MEGUMI TOKO

Last Updated :2025/06/22

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University Hospital, Assistant Professor
E-mail
mtokohiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Clinical diagnosis and treatment I

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Usefulness of Myelin Quantification Using Synthetic Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke, Stroke, 20250114
  2. ★, Myelin measurement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with synthetic MRI: A potential diagnostic and predictive method, JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 468, 20250115
  3. ★, Prospective Memory Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis: Voxel-based Morphometry and Double Inversion Recovery Analysis, Internal medicine, 60(1), 39-46, 2021
  4. ★, FXTAS is difficult to differentiate from neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease through skin biopsy: a case report, BMC neurology, 21(1), 396, 2021
  5. ★, A case of seronegative longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with possible neuro sweet disease, eNeurologicalSci., 5(18), 100227, 2020
  6. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: longitudinal observation of lymphocytes, JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid, and brain magnetic resonance imaging, Journal of neurovirology, 20240519
  7. Investigation of the improvement of swallowing function with low-frequency pulse waves or interference waves delivered via cervical electrical stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled study protocol, CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS, 44, 202504
  8. Time-course assessment of oral intake function and its impact on end-of-life in older individuals over 90 years with frailty, GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, 25(1), 96-101, 202501
  9. A single-center, single-arm, prospective, open-label, and comparative trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability profile of a 90-day oral L-arginine hydrochloride intervention for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 15(1), 20250107
  10. High-density surface electromyography evaluation of the suprahyoid muscles in patients with Parkinson's disease, JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 466, 20241115
  11. Analysis of the suprahyoid muscles during tongue elevation: High-density surface electromyography as a novel tool for swallowing-related muscle assessment, JOURNAL OF ORAL REHABILITATION, 51(9), 1872-1880, 202409
  12. Cervical percutaneous interferential current stimulation improves citric acid cough tests in patients with Parkinson's disease on medication, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1), 20240518
  13. Cortical Reflex Myoclonus in a Patient with Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy, Balkan medical journal, 41(2), 145-146, 20240301
  14. Association between motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and swallowing disorders, NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 45(5), 2021-2026, 202405
  15. Density spectrum array and difficult to diagnose seizure activity, QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 116(11), 947-948, 202311
  16. Detailed findings of videofluoroscopic examination among patients with Parkinson's disease on the effect of cervical percutaneous interferential current stimulation, FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, 14, 20231107
  17. Swallowing sound index analysis using electronic stethoscope and artificial intelligence for patients with Parkinson's disease, JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 454, 20231115
  18. Swallowing sound evaluation using an electronic stethoscope and artificial intelligence analysis for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, 14, 20230803
  19. Impact of neck percutaneous interferential current sensory stimulation on swallowing function in patients with Parkinson's disease: A single-arm, open-label study protocol, CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS, 33, 202306
  20. Novel partial deletions, frameshift and missense mutations of CSF1R in patents with CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 30(7), 1861-1870, 202307
  21. Nationwide online EEG education during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Clinical neurophysiology, 132(11), 2763-2765, 2021
  22. The Insular Cortex, Alzheimer Disease Pathology, and Their Effects on Blood Pressure Variability, Alzheimer disease and associated disorders, 34(3), 282-291, 2020
  23. Case of Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease With Dynamic Perfusion Changes Lacking Typical Signs on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, Neurology Genetics, 7(4), e601, 2021
  24. Retinitis pigmentosa prior to familial ALS caused by a homozygous cilia and flagella-associated protein 410 mutation, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, 91(2), 220-222, 2020
  25. Insular cortex lesion and autonomic instability in a herpes simplex virus encephalitis patient, Journal of neurovirology, 24(5), 649-651, 2018

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Usefulness of myelin quantification with synthetic MRI for predicting outcomes among stroke patients, Megumi Toko, Tomohisa Nezu, Futoshi Eto, Shiro Aoki, Tomohiko Ohshita, Hiroki Ueno, Yuji Akiyama, Hirofumi Maruyama, 19th Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology, 2024/05/29, Without Invitation, English
  2. Brain atrophies related to prospective memory deficit in multiple sclerosis, 2020, Without Invitation, Japanese
  3. Utility of CONUT score for the prognosis of ALS patients-from CARP study, 2022, Without Invitation, Japanese