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Email

aiba@bcm.edu

Addresses

Department of Neurology (Office)

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NA200
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

PhD from University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Professional Interests

• Spreading depolarization
• Epilepsy
• Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Websites

Selected Publications

• Aiba I, Wehrens XH, Noebels JL.. " " Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.. 2016 Aug ;
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• Bomben VC, Aiba I, Qian J, Mark MD, Herlitze S, Noebels JL.. " " J Neurosci.. 2016 Jan ;
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• Aiba I, Noebels JL.. " " Sci Transl Med.. 2015 Apr ;
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• Aiba I, West AK, Sheline CT, Shuttleworth CW.. " " J Neurochem.. 2013 Jun ;
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• Aiba I, Shuttleworth CW.. " " J Physiol.. 2012 Nov ;
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• Aiba I, Carlson AP, Sheline CT, Shuttleworth CW.. " " J Neurophysiol.. 2012 Feb ;
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• Tsai WB, Aiba I, Lee SY, Feun L, Savaraj N, Kuo MT.. " " Mol Cancer Ther.. 2009 Dec ;
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• Carter RE, Aiba I, Dietz RM, Sheline CT, Shuttleworth CW.. " " J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2011 Apr ;
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• Durnin L, Dai Y, Aiba I, Shuttleworth CW, Yamboliev IA, Mutafova-Yambolieva VN.. " " Eur J Neurosci.. 2012 Feb ;
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• Aiba I, Shuttleworth CW.. " " PLoS One. 2013 Nov ;
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• Isamu Aiba, Yao Ning, Jeffrey L Noebels. " " Brain. 2025 Apr 3;
• Isamu Aiba, Yao Ning, Jeffrey L Noebels. " " JCI Insight. 2023 Aug 8;
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• Yao Ning, Jeffrey L. Noebels, and Isamu Aiba. " " eNeuro. 2022 Sep 1;
• Isamu Aiba. " Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Spreading Depolarization and Seizures. " Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies. 2024 ;
• Isamu Aiba and Jeffrey L. Noebels. " " Epilepsy Currents. 2025 Apr 13;
• Isamu Aiba and Jeffrey L. Noebels. " " Brain. 2021 Sep 9;
• Asante Hatcher, Kwanha Yu, Jochen Meyer, Isamu Aiba, Benjamin Deneen and Jeffrey L. Noebels. " " The Journal of Clnical Investigation. 2020 Apr 6;
• Isamu Aiba and Jeffrey L. Noebels. " " Journal of Neurophysiology. 2019 Mar 29;
• Seidel JL, Faideau M, Aiba I, Pannasch U, Escartin C, Rouach N, Bonvento G, Shuttleworth CW.. " " Glia. 2015 Jan ;
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• Aiba I, Shuttleworth CW.. " " PLoS One. 2014 Oct ;
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Funding

Neurogenic mechanism of parasympathetic cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death
#Career Development Award

(04/01/2019 - 03/31/2022)

Grant funding from American Heart Association

Spreading Depolarization and Progression of Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy
#R01NS136214

(06/26/2025)

Grant funding from NIH NINDS

Spreading depolarization is a new pathogenic biomarker of developmental epileptic encephalopathy
#Junior Faculty Seed Awards

(07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021)

Grant funding from ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Spreading depolarizations contribute to epilepsy comorbidities
#Junior Investigator Research Award

(07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022)

Grant funding from American Epilepsy Society

Languages

Japanese