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]
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 |
Career
editDr. Hirano was a professor of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[3]
Selected works
editIn 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)
Honors
edit- Order of the Rising Sun, 2001.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ "ASAO HIRANO Obituary". legacy.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ University of Edinburgh Archived 2011-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Hirano bodies Archived 2005-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, citing Asao Hirano. (1965) "Pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," in Slow Latent and Temperate Virus Infections, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NINDB) monograph No.2, pp. 23-37.
- ^ Library of Congress Authority File, Asao Hirano
- ^ WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Hirano, Asao 1926-
- ^ Consulate General of Japan in New York, "Government of Japan to Honor Dr. Asao Hirano," Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine 2001.
References
edit- Gajdusek, D. Carleton, Clarence J. Gibbs Jr. and Michael Alpers. (1965) Slow Latent and Temperate Virus Infections. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. OCLC 463013735
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