Asao Hirano
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BornNovember 26, 1926
DiedJuly 25, 2019 (aged 92)
KnownforHirano body
Professionphysician
medical researcher
medical researcher
Asao Hirano | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 26, 1926 |
| Died | July 25, 2019 (aged 92) |
| Known for | Hirano body |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | physician medical researcher |
| Institutions | Montefiore Hospital Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Research | neuropathology |
Asao Hirano (平野朝雄, Hirano Asao, November 26, 1926 – July 25, 2019)[1] was a Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathologist. He is credited with having first observed Hirano bodies which are intracellular aggregates of actin and actin-associated proteins in the neurons (nerve cells).[2]
Dr. Hirano was a professor of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[3]
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Asao Hirano, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30 works in 50+ publications in 5 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.[4]
- Electron Microscopic Atlas of Brain Tumors (1971), with Tung Pui Poon
- Atlas of Neuropathology (1974), with by Nathan Malamud
- An Atlas of the Human Brain for Computerized Tomography (1978), with Takayoshi Matsui
- Color Atlas of Pathology of the Nervous System (1980)
- A Guide to Neuropathology (1981)
- Atlas d'anatomie pathologique du système nerveux (1981)
- Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Elderly (1983)
- Praktischer Leitfaden der Neuropathologie (1983)
- The Pathology of the Myelinated Axon (1984), with Masazumi Adachi
- 神経病理を学ぶ人のために (1986)
- 神経病理を学ぶ人のために (2003)
- カラーアトラス神経病理 (2006)
