (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114394 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.01.007 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 32088024 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 32088024 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.01.007 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114394, DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.01.007, PubMed: 32088024)
11.	Reiko Okahisa, Saori Iwamoto, Miyuki Tada, Yasuko Matsushita, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : Features of Difficulty in Child Raising and Resilience of Nurturing Mothers with Past Experience of Adversity, International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices, Vol.6, No.312, 1-7, 2019. (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.15344/2394-4978/2019/312 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.15344/2394-4978/2019/312 (DOI: 10.15344/2394-4978/2019/312)
12.	Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Tomohiro Kohmoto, Issei Imoto and Shoji Kagami : A 16q22.2-q23.1 deletion identified in a male infant with West syndrome., Brain & Development, 2019. (Summary) In partial monosomy of the distal part of chromosome 16q, abnormal facial features, intellectual disability (ID), and feeding dysfunction are often reported. However, seizures are not typical and the majority of them were seizure-free. Here we present the case of a 16q22.2-q23.1 interstitial deletion identified in a male patient with severe ID, facial anomalies including forehead protrusions and flat nose bridge, patent ductus arteriosus, bilateral vocal cord atresia treated by tracheotomy, and West syndrome, which were developed 10months after birth. Although phenobarbital, sodium valproate (VPA), and zonisamide were not effective as monotherapies or combination therapies, the patient's epileptic seizures and electroencephalogram anomalies disappeared following combined therapy with lamotrigine and VPA. Although WW Domain Containing Oxidoreductase (WWOX), which is known as a cause of autosomal recessive epileptic encephalopathy, was included within the 6.8-Mb deleted region which identified by targeted panel sequencing and validated by chromosomal microarray analysis, no pathogenic variants were detected in the other allele of WWOX. Therefore, it is possible that other genes within or outside of the long deleted region or their interactions may cause West syndrome in this patient. (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114240 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.07.005 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 31353122 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 31353122 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.07.005 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114240, DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.07.005, PubMed: 31353122)
13.	K Okamoto, M Fukuda, I Saito, R Urate, S Maniwa, D Usui, T Motoki, T Jogamoto, K Aibara, T Hosokawa, Y Konishi, R Arakawa, Kenji Mori, E Ishii, K Saito and H Nishio : Incidence of infantile spinal muscular atrophy on Shikoku Island of Japan., Brain & Development, Vol.41, No.1, 36-42, 2019. (Summary) Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by homozygous mutations in the SMN1 gene. SMA has long been known to be the most common genetic cause of infant mortality. However, there have been no reports on the epidemiology of infantile SMA (types 1 and 2) based on genetic testing in Japan. In this study, we estimated the incidence of infantile SMA on Shikoku Island, which is a main island of Japan and consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Tokushima and Kochi. A questionnaire was sent to 91 hospitals on Shikoku Island to investigate the number of SMA infants born from 2011 to 2015. A second questionnaire was then sent to confirm the diagnoses of SMA based on clinical and genetic features. Responses were received from all of the hospitals, and four patients were diagnosed with infantile SMA among 147,950 live births. We estimated the incidence of infantile SMA patients as 2.7 per 100,000 live births (95% confidence interval, 0.1-5.4). A comparison of the four prefectures indicated that the incidence of infantile SMA was significantly higher in Ehime Prefecture than in the other three prefectures; 5.6 per 100,000 live births (95% confidence interval, -0.7 to 11.9) in Ehime Prefecture and 1.1 per 100,000 live births (95% confidence interval, -1.0 to 3.1) in the other prefectures. We estimated the incidence of infantile SMA in an isolated area of Japan. For more precise determination of the incidence of infantile SMA, further studies that include neonatal screening will be needed. (Keyword) Female / Humans / Incidence / Infant / Japan / Male / Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Survival of Motor Neuron 1 Protein / Survival of Motor Neuron 2 Protein (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2018.07.016 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 30093179 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 30093179 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2018.07.016 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2018.07.016, PubMed: 30093179)
14.	Kenji Mori, 田山貴広, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori and Yoshihiro Touda : けいれんと間違えやすい生理的運動・異常行動., 小児内科, No.50, 541-544, 2018.
15.	Kaoru Furukawa, Kenji Mori, Keiko Mori, Saori Kamishirakawa, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Tetsuya Tanioka : Evaluation of Expression Recognition Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Open Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.8, No.1, 35-49, 2017. (Keyword) Autism Spectrum Disorder / near infrared spectroscopy / Autism-Spectrum Quotient / Facial Expression Recognition / Prefrontal Cortex (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 111625 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.4236/ojpsych.2018.81003 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.4236/ojpsych.2018.81003 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 111625, DOI: 10.4236/ojpsych.2018.81003)
16.	Maiko Sasayama, 大塚朱莉, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 外国人留学生が日本で育児を行う上での困り事とニーズ, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.25, 31-35, 2017. (Keyword) 外国人留学生 / 育児支援 / 困り事 / ニーズ
17.	Hiroko Sugimoto, Tetsuya Tanioka, Yuko Yasuhara, Kenji Mori, Yoshiko Gogi, Hiroki Mori, Mihoko Nakanii and Rozzano De Castro Locsin : Relationship among Sleep Quality Physical Health Conditions and Lifestyle Habits among Elementary School Students, Open Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.7, No.4, 235-247, 2017. (Keyword) Elementary Students / Lifestyle Habits / Multimedia Use / Sleep Quality / Body Temperature (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.4236/ojpsych.2017.74021 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.4236/ojpsych.2017.74021 (DOI: 10.4236/ojpsych.2017.74021)
18.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, Sonoka Hisaoka, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Yoko Abe, Masahito Miyazaki and Shoji Kagami : A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a 3-Tesla Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System: The Anterior Cingulate Cortex and the Left Cerebellum., Journal of Child Neurology, Vol.32, No.8, 731-739, 2017. (Summary) The pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not fully understood. We used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to investigate metabolite concentration ratios in the anterior cingulate cortex and left cerebellum in ASD. In the ACC and left cerebellum studies, the ASD group and intelligence quotient- and age-matched control group consisted of 112 and 114 subjects and 65 and 45 subjects, respectively. In the ASD group, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)+/ creatine/phosphocreatine (Cr) was significantly decreased in the anterior cingulate cortex, and glutamate (Glu)/Cr was significantly increased and GABA+/Cr was significantly decreased in the left cerebellum compared to those in the control group. In addition, both groups showed negative correlations between Glu/Cr and GABA+/Cr in the left cerebellum, and positive correlations between GABA+/Cr in the anterior cingulate cortex and left cerebellum. ASD subjects have hypoGABAergic alterations in the anterior cingulate cortex and hyperglutamatergic/hypoGABAergic alterations in the left cerebellum. (Keyword) Adolescent / Aspartic Acid / Autism Spectrum Disorder / cerebellum / Child / Child, Preschool / Choline / Creatine / Female / Gyrus Cinguli / Humans / Imaging, Three-Dimensional / magnetic resonance imaging / Male / Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1177/0883073817702981 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28420309 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-85021191879 (DOI: 10.1177/0883073817702981, PubMed: 28420309, Elsevier: Scopus)
19.	Aya Goji, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, Sonoka Hisaoka, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Yoko Abe, Masahito Miyazaki and Shoji Kagami : Assessment of Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) and Left Cerebellar Metabolism in Asperger's Syndrome with Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)., PLoS ONE, No.1, e0169288, 2017. (Summary) Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) is a noninvasive neuroimaging method to quantify biochemical metabolites in vivo and it can serve as a powerful tool to monitor neurobiochemical profiles in the brain. Asperger's syndrome (AS) is a type of autism spectrum disorder, which is characterized by impaired social skills and restrictive, repetitive patterns of interest and activities, while intellectual levels and language skills are relatively preserved. Despite clinical aspects have been well-characterized, neurometabolic profiling in the brain of AS remains to be clear. The present study used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) to investigate whether pediatric AS is associated with measurable neurometabolic abnormalities that can contribute new information on the neurobiological underpinnings of the disorder. Study participants consisted of 34 children with AS (2-12 years old; mean age 5.2 (±2.0); 28 boys) and 19 typically developed children (2-11 years old; mean age 5.6 (±2.6); 12 boys) who served as the normal control group. The 1H MRS data were obtained from two regions of interest: the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and left cerebellum. In the ACC, levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), total creatine (tCr), total choline-containing compounds (tCho) and myo-Inositol (mI) were significantly decreased in children with AS compared to controls. On the other hand, no significant group differences in any of the metabolites were found in the left cerebellum. Neither age nor sex accounted for the metabolic findings in the regions. The finding of decreased levels of NAA, tCr, tCho, and mI in the ACC but not in left cerebellar voxels in the AS, suggests a lower ACC neuronal density in the present AS cohort compared to controls. (Keyword) Aspartic Acid / Asperger Syndrome / cerebellum / children / Child, Preschool / Choline / Creatine / Female / Gyrus Cinguli / Humans / Inositol / Male / Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 112363 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1371/journal.pone.0169288 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28060873 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-85009237719 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 112363, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169288, PubMed: 28060873, Elsevier: Scopus)
20.	Tsuneo Ninomiya, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani and Kenji Mori : Effects of primary prevention of child abuse that begins during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth., The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.64, No.1.2, 153-159, 2017. (Summary) Identification of at-risk parents during pregnancy and early intervention resulted in a decrease in the rate of referrals to child protective centers. The specific risk factors of "perceived lack of social support", "mental illness" and "teen pregnancy" may be mitigated by early intervention. J. Med. Invest. 64: 153-159, February, 2017. (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 111104 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.64.153 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28373614 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28373614 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.64.153 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 111104, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.64.153, PubMed: 28373614)
21.	Tsuneo Ninomiya, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori and Hiroe Tani : 子どもの時の家庭環境が''落着けなかった''養育者の子育てに関する検討, 子どもの虐待とネグレクト, Vol.18, No.2, 242-246, 2016. (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1522543654799925120 (CiNii: 1522543654799925120)
22.	Hiroko Sugimoto, Yuko Yasuhara, Tetsuya Tanioka, Yoshiko Gogi, Kenji Mori, Shoko Fuji and Ken Saito : Relationship between sleep-wake rhythms and autonomic nerve activities of elementary school children through Actigraphy, Shikoku Acta Medica, Vol.72, No.1,2, 43-52, 2016. (Summary) The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between sleep-wake rhythms and autonomic nerve activities using actigraphy and heart rate variability(HRV)analysis. Subjects were comprised of six children who were in the fourth to sixth grade levels of elementary school(four boys and two girls). The study was conducted between January and December 2015. The data collection procedure was performed following the Private Information Protection Law, with approval from Tokushima University Hospital Ethics Board(approval number 2021). These subjects were evaluated in an Attentive-Care-Needed stress state based on the PSI(Public Health Research Foundation Type Stress Inventory)and PSQI-J(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Japanese Version). In analyzing their sleep-wake rhythms, autonomic nervous activities were determined using an actigraph and HRV through RR interval sequence electrocardiography. The results of actigraph data of sleep efficiency in Subject Number 6 was low(76.47%). Regardless, the subject experienced subjective sleep satisfaction. However, Subject Number 2, insisted that she could not easily wake up in the morning because of being sleepy. Low Frequency(LF)/High Frequency(HF)data indicated sympathetic nervous activity showing that all subjects had significantlyhigher LF/HF value during wakefulness than when asleep. HF data indicated parasympatheticactivity of five out of the six children showing significantly higher value during sleep than when awake. Subject number 3 expressed that he was sleepy and could not get up in the morning,and also had trouble going to and maintaining sleep. However, this subject's results of the PSQI-Jindicated that he had no problem expressing subjective sleep satisfaction. Furthermore, in the actigraph and HRV analysis, findings showed that subjects had good sleeping patterns. These findings strongly signify the importance of determining the sleep-wake rhythms of school children based on data from subjective and physiological evaluation methods. (Keyword) Primary school children / Sleep-wake rhythm / Autonomic nervous activity / Sleep Quality / Stress (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 110379 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1050845762395246208 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 110379, CiNii: 1050845762395246208)
23.	Kenji Mori : 子どもの不安障害, めんたる・へるす, Vol.65, 11-16, 2016.
24.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, Tsuneo Ninomiya and Kenji Mori : The relationship between parents with a history of childhood problems and incidence of consequent child abuse., The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.63, No.3-4, 209-215, 2016. (Summary) The purpose of this study was to determine the factors related to the need for cooperation with child guidance centers with a focus on the presence or absence of a history of childhood problems in at-risk parents receiving support from their municipality. Among the 1890 parents who received child care support from public health nurses in the municipalities, 164 parents (8.7%) had a history of childhood problems. Among these, 50 parents (30.5%) received support from child guidance centers. The parents with a history of childhood problems had a higher incidence rate for receiving support from child guidance centers than other parents. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that "marital strife or domestic violence", and "financial problems" were associated with consultations with child guidance centers among parents with a history of childhood problems. The results showed that family situations of parents who had a history of childhood problems may, in time, become more severe, even if they have received support from public health nurses in the municipalities. Therefore, parents with a history of childhood problems need support as early as possible. In addition, those parents with "marital strife or domestic violence" and "financial problems" also need guidance and early nursing care interventions. J. Med. Invest. 63: 209-215, August, 2016. (Keyword) Child / Child Abuse / Child Guidance / Humans / Incidence / Logistic Models / Parents / Referral and Consultation / Risk Factors (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 111183 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.63.209 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 27644560 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 27644560 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.63.209 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 111183, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.63.209, PubMed: 27644560)
25.	Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, Tatsuo Mori, Keiko Mori, Aya Goji, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, Masahito Miyazaki, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : Neuroimaging in autism spectrum disorders: 1H-MRS and NIRS study, The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.62, No.1-2, 29-36, 2015. (Summary) Using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS), we measured chemical metabolites in the left amygdala and the bilateral orbito-frontal cortex (OFC) in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in these regions of ASD were significantly decreased compared to those in the control group. In the autistic patients, the NAA concentrations in these regions correlated with their social quotient. These findings suggest the presence of neuronal dysfunction in the amygdala and OFC in ASD. Dysfunction in the amygdala and OFC may contribute to the pathogenesis of ASD. We performed a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) study to evaluate the mirror neuron system in children with ASD. The concentrations of oxygenated hemoglobin (oxy-Hb) were measured with frontal probes using a 34-channel NIRS machine while the subjects imitated emotional facial expressions. The increments in the concentration of oxy-Hb in the pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus in autistic subjects were significantly lower than those in the controls. However, the concentrations of oxy-Hb in this area were significantly elevated in autistic subjects after they were trained to imitate emotional facial expressions. The results suggest that mirror neurons could be activated by repeated imitation in children with ASD. (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 111242 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.62.29 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25817280 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84925849527 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 111242, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.62.29, PubMed: 25817280, Elsevier: Scopus)
26.	Kenji Mori : Lennox-Gastaut症候群, Dravet症候群に対するトピラマートの使用経験, Japanese Journal of Pediatrics, Vol.67, No.7, 1161-1165, 2014. (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1522825130065932288 (CiNii: 1522825130065932288)
27.	Tatsuo Mori, Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Aya Goji, Masahito Miyazaki, Masafumi Harada, Kenji Kurosawa and Shoji Kagami : Age-related changes in a patient with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease determined by repeated 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy., Journal of Child Neurology, Vol.29, No.2, 283-288, 2014. (Summary) A boy with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease underwent repeated evaluations by 3-Tesla (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The patient showed overlap of the PLP1. Individuals selected as normal controls for (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy consisted of healthy age-matched children. For (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the center of a voxel was positioned in the right parietal lobe. (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy was performed when the patient was 2, 6, 14, and 25 months old. γ-Aminobutyric acid concentration in early childhood was increased compared with that in normal controls. However, the γ-aminobutyric acid concentration in the Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease patient was normalized at 14 and 25 months. No remarkable changes were observed in choline-containing compounds concentration at any time. These results suggest that the changes in metabolite concentrations during growth can reflect the pathological condition of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Furthermore, the lack of change in the choline-containing compounds concentration can be useful for differentiating Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease from other white matter disorders. (Keyword) aging / Aspartic Acid / Case-Control Studies / Child, Preschool / Creatine / Glutamic Acid / Humans / infant / Inositol / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Male / Parietal Lobe / Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114870 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1177/0883073813499635 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 24056155 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84892723051 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114870, DOI: 10.1177/0883073813499635, PubMed: 24056155, Elsevier: Scopus)
28.	Kenji Mori, Tatsuo Mori, 郷司彩, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Emiko Fujii, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : Hemodynamic activities in children with autism while imitating emotional facial expressions: a near-infrared spectroscopy study, No to Hattatsu, Vol.46, No.4, 281-286, 2014. (Summary) <i><b>Objective:</b></i> To examine the hemodynamic activities in the frontal lobe, children with autistic disorder and matched controls underwent near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) while imitating emotional facial expressions. <i><b>Methods:</b></i> The subjects consisted of 10 boys with autistic disorder without mental retardation (9∼14 years) and 10 normally developing boys (9∼14 years). The concentrations of oxyhemoglobin (oxy-Hb) were measured with frontal probes using a 34-channel NIRS machine while the subjects imitated emotional facial expressions. <i><b>Results:</b></i> The increments in the concentration of oxy-Hb in the pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus in autistic subjects were significantly lower than those in the controls. However, the concentrations of oxy-Hb in this area were significantly elevated in autistic subjects after they were trained to imitate emotional facial expressions. The increments in the concentration of oxy-Hb in this area in autistic subjects were positively correlated with the scores on a test of labeling emotional facial expressions. <i><b>Conclusions:</b></i> The pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus is an important component of the mirror neuron system. The present results suggest that mirror neurons could be activated by repeated imitation in children with autistic disorder. (Keyword) 自閉症 / ミラーニューロン / 近赤外線スペクトロスコピー (NIRS) / 表情模倣 / Broca野 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11251/ojjscn.46.281 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25154225 ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1390001205518257920 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84904503404 (DOI: 10.11251/ojjscn.46.281, PubMed: 25154225, CiNii: 1390001205518257920, Elsevier: Scopus)
29.	宮崎雅仁, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 簡易版就学前幼児(4-6歳)用発達障害チェック・リスト(BCD46) -5歳児検診での有用性の検討-, 外来小児科, Vol.17, No.3, 293-300, 2014.
30.	Tatsuo Mori, Kenji Mori, Masashi Suzue, Hiromichi Ito and Shoji Kagami : Effective treatment of a 13-year-old boy with steroid-dependent ocular myasthenia gravis using tacrolimus, Brain & Development, Vol.35, No.5, 445-448, 2013. (Summary) Over the past several years, tacrolimus has attracted attention as a new therapeutic drug for myasthenia gravis (MG), but few reports have considered its use for MG in pediatric patients, and most of these have focused on severe systemic MG. In this case report, we used tacrolimus to successfully treat a 13-year-old boy with ocular MG who had suffered from severe steroid complications, including a failure of thrive and osteoporosis. He first showed symptoms of ocular MG at age 2 years 3 months. At age 13 years, he was receiving PSL (3.75 mg/day), but the symptoms of ocular MG recurred. We increased the dosage of oral PSL up to 30 mg/day, and three courses of mPSL pulse therapy were applied, but these therapies had only limited effect, and his symptoms worsened. Tacrolimus was started at 0.4 mg/day (0.011 mg/kg/day), and every 2 weeks the dose was gradually increased by 0.2 mg/day. His symptoms of MG began to improve 3 weeks after the initial administration of tacrolimus. Approximately 3 months after the start of tacrolimus administration, PSL was discontinued. Currently, at 1 year and 4 months after the start of tacrolimus administration, while slight ptosis is observed in the evening, it does not influence his daily life, and his condition remains comparable to that when he stopped taking PSL. No adverse effects of tacrolimus have been recognized. In pediatric patients with steroid-dependent ocular MG without thymectomy, tacrolimus may be a safe and effective alternative to steroid and thymectomy. (Keyword) Adolescent / Body Weight / Developmental Disabilities / Follow-Up Studies / Humans / Immunosuppressive Agents / Male / Myasthenia Gravis / Tacrolimus (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114873 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.012 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 22840813 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84875894491 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114873, DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.012, PubMed: 22840813, Elsevier: Scopus)
31.	Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, T Mori, A Goji, Emiko Fujii, M Miyazaki, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic study in autism spectrum disorders: amygdala and orbito-frontal cortex., Brain & Development, Vol.35, No.2, 139-145, 2013. (Summary) We previously reported neural dysfunction in the anterior cingulate cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in autistic patients using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS). In this investigation, we measured chemical metabolites in the left amygdala and the bilateral orbito-frontal cortex (OFC), which are the main components of the social brain. We also examined the association between these metabolic findings and social abilities in subjects with autism. The study group included 77 autistic patients (3-6years old; mean age 4.1; 57 boys and 20 girls). The control subjects were 31 children (3-6years old; mean age 4.0; 23 boys and 8 girls). Conventional proton MR spectra were obtained using the STEAM sequence with parameters of TR=5 sec and TE=15 msec by a 1.5-tesla clinical MRI system. We analyzed the concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), creatine/phosphocreatine (Cr), and choline-containing compounds (Cho) using LCModel (Ver. 6.1). The concentrations of NAA in the left amygdala and the bilateral OFC in autistic patients were significantly decreased compared to those in the control group. In the autistic patients, the NAA concentrations in these regions correlated with their social quotient. These findings suggest the presence of neuronal dysfunction in the amygdala and OFC in autism. Dysfunction in the amygdala and OFC may contribute to the pathogenesis of autism. (Keyword) Amygdala / Aspartic Acid / Child / Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Child, Preschool / Choline / Creatinine / Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders / Female / Functional Laterality / Humans / Intelligence Tests / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Male / Phosphocreatine / Prefrontal Cortex / Protons (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.09.016 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 23114054 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84872395357 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.09.016, PubMed: 23114054, Elsevier: Scopus)
32.	S Naruse, T Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, Y Tsuda, M Takahara and Shoji Kagami : Developmental changes in facial expression recognition in Japanese school-age children., The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.60, No.1-2, 114-120, 2013. (Summary) Facial expressions hold abundant information and play a central part in communication. In daily life, we must construct amicable interpersonal relationships by communicating through verbal and nonverbal behaviors. While school-age is a period of rapid social growth, few studies exist that study developmental changes in facial expression recognition during this age. This study investigated developmental changes in facial expression recognition by examining observers' gaze on others' expressions. 87 school-age children from first to sixth grade (41 boys, 46 girls). The Tobii T60 Eye-tracker(Tobii Technologies, Sweden) was used to gauge eye movement during a task of matching pre-instructed emotion words and facial expressions images (neutral, angry, happy, surprised, sad, disgusted) presented on a monitor fixed at a distance of 50 cm. In the task of matching the six facial expression images and emotion words, the mid- and higher-grade children answered more accurately than the lower-grade children in matching four expressions, excluding neutral and happy. For fixation time and fixation count, the lower-grade children scored lower than other grade children, gazing on all facial expressions significantly fewer times and for shorter periods. It is guessed that the stage from lower grades to middle grades is a turning point in facial recognition. (Keyword) Age Factors / Asian Continental Ancestry Group / Child / Child Development / Facial Expression / Female / Humans / Male (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 106045 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.60.114 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 23614919 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 23614919 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.60.114 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 106045, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.60.114, PubMed: 23614919)
33.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, 森達夫 and Shoji Kagami : A case of Early Childhood-onset Narcolepsy, The Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, Vol.116, No.11, 1728-1732, 2012. (Keyword) ナルコレプシー / 日中の過剰な眠気 / 睡眠ポリソムノグラム (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1520290884349526912 (CiNii: 1520290884349526912)
34.	Tatsuo Mori, Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, Masahito Miyazaki, Masafumi Harada, Toshiaki Hashimoto and Shoji Kagami : Evaluation of the GABAergic nervous system in autistic brain: (123)I-iomazenil SPECT study., Brain & Development, Vol.34, No.8, 648-654, 2012. (Summary) To evaluate the GABA(A) receptor in the autistic brain, we performed (123)I-IMZ SPECT in patients with ASD. We compared (123)I-IMZ SPECT abnormalities in patients who showed intellectual disturbance or focal epileptic discharge on EEG to those in patients without such findings. The subjects consisted of 24 patients with ASD (mean age, 7.3±3.5 years), including 9 with autistic disorder (mean age, 7.0±3.7 years) and 15 with Asperger's disorder (mean age, 7.5±3.2 years). We used 10 non-symptomatic partial epilepsy patients (mean age, 7.8±3.6 years) without intellectual delay as a control group. For an objective evaluation of the (123)I-IMZ SPECT results, we performed an SEE (Stereotactic Extraction Estimation) analysis to describe the decrease in accumulation in each brain lobule numerically. In the comparison of the ASD group and the control group, there was a dramatic decrease in the accumulation of (123)I-IMZ in the superior and medial frontal cortex. In the group with intellectual impairment and focal epileptic discharge on EEG, the decrease in accumulation in the superior and medial frontal cortex was greater than that in the group without these findings. The present results suggest that disturbance of the GABAergic nervous system may contribute to the pathophysiology and aggravation of ASD, since the accumulation of (123)I-IMZ was decreased in the superior and medial frontal cortex, which is considered to be associated with inference of the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of others (Theory of Mind). (Keyword) Adolescent / brain / children / Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Child, Preschool / Flumazenil / Humans / Iodine Radioisotopes / Radiopharmaceuticals / Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114872 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.10.007 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 22099869 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84864781015 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114872, DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.10.007, PubMed: 22099869, Elsevier: Scopus)
35.	T Oonishi, Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Miho Sakata, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : Stent placement in the ductus venosus of a neonate with total anomalous pulmonary venous return., Journal of Echocardiography, Vol.10, No.1, 27-29, 2012. (Keyword) Total anomalous pulmonary venous return / Ductus venosus / Stent implantation / Neointimal proliferation / Pulmonary venous obstruction / Transthoracic echocardiography (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1007/s12574-011-0102-0 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1573950400547028864 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84857911299 (DOI: 10.1007/s12574-011-0102-0, CiNii: 1573950400547028864, Elsevier: Scopus)
36.	Kenji Mori, T Mori, Y Toda, Emiko Fujii, M Miyazaki, M Harada and Shoji Kagami : Decreased benzodiazepine receptor and increased GABA level in cortical tubers in tuberous sclerosis complex., Brain & Development, Vol.34, No.6, 478-486, 2012. (Summary) To elucidate the functional characteristics of cortical tubers that might be responsible for epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) and [123I] iomazenil (123I-IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were performed. (1)H-MRS using a clinical 3-tesla magnetic resonance imager was performed in four children with TSC and 10 age-and sex-matched healthy control subjects. A single voxel was set on the right parietal lobe in control subjects. In patients with TSC, a single voxel was set on the epileptogenic tuber in the parietal or temporal lobe, and another voxel was set on the contralateral normal-appearing brain region. N-Acetylaspartate (NAA), myo-Inositol (mIns) and Glutamate (Glu) were analyzed using a conventional STEAM (Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode) method. The concentration of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was quantified using MEGA-Point Resolved Spectroscopy (PRESS). Interictal 123I-IMZ SPECT was examined in all four patients with TSC. A significant decrease in the NAA concentration and significant increases in the mIns and GABA concentrations were detected in the cortical tubers of all 4 patients. No significant difference was observed in Glu concentrations. In all of the cortical tubers detected by magnetic resonance imaging, 123I-IMZ binding was significantly decreased. Epileptogenesis in TSC might be caused by decreased inhibition secondary to the decrease in GABA receptors in dysplastic neurons of cortical tubers. An increase in the GABA concentration may compensate for decreased inhibition. (Keyword) Aspartic Acid / Brain / Case-Control Studies / Child / Child, Preschool / Female / Flumazenil / Glutamic Acid / Humans / Inositol / Iodine Radioisotopes / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Male / Protons / Radiopharmaceuticals / Receptors, GABA-A / Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Tuberous Sclerosis / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.09.001 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 21959128 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 21959128 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.09.001 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.09.001, PubMed: 21959128)
37.	Tatsuo Mori, Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, Masahito Miyazaki, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : Neuroradiological and neurofunctional examinations for patients with 22q11.2 deletion., Neuropediatrics, Vol.42, No.6, 215-221, 2011. (Summary) Since the neuroradiological features of patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome are not well-understood, examinations using functional imaging were performed in this study. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) were performed using a clinical 3-Tesla MR imager in 4 patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (2 boys and 2 girls; aged 2-6 years.) and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects. Furthermore, interictal 123I-iomazenil (IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was examined in 2 of the 4 patients. Among the 4 patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, 2 patients showed polymicrogyria and 1 patient showed agyria. Those patients with brain malformations also showed abnormal brain artery patterns and decreased accumulation of IMZ in 123I-IMZ SPECT. Although all 4 patients showed epileptic discharges in their electroencephalograms (EEG), one patient with polymicrogyria had no seizure episodes. Decreases in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) corresponding to the areas of polymicrogyria and/or epileptic discharges in EEG were shown in all patients except for the patient with agyria. Although consistent evidence was not seen in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in this study, brain malformations and disturbances of the GABAergic nervous system would be underlying mechanisms of the neurodevelopmental abnormalities in this syndrome. (Keyword) Case-Control Studies / children / Child, Preschool / DiGeorge Syndrome / Electroencephalography / Epilepsy / Female / Flumazenil / Humans / hydrogen / magnetic resonance imaging / nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy / Male / Malformations of Cortical Development / Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 114871 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1055/s-0031-1295479 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 22131192 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-83655165118 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 114871, DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295479, PubMed: 22131192, Elsevier: Scopus)
38.	Aya Fukumoto, Toshiaki Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, Yoshimi Tsuda, Kokichi Arisawa and Shoji Kagami : Head circumference and body growth in autism spectrum disorders., Brain & Development, Vol.33, No.7, 569-575, 2011. (Summary) Research has shown that there is a relationship between increased head circumference and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This study examined this relationship during the first year of life in subjects with ASD. We compared 280 children with ASD and 609 controls. In the ASD-male group, increases were observed in head circumference from 3 to 12months, in height from 3 to 9months, and in body weight from 3 to 6 and 12months. On the other hand, in the ASD-female group increases in head circumference, in body height, and in body weight were only observed at 3months. After adjusting for height, weight, and age, only the head circumference in the male ASD group was significantly increased from 6 to 9months after birth, reaching a peak at 6months after birth. No difference was found in the female ASD group. Although body overgrowth in the ASD group also started early after birth, the increase in head circumference was more marked than that in body growth. The values of physical measurements in the first year may be useful, minimally invasive parameters for the early detection of autism in combination with observing the timing of certain behaviors such as smiling, eye contact, crawling, pointing, and joint attention. (Keyword) Body Height / Body Weight / Cephalometry / Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Female / Head / Humans / infant / Infant, Newborn / Japan / Male (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.09.004 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20934821 ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1570291226212264576 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20934821 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.09.004 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.09.004, PubMed: 20934821, CiNii: 1570291226212264576)
39.	Masafumi Harada, Masako M. Taki, Ayumi Nose, Hitoshi Kubo, Kenji Mori, Hiromu Nishitani and Tsuyoshi Matsuda : Non-invasive evaluation of the GABAergic/glutamatergic system in autistic patients observed by MEGA-editing proton MR spectroscopy using a clinical 3 tesla instrument., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol.41, No.4, 447-454, 2011. (Summary) Amino acids related to neurotransmitters and the GABAergic/glutamatergic system were measured using a 3 T-MRI instrument in 12 patients with autism and 10 normal controls. All measurements were performed in the frontal lobe (FL) and lenticular nuclei (LN) using a conventional sequence for n-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and glutamate (Glu), and the MEGA-editing method for GABA. The GABA level and [GABA]/[NAA] ratio were significantly lower (p < 0.01) in the FL, but not the LN, in patients with autism compared to normal controls. The [GABA]/[Glu] ratio in the FL was also significantly lower (p < 0.05) in the patients than in the normal controls, thus suggesting a possible abnormality in the regulation between GABA and Glu. (Keyword) Analysis of Variance / Aspartic Acid / Autistic Disorder / Child / Child, Preschool / Corpus Striatum / Frontal Lobe / Glutamic Acid / Humans / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1007/s10803-010-1065-0 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20652388 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20652388 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1007/s10803-010-1065-0 (DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1065-0, PubMed: 20652388)
40.	Yukie Iwasa, 橋本俊顕, 津田芳見 and Kenji Mori : Autonomic activity changes in frontal lobe function tests in young adults with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorder, The Autonomic Nervous System, Vol.47, No.2, 132-137, 2010. (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.023 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1572543025869104640 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.023 (DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.023, CiNii: 1572543025869104640)
41.	原田勝博, Yasutoshi Hida, Yoshiaki Kubo, Shin-ichi Ansai, Seiji Arase, 郷司彩, Yoshihiro Touda and Kenji Mori : 滑脳症を伴ったHypomelanosis of Itoの1例, Hifuka No Rinsho, Vol.52, No.3, 429-431, 2010. (Keyword) *色素異常症(合併症,診断) (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1520010380961087616 (CiNii: 1520010380961087616)
42.	Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori, Toshiaki Hashimoto, Masahito Miyazaki, Satoshi Nozaki, Yasuyoshi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Kuroda and Shoji Kagami : Administration of secretin for autism alters dopamine metabolism in the central nervous system., Brain & Development, Vol.28, No.2, 99-103, 2005. (Summary) We evaluated the clinical effects of intravenously administered secretin in 12 children with autism (age range: 4-6 years, median age: 9 years, boy:girl=8:4). In addition, we investigated the association between improvement in symptoms and changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homovanillic acid (HVA),5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA), and 6R-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin (BH(4)) levels after administration. After administration of secretin, the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) score improved in 7 of the 12 children. However, the score deteriorated in 2 of the 12 children (in the item of 'restricted and repetitive, stereotyped interests and behaviors'). The HVA and BH(4) levels in CSF were increased in all children with improvement in the ADI-R score. In contrast, no patient without the elevation of the BH(4) level showed improvement in the score. These findings suggest that secretin activated metabolic turnover of dopamine in the central nervous system via BH(4), improving symptoms. (Keyword) Autistic Disorder / Biopterin / central nervous system / children / Child, Preschool / dopamine / Female / Homovanillic Acid / Hormones / Humans / Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Male / Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Secretin / Time Factors (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.05.005 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 16168596 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 16168596 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.05.005 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.05.005, PubMed: 16168596)
43.	Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori, Toshiaki Hashimoto, Masahito Miyazaki and Yasuhiro Kuroda : [Efficacy of secretin for the treatment of autism]., No to Hattatsu, Vol.36, No.4, 289-295, 2004. (Summary) We administered secretin intravenously to 14 patients with autism (9 to 14 years, 10 males; 4 females), and evaluated its clinical effect. We also measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxy-indole-3-acetic acid (5HIAA) before and after 4 weeks treatment, and compared them with the grade of improvement of the clinical symptoms assessed by the scores of Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R). After injection of secretin, the ADI-R score increased in 8 patients, but declined in 3. Improvement was observed in functions such as sociability (interpersonal relationships), communication and speech improved, whereas in the others. symptoms such as hyperkinesias and stereotyped behavior became worse. The CSF levels of HVA was significantly increased in all of the patients showing an improvement in the ADI-R score. SHIAA levels also tended to increase, although this increase was not significant. These findings suggest that secretin promotes the metabolism of serotonin and dopamine in the central nervous system, which may contribute to improvement in clinical symptoms of autism. (Keyword) Adolescent / Autistic Disorder / children / Child, Preschool / Female / Homovanillic Acid / Humans / Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Interview, Psychological / Male / Secretin (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 15272612 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 15272612 (PubMed: 15272612)
44.	Mayumi Takeuchi, Masafumi Harada, Kenji Matsuzaki, Hiromu Nishitani and Kenji Mori : Difference of signal change by a language task on autistic patients using functional MRI, The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.51, No.1-2, 59-62, 2004. (Summary) OBJECTIVE: Cerebral function with a language task was evaluated by functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the differences of activated pattern and signal changes were compared between autistic patients and normal controls. METHODS: Ten autistic and ten normal subjects were tested by fMRI with a language task requiring the attribution of complex mental states. Activation maps analyzed between two groups were generated and the asymmetry indexes calculated by the quotient of activated pixels of the right frontal lobe divided by those of the left frontal lobe were statistically compared by unpaired t-test. RESULTS: Both the autistic and the normal subjects showed activation at the bilateral prefrontal cortical areas and the ventral occipito-temporal regions. However, the autistic patients demonstrated more activation at the right frontal lobe than the normal controls. Thus it was considered that in the autistic patients the right-hemisphere was more dominant for the language task than that of the normal controls. The result is consist to the theory that autism is related to early left-hemisphere dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: We considered that fMRI may be a useful non-invasive method to evaluate the cerebral functional abnormality in autistic patients. (Keyword) Adolescent / Autistic Disorder / Brain / Case-Control Studies / Child / Female / Humans / Language / Language Tests / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Male (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 110715 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.51.59 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 15000257 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 15000257 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.51.59 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 110715, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.51.59, PubMed: 15000257)

Academic Paper (Unrefereed Paper):

1.	二宮瑞稀, 岡田勝彦, 小山萌歌, 篠原優香, 篠原ゆきの, 髙畑直紀, 武田衣織, 中内洋介, 藤田真由美, 三谷勝, 森拓麻, 浅野登 and Kenji Mori : 当院における機能性構音障害の実態∼訓練が長期化する要因∼．, 小児保健とくしま, No.28, 2021.
2.	森慶子, 野﨑夏江, 河井ちひろ, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時における脳血流動態-NIRSおよび心拍変動を用いた解析-．, 小児保健とくしま, No.28, 2021.
3.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, Kaoru Furukawa, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiromichi Ito, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda and Shoji Kagami : 脳科学から読み解く発達障害, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.26, 10-18, 2018.
4.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi, Saori Kamishirakawa, 増矢幸子, Hiroe Tani, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 子育ての支援が必要な家族に関するリスク要因の検討, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.25, 36-38, 2017.
5.	Mio Kajiyoshi, Kikuko Okuda, Hiroe Tani and Kenji Mori : 食物アレルギーを持つ就学前の子供の母親の不安とソーシャルサポート, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.25, 15-20, 2017. (Keyword) 食物アレルギー / 母親 / ソーシャルサポート
6.	Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 妊婦へのDVの実態と地域連携支援, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.24, 5-8, 2016.
7.	Saori Iwamoto, 岡本玲子, Miyuki Tada, Yasuko Matsushita, Hiroe Tani, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 徳島県内に居住する幼児をもつ母親の育児支援ニーズ~自由記載の分析から, 小児保健とくしま, No.24, 23-29, 2016.
8.	岡本真実子, Kikuko Okuda, Kenji Mori and Hiroko Hashimoto : 養護教諭がとらえた1型糖尿病の子どもをとりまく環境, 小児保健とくしま, No.24, 17-22, 2016.
9.	森慶子, 余郷裕次, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : NIRSによる読書能力評価-黙読速度と前頭葉脳血流動態との関連より-, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.24, 11-16, 2016.
10.	Y Funakoshi, M Harada, H Otsuka, Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito and T Iwanaga : Default mode network abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder detected by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging., The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.63, No.3-4, 204-208, 2016. (Summary) The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the functional connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) in normal aging and in children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) by using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) and independent component analysis. Thirty-one healthy controls (HC) in four age groups (1-3, 4-8, 20-29, and 50-59 years) and 14 childhood ASD cases (1-8 years of age) were examined by rsfMRI echo-planar imaging on a clinical 3-T MRI scanner. Imaging of all children (1-8 years) was conducted under sedation, while adults were scanned in the awake state with eyes closed. The regions of DMN functional connectivity in the bilateral inferior parietal lobule and posterior cingulate cortex were smaller in HC children than in HC adults, and smaller in the ASD group than in the HC children. It is possible to observe developmental and pathological changes in the DMN by rsfMRI. Reduced DMN functional connectivity in children may be a useful biomarker for ASD diagnosis. J. Med. Invest. 63: 204-208, August, 2016. (Keyword) Adult / Autism Spectrum Disorder / Child / Child, Preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Male / Middle Aged / Nerve Net (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 111182 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.63.204 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 27644559 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 27644559 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.63.204 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 111182, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.63.204, PubMed: 27644559)
11.	Nakakubo Moeko, Kikuko Okuda, Yukie Iwasa and Kenji Mori : 情緒障害児短期治療施設入所児童への性教育の効果と自己肯定感の関連, 小児保健とくしま, No.23, 17-23, 2015.
12.	森慶子, 余郷裕次, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 中学生に対する絵本の読み聞かせの効果に関する研究, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.23, 28-33, 2015.
13.	Reiko Okahisa, Miyuki Tada, Yasuko Matsushita, Saori Iwamoto, Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi and Kenji Mori : 母親が感じる育てにくさとレジリエンスの関連, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.23, 11-16, 2015.
14.	Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi, Kenji Mori, Reiko Okahisa, Miyuki Tada, Yasuko Matsushita and Saori Iwamoto : 母親の''子どもに関する困りごと''と''育てにくさ''の関連, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.23, 5-10, 2015.
15.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Tatsuo Mori, A Goji and Shoji Kagami : Case of early childhood-onset narcolepsy with cataplexy: comparison with a monozygotic co-twin., Pediatrics International, Vol.56, No.5, 789-793, 2014. (Summary) We describe here a rare case of early childhood-onset (5 years of age) narcolepsy. This case was interesting because of the ability to compare the patient's symptoms to the condition of her healthy monozygotic co-twin sister. The only environmental difference between the co-twins was head injury, which may be associated with the presence of narcolepsy. The co-twin was extroverted, sociable, reliable, and dexterous. In contrast, the patient could be described as introverted, gentle, honest and persevering, but was weak at conversation, assessment of a situation, memory, planning, activity (she was inactive), a sense of time, understanding of an analog clock, operating efficiency, and physical education (due to obesity). The sisters showed the same degree of appetite and dexterity with their fingers. Narcolepsy is often under-recognized or underdiagnosed, especially when the onset occurs in childhood. When we observe preschoolers with excessive daytime sleepiness, we should consider the possibility of narcolepsy with cataplexy. (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1111/ped.12377 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25336002 ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84939224466 (DOI: 10.1111/ped.12377, PubMed: 25336002, Elsevier: Scopus)
16.	宮崎雅仁, 西村美緒, 村川和義, Kenji Mori and Toshiaki Hashimoto : プライマリケアに活用できる簡易版就学前幼児(4~6歳)用発達障害チェック・リスト作成の試み, 小児の精神と神経, Vol.53, No.4, 333-341, 2014. (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1523106605459446016 (CiNii: 1523106605459446016)
17.	Kenji Mori : 発達障害の脳内機序とその治療, 小児保健とくしま, Vol.20, 29-33, 2012.
18.	宮崎雅仁, 森達夫, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠陥/多動性障害の神経生理学的研究, 外来小児科, Vol.14, 24-28, 2011.
19.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Miho Sakata, Etsuo Naito, M Harada and Shoji Kagami : Transient left temporal lobe lesion in Menkes disease may influence the generation of tonic spasms., Brain & Development, Vol.33, No.4, 345-348, 2011. (Summary) We report a 7-month-old boy with Menkes disease who presented West syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed atrophy of the frontal and parietal lobes, subdural hematoma on the right side, and left temporal lobe lesion (low intensity in T1-weighted imaging (T1-WI), high intensity in T2-weighted imaging (T2-WI) and low intensity in diffusion-weighted imaging (DW-I)) at 7 months of age. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was 1.68×10(-3)mm(2)/s in the left temporal lobe lesion and 1.15×10(-3)mm(2)/s on the contralateral side. (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) revealed a decrease in N-acetylaspartate/(creatine+phosphocreatine) (NAA/Cr) (0.71) and a lactate peak in the left temporal lobe lesion. At 8 months of age, the left temporal lobe lesion disappeared, the ADC of this lesion was within the normal range (1.10×10(-3)mm(2)/s), and (1)H-MRS revealed a slight increase in NAA/Cr (1.12) and disappearance of the lactate peak. We suspected that the transient temporal lobe lesion in Menkes disease was mainly vasogenic edema. Electroencephalography (EEG) revealed left hemisphere dominant hypsarrhythmia and slowing in the left hemisphere. Ictal EEG revealed generalized slow wave burst with P3, T3 spike antecedence and the antecedent spike was consistent with left temporal lobe lesion. After disappearance of the left temporal lobe lesion, tonic spasms disappeared and EEG findings improved. In this case, the clinical course and ictal EEG suggested that epileptic activity from the left temporal lobe lesion may have given rise to tonic spasms. (Keyword) Electroencephalography / Humans / Infant / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Male / Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome / Seizures / Spasms, Infantile / Temporal Lobe (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.05.009 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 21382542 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 21382542 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.05.009 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.05.009, PubMed: 21382542)
20.	Emiko Fujii, Kenji Mori, Masahito Miyazaki, Toshiaki Hashimoto, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : Function of the frontal lobe in autistic individuals: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic study, The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.57, No.1,2, 35-44, 2010. (Summary) In this investigation, we studied differences in chemical metabolites in certain brain regions between autistic patients and normal control subjects. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) was used to evaluate functional activity in these regions. Specific regions studied were right and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex(DLPFC) and the anterior cingulated cortex(ACC). In the ACC, the N-acetylaspartate(NAA)/creatine/phosphocreatine(Cr) ratio in autistic patients (n=31) was significantly lower than that in control subjects (n=28). The decrease in the NAA/Cr ratio for the ACC was much greater in the group with worst social ability. NAA/Cr for the left DLPFC and social ability of autistic patients also correlated well. Furthermore, NAA/Cr for the left DLPFC in the group with intelligence quotient (IQ) below 50 was significantly less than in controls. NAA/Cr for the right DLPFC in autistic patients was not decreased compared to controls, and did not correlate with IQ or social ability. These findings suggest neuronal dysfunction in the ACC and left DLPFC in autism, and also a relationship between social disability and metabolic dysfunction in these regions. Dysfunction in the ACC and the left DLPFC may contribute to the pathogenesis of autism. (Keyword) Adolescent / Aspartic Acid / Autistic Disorder / Child / Child, Preschool / Choline / Creatine / Female / Frontal Lobe / Humans / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Male / Prefrontal Cortex / Protons (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 77403 (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.57.35 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20299741 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20299741 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.57.35 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 77403, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.57.35, PubMed: 20299741)

Review, Commentary:

1.	Kenji Mori : 近赤外線スペクトロスコピー(NIRS)によって解き明かす神経発達症・心身症, 小児心身症研究, No.29, 5-11, Jun. 2023. (Keyword) near infrared spectroscopy / 神経発達症 / 心身症
2.	Shoji Kagami and Kenji Mori : 最新育児小児病学(改訂第7版), Mar. 2018.
3.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito and Yoshihiro Touda : Ⅵ.発達障害,心身症,精神疾患. 22.憤怒けいれん., Japanese Journal of Pediatric Medicine, Vol.48, 834-836, 2016.
4.	Kenji Mori, 阿部容子, Tatsuo Mori, Hiromichi Ito and Yoshihiro Touda : [てんかん] ピンポイント小児医療てんかんの診断青年期以降にみられるてんかん., 小児内科, Vol.47, No.9, 1468-1470, 2015.
5.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito and Yoshihiro Touda : [けいれん・意識障害] ピンポイント小児医療てんかん，脳の機能的疾患憤怒けいれん, Japanese Journal of Pediatric Medicine, Vol.46, No.9, 1342-1344, Sep. 2014.
6.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito and Yoshihiro Touda : [扁桃体-up to date] 扁桃体とその病態自閉症スペクトラムにおける扁桃体, Clinical Neuroscience, Vol.32, No.6, 690-692, Jun. 2014.
7.	Kenji Mori : Neuroimaging in autism, Psychiatria et neurologia paediatrica Japonica, Vol.51, No.1, 32-34, Mar. 2011. (Keyword) 自閉症 / 脳体積 / ミラーニューロン / 扁桃体 / プロトンMRS (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1522825129874970496 (CiNii: 1522825129874970496)
8.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : Neuroimaging of stroke-like episodes in MELAS., Brain & Development, Vol.33, No.4, 283-288, 2011. (Summary) Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) shows sudden neurological deficits that are called 'stroke-like episodes'. With regard to the pathophysiology of stroke-like episodes, so-called mitochondrial angiopathy and cytopathy theories have been proposed, but the subject is still controversial. To clarify this matter and to contribute to the development of a treatment for MELAS, we review here current neuroimaging research and consider the pathophysiology of stroke-like lesions. With regard to diffusion-weighted imaging findings, early reports often showed an elevated apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in stroke-like lesions; this was considered to be mainly vasogenic edema in the acute phase and is a different pattern than that in stroke. However, there has recently been an increase in the number of reports of a decrease in ADC; these cases are considered to be cytotoxic edema in the acute phase, which is compatible with stroke. With regard to (1)H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings in stroke-like lesions, a decrease in N-acetylaspartate and an increase in lactate have been reported. With regard to single photon emission computed tomography findings for stroke-like lesions in MELAS, an overall trend is hyperperfusion in the acute stage (within 1 month) of stroke-like episodes and hypoperfusion in the chronic stage (several months later). With regard to positron emission tomography, nearly all of these reports are consistent with the mitochondrial cytopathy theory. With regard to neuropathology in MELAS, the most common findings during the chronic stage of stroke-like episodes include foci of necrosis and peculiar vascular changes (abnormalities of mitochondria in small arteries). Concerning the pathology of the acute stage of stroke-like episodes, extensive petechial hemorrhage along the gyri of the cortex corresponding to acute stroke-like lesions has been reported. To clarify the true pathophysiology of stroke-like episodes, we offer three suggestions. First, we must define the precise onset of stroke-like episodes. Second, current studies are limited by the difficulty of imaging just before and just after (within a few minutes) the onset of stroke-like episodes. Third, we hope to establish an experimental animal model. We should conduct a simultaneous multimodal imaging and histological study just before and just after (within a few minutes) the onset of stroke-like episodes in an experimental animal model. (Keyword) Animals / Diagnostic Imaging / Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Humans / MELAS Syndrome / Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Positron-Emission Tomography / Stroke / Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon (Link to Publication Site) ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.06.010 (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20609541 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20609541 ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.06.010 (DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.06.010, PubMed: 20609541)
9.	Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 森達夫, 郷司彩, 福本礼, 成瀬進, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : Mild cognitive dysfunction and nuclear neurology, Clinical Electroencephalography, Vol.52, No.6, 332-338, Jun. 2010. (Keyword) 自閉症スペクトラム / アスペルガー障害 / 脳血流SPECT / 123I-iomazenil SPECT / PET (Link to Search Site for Scientific Articles) ● CiNii @ National Institute of Informatics (CRID): 1522262180046838656 (CiNii: 1522262180046838656)
10.	Kenji Mori : 疾患に対する薬剤の選び方・使い方と注意:自閉症, 小児内科, Vol.42, 764-767, 2010.
11.	Kenji Mori : 自閉症スペクトラムへの対応ー児の将来を年頭に:医療的対応, 脳と発達, Vol.42, 199-203, 2010.

Proceeding of International Conference:

1.	Yuko Tanaka, Kotera Sayaka, Kikuko Okuda, Yumiko Ishii, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : Relationship between General Physical Complaints and Anxieties of Foreign-rooted Adolescents in Japan, Proglam and abstract book The 4th International Joint Coference on Nursing Science, Seoul, Oct. 2023. (Keyword) Foreign-rooted Adolescents
2.	Tsuneo Ninomiya, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, Sachiko Masuya and Hiroe Tani : Preschool childrens sand-play activity may reveal poor parenting/maltreatment, XXII Congress of International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Sep. 2018.
3.	Hiroe Tani, Hiroko Hashimoto, Fukuda Naoya, Ueta Mika, Moriuchi Hiromi, Kumi Takahashi, Sachiko Masuya, Sachi Kishida and Kenji Mori : Caps activities at a maternity and perinatal care unit in Japan, XXII Congress of International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Sep. 2018.
4.	Aya Gohji, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, S Hisaoka, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Y Abe, M Miyazaki and Shoji Kagami : Metabolic dysfunction in anterior cingulate cortex using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy in Asperger's syndrome., Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, May 2016.
5.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : Identifying Risk Factors Leading to Serious Conditions among Parents with Parenting Stress, Anxiety, 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2015.
6.	Nakakubo Moeko, Kikuko Okuda, Yukie Iwasa, Hiroe Tani, Kenji Mori, Kyoko Osaka and Kumiko Miyazaki : Approach to Development of an Effective Sex Education Program to Improve Self-Efficacy of Battered Children, 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2015.
7.	Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kikuko Okuda, Yukie Iwasa, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : The Present Condition and Tasks Related to Child Consultation Center Cases in One Prefecture, 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2015.
8.	Keiko Miyoshi, Taigo Horiguchi, Ayako Tanimura, Hiroko Hagita, Yoshihiro Touda, Shoji Kagami, Kenji Mori, Daisuke Tsuji, Kouji Itou and Takafumi Noma : Gaucher disease caused by possible atypical mechanism, Gordon Research Conference, USA,Texas,Galveston(Hotel Galvez), Mar. 2015.
9.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, 藤原敏孝, Yoshiteru Tada, Kohhei Nakajima, Teruyoshi Kageji, 飯田幸治, Shinji Nagahiro, 高橋幸利 and Shoji Kagami : VNSにより発作頻度，認知行動面に改善が認められたAERRPSの1例, 第9回日本てんかん学会中国・四国地方会, Feb. 2015.
10.	Takashi Kaji, Kenji Mori, Souichirou Nakayama, Ryuuji Mitani, Kazuhisa Maeda, Shoji Kagami and Minoru Irahara : Prenatal diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the portal vein with absence of ductus venosus : A case report, 20th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prague, Czech, Oct. 2010.
11.	Mayumi Takeuchi, Masafumi Harada, Hiromu Nishitani and Kenji Mori : Differences of activated area and hemodynamic response between autistic patients and normal subjects evaluated by fMRI with a language task using independent component analysis and t-test, ISMRM 2003, Toronto, Jul. 2003.

Proceeding of Domestic Conference:

1.	Kenji Mori : 虐待診療における医療倫理, 第75回中国四国小児科学会, Oct. 2023. (Keyword) child abuse / 医療倫理 / 診療
2.	Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 保育の現場における気になる子どもへの遊びの援助を通しての子育て支援の検討ー箱庭遊びの実践より―, 小児保健とくしま, No.30, Sep. 2023. (Keyword) 箱庭 / 保育 / 子育て支援
3.	三谷勝, 岡田勝彦, 藤田真由美, 武田衣織, 坂本優香, 篠原ゆきの, 浅野登 and Kenji Mori : 機能性構音障害と読み書きの関連性について―読み書きの症状チェック表より考察ー, 小児保健とくしま, No.30, Sep. 2023. (Keyword) 機能性構音障害 / 読み書きの症状チェック表
4.	森慶子, Kenji Mori, 野崎夏江, 岡本里恵, Fumiko Murao, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Takahiro Tayama, Aya Gohji and Tatsuo Mori : 個別学習支援を行った限局性学習症を有する子どもの脳機能評価, 小児保健とくしま, No.30, Sep. 2023. (Keyword) 限局性学習症 / 脳機能評価 / NIRS
5.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, 野崎夏江, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Takahiro Tayama, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : 読字障害を有する小学1年生におけるNIRSを用いた脳機能評価, 第65回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Vol.55, 353, May 2023. (Keyword) 読字障害 / 脳機能評価 / NIRS
6.	Tatsuo Mori, Yoshiteru Tada, Masahito Nakataki, Takahiro Tayama, Aya Gohji, Yoshihiro Touda, Toshitaka Fujihara, Hiroki Yamazaki and Kenji Mori : 徳島大学病院てんかんセンターにおけるトランジションの現状と今後の課題, 第10回全国てんかんセンター協議会総会栃木大会 2023, Mar. 2023.
7.	Yoshiteru Tada, Masahito Nakataki, Tatsuo Mori, Toshitaka Fujihara, Aya Gohji, Hiroki Yamazaki, 泉千恵, 高尾里沙, 多田雅美, 阿部修司, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : 地方におけるてんかん支援拠点病院の役割, 第10回全国てんかんセンター協議会, Feb. 2023.
8.	Takahiro Tayama, Tatsuo Mori, 郷司彩, 東田好広, Kenji Mori and Maki Urushihara : 当科におけるWest症候群に対するvigabatrinの使用経験, No to Hattatsu, Vol.54, No.6, 455, Jul. 2022.
9.	Mai Azumi, Kohhei Nakajima, 大野卓也, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : けいれん重積型急性脳症に類似した症状を呈し，West症候群に移行した乳児頭部外傷の1例, 第50回日本小児神経外科学会, Jun. 2022.
10.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, 野﨑夏江, 河井ちひろ, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 伊藤弘道, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : Evaluation of brain function in dyslexic children : a near-infrared spectroscopy study, 第64回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2022. (Keyword) 読字障害 / NIRS / 脳機能評価
11.	Kenji Mori : 近赤外線スペクトロスコピー(NIRS)によって解き明かす神経発達症・心身症, 第29回日本小児心身医学会中国四国地方会学術集会, May 2022.
12.	平野愛子, 北村愛里, 重根裕代, 川原みゆき, Toshitaka Fujihara, Yoshiteru Tada, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : 長時間ビデオ脳波モニタリング実施時の発作時観察力向上のための取り組み∼発作観察時のビデオ作成発作時対応のシミュレーションの実施∼., , Mar. 2022.
13.	高尾里沙, 多田雅美, 安部修司, Masahito Nakataki, Tatsuo Mori, Toshitaka Fujihara, Yoshiteru Tada, Hiroki Yamazaki and Kenji Mori : てんかん相談における徳島県の現状の把握と今後の課題., 第9回全国てんかんセンター協議会総会鹿児島大会, Mar. 2022.
14.	Yoshiteru Tada, Masahito Nakataki, Tatsuo Mori, Toshitaka Fujihara, Aya Gohji, Hiroki Yamazaki, 高尾里沙, 泉千恵, 多田雅美, 安部修司 and Kenji Mori : 今後の徳島県におけるてんかん地域診療連携整備事業の展望について, 第9回全国てんかんセンター協議会総会, Mar. 2022.
15.	Kenji Mori : 限局性学習症(読字障害)における神経生理-近赤外線スペクトロスコピー(NIRS)による解析-．, 第51回日本臨床神経生理学会学術大会シンポジウム31, Dec. 2021.
16.	Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 保育の現場における気になる子どもへの遊びの援助を通しての子育て支援の検討 -箱庭あそびの実践より-, 日本子ども虐待防止学会第27回学術集会, Dec. 2021.
17.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, 野﨑夏江, 河井ちひろ, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : 読字活動時における脳反応について―NIRSによる解析―．, 第63回日本小児神経学会学術集会, May 2021.
18.	Kenji Mori : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時における脳反応について-NIRSによる検討-, 第38回日本小児心身医学会学術集会, Sep. 2020.
19.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, 高橋久美, Saori Kamishirakawa, 河合ちひろ, Hiroko Hashimoto, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時における脳反応について-NIRS および心拍変動を用いた解析-, 第62回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Aug. 2020.
20.	Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, Toshitaka Kawarai, 藤田京志, 松本直通 and Kenji Mori : 薬剤抵抗性てんかんを合併したARID1B 遺伝子欠失を伴うCoffin-Siris症候群の女児例., 第31回日本小児神経学会中国・四国地方会, Jul. 2020.
21.	Yoshiteru Tada, Yoshihiro Touda, Masahito Nakataki, Toshitaka Fujihara, 森達夫, Aya Gohji, 飯田幸治, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : 徳島県におけるてんかん地域診療連携整備事業の活動状況, 第7回全国てんかんセンター協議会広島大会, Feb. 2020.
22.	Masahito Nakataki, Hiroaki Edo, Yoshiteru Tada, Yoshihiro Touda, Toshitaka Fujihara, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, Kenji Mori and Tetsuro Ohmori : てんかん発作や精神症状と関連しない生活の質, 第53回日本てんかん学会学術集会, Nov. 2019.
23.	Yoshiteru Tada, Yoshihiro Touda, Masahito Nakataki, Toshitaka Fujihara, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 飯田幸治, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : 徳島県におけるてんかん地域診療連携整備事業の紹介, 第53回日本てんかん学会学術集会, Oct. 2019.
24.	Kenji Mori : 発達障害の理解と支援, 日本小児歯科学会専門医セミナー, Sep. 2019.
25.	Kenji Mori : NIRS(近赤外線スペクトロスコピー;near-infrared spectroscopy )によって解き明かす神経発達症, 第152回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Jun. 2019.
26.	Kenji Mori, 森慶子, Kumi Takahashi, Saori Kamishirakawa and Hiroko Hashimoto : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時における脳反応について-NIRSによる検討-, 第27回日本小児心身医学会中国四国地方会, Jun. 2019.
27.	Tatsuo Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Aya Gohji, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラム症におけるArterial Spin Labeling法を用いた脳血流評価, 第61回日本小児神経学会学術集会, May 2019.
28.	Kenji Mori, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : NIRSを用いた読字課題時の前頭葉機能評価, 第61回日本小児神経学会学術集会, May 2019.
29.	Yoshiteru Tada, Toshitaka Fujihara, Kohhei Nakajima, Kenji Mori and Yasushi Takagi : 高齢発症てんかんの臨床的特徴，新規抗てんかん薬の効果, 日本脳神経外科学会第77回学術総会, Oct. 2018.
30.	Kenji Mori, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 多チャンネルNIRSを用いた表情処理過程の解析, 第60回日本小児神経学会学術集会, May 2018.
31.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, 久岡園花, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 高見容子, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 自閉スペクトラム症の頭部1H-MRSによる検討―前部帯状回と左小脳について―, 第60回日本小児神経学会学術集会, May 2018.
32.	Yoshiteru Tada, Toshitaka Fujihara, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori, 飯田幸治, Junichiro Satomi and Yasushi Takagi : 術前精査中にバルブロ酸の追加が著効したrolandic crtical dysplasiaに1例, 第41回日本てんかん外科学会, Jan. 2018.
33.	Tsuneo Ninomiya, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, Sachiko Masuya, Reiko Okahisa and Kenji Mori : ''箱庭あそび''の作品に表現される子どもの家庭環境ー子育て支援に役立てる試みー, 日本子ども虐待防止学会第23回学術集会, 221, Dec. 2017.
34.	Kaoru Furukawa, Kenji Mori, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi, Saori Kamishirakawa, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラムにおけるNIRSを用いた表情処理過程の評価, 第118回日本小児精神神経学会, 10, Nov. 2017. (Keyword) 自閉症スペクトラム / NIRS / 表情処理 / 脳機能評価
35.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Kumi Takahashi, Saori Kamishirakawa, 増矢幸子, Hiroe Tani, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 子育ての支援が必要な家族に関するリスク要因の検討, 徳島県小児保健協会第59回講演会, Sep. 2017.
36.	Mio Kajiyoshi, Kikuko Okuda, Hiroe Tani and Kenji Mori : 食物アレルギーを持つ就学前の子供の母親の不安とソーシャルサポート, 徳島県小児保健協会第59回講演会, Sep. 2017. (Keyword) 食物アレルギー / 母親 / ソーシャルサポート
37.	Maiko Sasayama, Akari Ootsuka, Kumi Takahashi, Hiroko Hashimoto and Kenji Mori : 外国人留学生が日本で育児を行う上での困り事とニーズ, 小児保健とくしま第59回講演会, Sep. 2017. (Keyword) 外国人留学生 / 育児支援 / 困り事 / ニーズ
38.	Kenji Mori : 自閉症スペクトラムの脳機能評価, 第59回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2017.
39.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 阿部容子, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠如・多動症におけるてんかん・脳波異常の検討, 第59回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2017.
40.	Kenji Mori, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : NIRSによる読字能力評価 - 無意味単語速読・単語逆唱課題による検討 -, 第59回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2017.
41.	鈴木智子, Aya Gohji, Tatsuo Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : フェノバルビタール大量投与が奏功した皮質形成異常を認める難治性てんかんの一例, 第34回四国小児神経症例検討会, Sep. 2016.
42.	Aya Gohji, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, 久岡園花, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, 阿部容子, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : Metabolic alteration in the brain of Asperger`s syndrome by using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy, 第58回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2016.
43.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, 阿部容子, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 言語活動時の前頭葉血流動態 -NIRSによる黙読・音読時の比較-, 第58回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2016.
44.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 阿部容子, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラム障害におけるてんかん・脳波異常の検討, 第58回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2016.
45.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, 久岡園花, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, Aya Gohji, 阿部容子, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラム障害における頭部MRI所見の目視的検討, 第58回日本小児神経学会学術集会, Jun. 2016.
46.	Kenji Mori : やさしい小児神経疾患のみかた, 第57回日本神経学会学術大会, May 2016.
47.	Reiko Okahisa, Saori Iwamoto, Hiroe Tani, Yasuko Matsushita, Miyuki Tada, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, Ayako Mizumoto, Mamiko Okamoto and Riho Masaki : 子どもの時の家庭環境と，育てにくさ，レジリエンスの関係, 日本子ども虐待防止学会第21回学術集会にいがた大会プログラム・抄録集, 195, Nov. 2015.
48.	Yoshiteru Tada, 藤原敏孝, Kohhei Nakajima, Teruyoshi Kageji, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, 香川幸太, 飯田幸治 and Shinji Nagahiro : 発作時に過呼吸をきたす前頭葉てんかんの1例, 第49回日本てんかん学会学術集会, Oct. 2015.
49.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda and 宮崎雅仁 : 近赤外線スペクトロスコピーを用いた表情処理過程の評価, 第57回日本小児神経学会, May 2015.
50.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, Yoshihiro Touda, Tatsuo Mori, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠如・多動性障害(AD/HD)における頭部1H-MRS所見左小脳半球について, 第57回日本小児神経学会, May 2015.
51.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, 富永早百合, Kenji Mori and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 周産期におけるDV被害妊産婦のアセスメントに関する文献検討, 第20回日本子ども虐待防止学会学術集会, Sep. 2014.
52.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠如・多動性障害における近赤外線スペクトロスコピーを用いた前頭葉機能評価, 第56回日本小児神経学会, May 2014.
53.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠如・多動性障害における前頭葉抑制機能不全近赤外線スペクトロスコピーによる検討, 第56回日本小児神経学会, May 2014.
54.	山口真司, Kohhei Nakajima, Yoshifumi Mizobuchi, Teruyoshi Kageji, Shinji Nagahiro, Hiromichi Ito and Kenji Mori : 進行性頭囲拡大を呈した乳児外傷性脳内出血の1例, 第77回(一社)日本脳神経外科学会中国四国支部学術集会, Apr. 2014.
55.	Hiroe Tani, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, 川西節子, 森内洋美, 桑内敬子 and Tsuneo Ninomiya : 妊娠期における助産師によるDVのアセスメントと課題, 日本子ども虐待防止学会第19回学術集会信州大会抄録集, 249, Dec. 2013.
56.	Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 慢性チック様症状を認め，Sandifer症候群が疑われる1例, 第31回四国小児神経症例検討会, Aug. 2013.
57.	永井隆, 万野朱美, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : ネフローゼ症候群を呈したCockayne症候群の一例, 第48回日本小児腎臓病学会学術集会, Jun. 2013.
58.	宮崎雅仁, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 簡易版就学前幼児(4-6歳)用発達障害チェック・リスト:5歳児健診での有用性の検討, 第55回日本小児神経学会, May 2013.
59.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, 森達夫, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠如多動性障害における近赤外線スペクトロスコピーを用いた前頭葉機能解析, 第55回日本小児神経学会, May 2013.
60.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, 森達夫 and Shoji Kagami : ノロウイルス脳症に横紋筋融解症を合併した1例, 第55回日本小児神経学会, May 2013.
61.	Yoshihiro Touda, 島川清司, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : レベチラセタム中断時に発作群発を来した難治てんかんの一例, 第55回日本小児神経学会, Apr. 2013.
62.	永井隆, 万野朱美, Maki Urushihara, Kenji Mori, Shuji Kondo and Shoji Kagami : ネフローゼ症候群を呈したCockayne症候群の一例, 第116回日本小児科学会学術集会, Apr. 2013.
63.	Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 森達夫, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 結節性硬化症のin vivo 1H-MRSによる検討, 第7回日本てんかん学会中国・四国地方会, Feb. 2013.
64.	Hiromichi Ito, Maki Urushihara, Yukiko Kinoshita, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori, Tatsuo Mori, Ken-ichi Suga, Kazuhiro Mori and Shoji Kagami : 横紋筋融解症をきたしたノロウイルス性急性脳症の1例, The Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, Vol.117, No.3, 655, 2013.
65.	万野朱美, 永井隆, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : ネフローゼ症候群を呈したCockayne症候群の一例, 第139回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2012.
66.	Hiromichi Ito, Maki Urushihara, Yukiko Kinoshita, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori, 森達夫, Shoji Kagami, Ken-ichi Suga and Kazuhiro Mori : 横紋筋融解症を合併した急性脳症の1例, 第139回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2012.
67.	Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, Kenji Mori, Maiko Imamura and Sachi Kishida : DVによる子どもへの心理的虐待の現状と支援の課題-4歳までの虐待通告事例における心理的虐待以外との比較から-, 日本子ども虐待防止学会第18回学術集会高知りょうま大会, Dec. 2012.
68.	永井隆, 万野朱美, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : ネフローゼ症候群を呈したCockayne症候群の一例, 第29回中国四国小児腎臓病学会, Nov. 2012.
69.	Hiromichi Ito, Maki Urushihara, Yukiko Kinoshita, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori, 森達夫, Ken-ichi Suga, Kazuhiro Mori and Shoji Kagami : 横紋筋融解症をきたしたノロウイルス性急性脳症の1例, 第64回日本小児科学会中国四国地方会, Nov. 2012.
70.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, 郷司彩, Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 絵本の読み聞かせの脳に及ぼす効果-NIRSによる評価-, 第17回認知神経科学会学術集会, Sep. 2012.
71.	Kenji Mori : 特別講演発達障害の脳内機序とその治療, 第54回徳島県小児保健協会総会, Sep. 2012.
72.	Hiromichi Ito, Yoshihiro Touda, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 慢性進行性外眼筋麻痺症候群 (CPEO) が疑われる1例, 第30回四国小児神経症例検討会, Sep. 2012.
73.	Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 永井隆, Miho Sakata, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : West症候群を合併した21番染色体部分異常の1例, 第48回日本小児循環器学会総会・学術集会, Jul. 2012.
74.	藤岡啓介, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, 永井隆, Miho Sakata, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : West症候群を合併した21番染色体部分異常の1例, 第138回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Jun. 2012.
75.	宮崎雅仁, 森達夫, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : アトモキセチンが睡眠関連併存障害に有効であった注意欠陥/多動性障害, 第54回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2012.
76.	Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Masafumi Harada, 森達夫, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : AD/HD脳のおける1H-MRSによる各種代謝物質濃度の検討, 第54回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2012.
77.	Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, 森達夫, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁, 原田雅史 and Shoji Kagami : 絵本の読み聞かせ時の前頭葉活動 -近赤外線スペクトロスコピーによる評価-, 第54回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2012.
78.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, 郷司彩, 宮崎雅仁, 原田雅史, 黒澤健司 and Shoji Kagami : 継時的に1H-MRSを施行したPelizaeus-Merzbacher病の1例, 第54回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2012.
79.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Masashi Suzue, Hiromichi Ito and Shoji Kagami : Tacrolimusが有効でステロイドを中止し得た眼筋型重症筋無力症の1小児例, 第115回日本小児科学会学術集会, Apr. 2012.
80.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, 阿部容子, Hiromichi Ito and Shoji Kagami : 先天性サイトメガロウイルス感染症によるWest症候群の1男児例, 第42回中国・四国点頭てんかん研究会, Mar. 2012.
81.	阿部容子, 森達夫, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori, Shoji Kagami and 吉本勉 : 先天性サイトメガロウイルス感染症によるWest症候群の1男児例, 第137回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2011.
82.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Hiromichi Ito, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 小児期に発症した難治性てんかんに対する Levetiracetam の有効性, 第137回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2011.
83.	Kenji Mori : Functional MRI and MRS studies in ASD, Joint Academic Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dec. 2011.
84.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, 郷司彩, Yoshihiro Touda, Hiromichi Ito, Emiko Fujii, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 潜因性/特発性West症候群におけるsubtraction SPECTによるスパスム発現様式の検討, 第45回日本てんかん学会, Oct. 2011.
85.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 小児期に発症した難治性てんかんに対するLevetiracetamの有効性, 第45回日本てんかん学会, Oct. 2011.
86.	Yukiko Kinoshita, 森達夫, Ken-ichi Suga, 松浦里, Shuji Kondo, Maki Urushihara, 永井隆, Ryuji Nakagawa, Takahiko Saijyou, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 伊藤白斑，滑脳症，難治性てんかんに膀胱尿管逆流(VUR)を合併した一男児例, 第41回日本腎臓学会西部学術大会, Sep. 2011.
87.	森達夫, Masashi Suzue, Hiromichi Ito, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : Tacrolimusが有効でステロイドを中止し得た眼筋型重症筋無力症の1小児例, 第26回徳島県小児科合同症例検討会, Sep. 2011.
88.	Kenji Mori : 重症筋無力症の最近の知見, 第176回徳島県小児科医会学術講演会, Sep. 2011.
89.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, 永井隆, Yumiko Kotani and Shoji Kagami : 難治性の全身性ジストニアを来たしたHyperinsulinism-hyperammonaemia syndromeの1例, 第114回日本小児科学会学術集会, Aug. 2011.
90.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, 永井隆, Yumiko Kotani, Shoji Kagami, Ryuji Kaji and Satoshi Goto : 2次性に難治性の全身性ジストニアを来たしたhyperinsulinism-hyperammonaemia syndrome(HHS)の1女児例, 第22回日本小児神経学会中国・四国地方会, Jul. 2011.
91.	Yukiko Kinoshita, 永井隆, 森達夫, Ken-ichi Suga, 松浦里, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori, Shoji Kagami, Ryuji Nakagawa and Takahiko Saijyou : 伊藤白斑に VUR を合併した1例, 第136回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Jun. 2011.
92.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁, Shoji Kagami, Masafumi Harada and Toshiaki Hashimoto : 自閉症スペクトラム障害における 123I-IMZ SPECT を用いた GABA 神経系の機能評価, 第136回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Jun. 2011.
93.	Kenji Mori : 自閉性障害の画像研究, 福岡ADHD学術講演会, Jun. 2011.
94.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, Yoshihiro Touda, Emiko Fujii, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラム障害におけるミラーニューロンシステムのNIRSによる評価, 第53回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2011.
95.	宮崎雅仁, Toshiaki Hashimoto, 西村美緒, 村川和義, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : プライマリケア医が利用可能な簡易版就学前幼児(4∼6歳)用発達障害チェック・リスト, 第53回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2011.
96.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, Masafumi Harada, 宮崎雅仁, Toshiaki Hashimoto and Shoji Kagami : 自閉症スペクトラム障害における123I-iomazenil(IMZ)SPECTを用いたGABA神経系の機能評価, 第53回日本小児神経学会総会, May 2011.
97.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 潜因性/特発性West症候群におけるsubtraction SPECTによるスパスム発現様式の検討, 第41回中国・四国点頭てんかん研究会, Mar. 2011.
98.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, 宮崎雅仁 and Shoji Kagami : 潜因性/特発性West症候群におけるsubtraction SPECTによるスパスム発現様式の検討, 第41回中国・四国点頭てんかん研究会, Mar. 2011.
99.	Kenji Mori : Subtraction Ictal SPECT Co-registered to MRI (SISCOM) を用いた West症候群のスパスム発現様式の検討, 第23回徳島てんかん談話会, Jan. 2011.
100.	宮崎雅仁, 森達夫, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : 注意欠陥/多動性障害(AD/HD)の神経生理学的研究, 第135回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2010.
101.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Emiko Fujii, Yoshihiro Touda, 宮崎雅仁, Shoji Kagami and Masafumi Harada : てんかんを合併する22q11.2欠失症候群 -1H-MRSおよび123I-iomazenil (IMZ)SPECTによる検討-, 第135回日本小児科学会徳島地方会, Dec. 2010.
102.	Kenji Mori : 発達障害のバイオマーカーの進歩:自閉性障害の画像研究, 第104回日本小児精神神経学会, Nov. 2010.
103.	宮崎雅仁 and Kenji Mori : アトモキセチンが睡眠関連併存障害に有効であった注意欠陥/多動性障害(AD/HD), 第104回日本小児精神神経学会, Nov. 2010.
104.	Kenji Mori, 森達夫, Yoshihiro Touda, Emiko Fujii, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : 脳室周囲白質軟化症を伴うWest症候群-subtraction SPECTによるスパスム発現様式の検討-, 第44回日本てんかん学会, Oct. 2010.
105.	森達夫, Kenji Mori, Yoshihiro Touda, Emiko Fujii, 宮崎雅仁, Masafumi Harada and Shoji Kagami : てんかんを合併する22q11.2欠失症候群-1H-MRSおよび123I-iomazenil(IMZ)SPECTによる検討-, 第44回日本てんかん学会, Oct. 2010.
106.	Kenji Mori : てんかんの病態と治療, 東四国医療セミナー, Sep. 2010.
107.	森達夫, Yoshihiro Touda, Yumiko Kotani, Emiko Fujii, Kenji Mori, Ichiro Yokota, 山上貴司, 松岡優 and Shoji Kagami : 2次性に難治性の全身性ジストニアを来たした3症例, 第21回日本小児神経学会中国・四国地方会, Jul. 2010.
108.	Kenji Mori : 発達障害の理解と支援, 第6回東かがわ市発達フォーラム, Jun. 2010.

Et cetera, Workshop:

1.	眞鍋美晴, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani and Kenji Mori : 絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時における脳反応について-近赤外線スペクトロスコピーによる評価-, 小児保健とくしま, No.22, 20-26, 2014.
2.	中村真理, 吉田友紀, Hiroe Tani, Hiroko Hashimoto, Kenji Mori, Yumiko Kotani and Shoji Kagami : 母親が認識する1型糖尿病患児の療養管理における父親の役割に関する研究, 小児保健とくしま, No.22, 13-19, 2014.
3.	小西佑依, 宮本美里, 若柳早紀, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani and Kenji Mori : 熱性痙攣に対する母親の認識および指導による効果, 小児保健とくしま, No.22, 6-12, 2014.
4.	Kenji Mori : 自閉症の脳画像研究, Shikoku Acta Medica, Vol.70, No.1,2, 25-29, 2014. (Tokushima University Institutional Repository) ● Metadata: 109750 (Tokushima University Institutional Repository: 109750)
5.	永井隆, 万野朱美, Maki Urushihara, Shuji Kondo, Kenji Mori and Shoji Kagami : ネフローゼ症候群を呈したCockayne症候群の一例, 第14回四国小児腎疾患研究会, Feb. 2013.

Report:

1.	Yoshihiko Ueno, Yosuke Seki, Satoshi Kinugawa, Hisayoshi Morioka, Akira Takahashi, Kenji Mori, Naozumi Ishimaru, Kazumi Ozaki, Tetsuo Yamazaki, Atsushi Takada, Yoshihiro Uto, Takahito Saito and Maiko Kamioka : 令和4年度徳島大学高等教育研究センターアドミッション部門報告書, 令和4年度徳島大学高等教育研究センターアドミッション部門報告書, Mar. 2023.

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ゲーム障害児・者の脳血流動態に関する研究－NIRSによる脳機能評価ー (Project/Area Number: 22K11029 )
小児における絵本の読み聞かせ聴取時の脳血流動態及びストレス軽減効果に関する研究 (Project/Area Number: 21K10911 )
大学生の健康観察の活用状況から、初等中等教育での自己管理能力育成の方策を提案する (Project/Area Number: 21K02579 )
Examination of the health service systems construction for the healthy support of the foreign child student (Project/Area Number: 19K21722 )
Brain reactions during children's reading activities (Project/Area Number: 19K10978 )
Evaluation of the brain function during the listening of picture-book storytelling (Project/Area Number: 16K12145 )
Development and evaluation of limitation including error and reproducibility on assessment method of cerebral function using MRI (Project/Area Number: 15591280 )
A functional MRI study of moral task performance in high functioning autism (Project/Area Number: 15530626 )
Evaluation of Changes of Environment in Intra- and Extra-cellular Compartments using Metabolite Diffusion (Project/Area Number: 13670944 )
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