Asao Hirano

Asao Hirano
Born 1926
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, born 1926) is 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).[1]

Career

Dr. Hirano is a professor of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.[2]

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.[3]

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Honors

Notes

  1. University of Edinburgh, Hirano bodies, 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.
  2. Library of Congress Authority File, Asao Hirano
  3. WorldCat Identities: Hirano, Asao 1926-
  4. Consulate General of Japan in New York, "Government of Japan to Honor Dr. Asao Hirano," 2001.

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