*: equally-contributed co-first authors

Shinichi Furuya, Reiko Ishimaru, Takanori Oku, Noriko Nagata.: Back to feedback: aberrant sensorimotor control in music performance under pressure. (under review)
Masato Hirano, Shinichi Furuya.: Non-uniform multimodal interactions of auditory and somatosensory information in expert musicians. (under review)
Yudai Kimoto, Masato Hirano, Shinichi Furuya.: Adaptation of the corticomuscular and biomechanical systems of musicians. (in revision)
Kahori Kita, Shinichi Furuya, Rieko Osu, Takashi Sakamoto, Takashi Hanakawa.: Aberrant cerebello-cortical connectivity in pianists with focal task-specific dystonia. (in revision)
Shinichi Furuya*, Reiko Ishimaru*, Noriko Nagata.: Factors of choking under pressure in musicians. PLoS One, 16(1): e0244082, 2021
Masato Hirano, Muzuha Sakurada, Shinichi Furuya.: Overcoming the ceiling effects of experts’ motor expertise through somatosensory training. Science Advances 6(47): eabd2558, 2020 (press-release)
Nobuhiro Takahashi, Shinichi Furuya, Hideki Koike.: Soft exoskeleton glove with human anatomical architecture: production of dexterous finger movements and skillful piano performance. IEEE Transaction on Haptics 13(49) 679-690, 2020
Shinichi Furuya, Takanori Oku, Yudai Kimoto, Hayato Nishioka, Masato Hirano.: Skillful and pathological movement coordination in musical performance. Advances in Exercise & Sports Physiology 26(2) 23-26, 2020
Shinichi Furuya*, André Lee*, Takanori Oku, Eckart Altenmüller.: Aberrant somatosensory-motor adaptation in musicians' dystonia. Movement Disorders 35(5): 808-815, 2020
Masato Hirano, Yudai Kimoto, Shinichi Furuya.: Specialized somatosensory-motor integration functions in musicians. Cerebral Cortex 30(3): 1148-1158, 2020
Yudai Kimoto, Takanori Oku, Shinichi Furuya.: Neuromuscular and biomechanical functions subserving finger dexterity in musicians. Scientific Reports 9:12224, 2019
Takanori Oku, Shinichi Furuya.: Neuromuscular incoordination in musicians' dystonia. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 65: 97-104, 2019
Kazumasa Uehara, Shinichi Furuya, Hidemi Numasawa, Kahori Kita, Takashi Sakamoto, Takashi Hanakawa.: Distinct roles of brain activity and somatotopic representation in pathophysiology of focal dystonia. Human Brain Mapping 40(6) 1738-1749, 2019
Kahori Kita*, Jaroslav Rokicki*, Shinichi Furuya, Takashi Sakamoto, Takashi Hanakawa.: Resting-state basal ganglia connectivity codes a motor musical skill and its disruption due to a disease process. Movement Disorders 33(9) 1472-1480, 2018
Shuntaro Kotani, Shinichi Furuya.: State anxiety disorganizes finger movements during musical performance. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(2) 439-451, 2018
Shinichi Furuya*, Sayuri Yokota*.: Temporal exploration of sequential movements in sequential movements shapes efficient neuromuscular control. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(1) 196-210, 2018
Shinichi Furuya*, Kazumasa Uehara*, Takashi Sakamoto, Takashi Hanakawa.: Aberrant cortical excitability explains the loss of hand dexterity in musician’s dystonia. The Journal of Physiology 596(12) 2397-2411, 2018
Shinichi Furuya*, Yuta Furukawa*, Kazumasa Uehara, Takanori Oku.: Probing sensory-motor integration during musical performance. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1423(1) 211-218, 2018
Masato Hirano, Shinji Kubota, Shinichi Furuya, Yoshiki Koizume, Shinya Tanaka, and Kozo Funase.: The acquisition of skilled finger movements is accompanied by the reorganization of the corticospinal system. Journal of Neurophysiology 119(2):573-584, 2018
Shinichi Furuya.: Individual differences in sensorimotor skills among musicians. Current Opinion in Behavioral Science 20: 61-66, 2018
Yuta Furukawa, Kazumasa Uehara, Shinichi Furuya.: Expertise-dependent motor somatotopy of music perception. Neuroscience Letters 650: 97-102, 2017
Eckart Altenmüller. Shinichi Furuya.: Apollos Gift and Curse: Making music as a model for adaptive and maladaptive plasticity. Neuroforum 23(2): 57-75, 2017
Sarah Pirio Richardson, Eckart Altenmüller, Katharine Alter, Ron L. Alterman, Robert Chen, Steven Frucht, Shinichi Furuya, Joseph Jankovic, H. A. Jinnah, Teresa J. Kimberley, Codrin Lungu, Joel S. Perlmutter, Cecília N. Prudente, Mark Hallett.: Research priorities in limb and task-specific dystonias. Frontiers in Neurology 8:170, 2017
Takanori Oku*, Shinichi Furuya*.: Skillful force control in expert pianists. Experimental Brain Research 235(5), 1603-1615, 2017
Eckart Altenmüller. Shinichi Furuya.: Brain plasticity and the concept of metaplasticity in skilled musicians. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 957:197-208, 2016
Moe Hosoda, Shinichi Furuya.: Shared somatosensory and motor functions in musicians. Scientific Reports 6: 37632, 2016
Kenta Tominaga, Andre Lee, Eckart Altenmüller, Fumio Miyazaki, Shinichi Furuya.: Kinematic origins of motor fluctuation in expert pianists. PLoS One 11(8):e0161324, 2016
Christos Ioannou, Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller.: Objective evaluation of performance stress in musicians with dystonia: a feasibility study. Journal of Motor Behavior 48(6):562-572, 2016
Andre Lee, Jacob Voget, Shinichi Furuya, Masanori Morise, Eckart Altenmüller.: Quantification of sound instability in embouchure tremor based on the time varying fundamental frequency. Journal of Neural Transmission 123(5):515-521, 2016
Christos Ioannou, Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller.: The impact of stress on motor performance in skilled musicians suffering from focal dystonia: Physiological and psychological characteristics. Neuropsychologia 85:226-236, 2016
Shinichi Furuya, Takashi Hanakawa.: The curse of motor expertise: use-dependent focal dystonia as manifestation of maladaptive changes in body representation. Neuroscience Research 104: 112-119, 2016
Shinichi Furuya, Takayuki Oku, Fumio Miyazaki, Hiroshi Kinoshita.: Secrets of virtuoso: neuromuscular attributes of motor virtuosity in expert musicians. Scientific Reports 5:15750, 2015
Shinichi Furuya, Kenta Tominaga, Fumio Miyazaki, Eckart Altenmüller: Losing dexterity: impaired coordination of finger movements in musician's dystonia. Scientific Reports 5:13360, 2015
Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller: Acquisition and reacquisition of motor coordination in musicians. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1337: 118–124, 2015
Sara Winges, Shinichi Furuya: Distinct digit kinematics by professional and amateur pianists. Neuroscience 284: 643–652, 2015
Andre Lee, Kenta Tominaga, Shinichi Furuya, Fumio Miyazaki, Eckart Altenmüller: Electrophysiological characteristics of task-specific tremor in 22 instrumentalists. Journal of Neural Transmission 122(3): 393-401, 2015
Shinichi Furuya, Matthias Klaus, Michael Nitsche, Walter Paulus, Eckart Altenmüller: Ceiling effects prevent further improvement of transcranial stimulation in skilled musicians. The Journal of Neuroscience 34(41):13834 - 13839, 2014
Andre Lee*, Shinichi Furuya*, Masanori Morise, Peter Iltius, Eckart Altenmüller: Quantification of instability of tone production in embouchure dystonia. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 20(11):1161-1164, 2014
Andre Lee, Kenta Tominaga, Shinichi Furuya, Fumio Miyazaki, Eckart Altenmüller: Quantification of secondary task-specific tremor after temporal lobectomy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8:559, 2014
Floris van Vugt, Shinichi Furuya, Henning Vauth, Hans-Christian Jabusch, Eckart Altenmüller. Spatial and temporal symmetries in motor primitives in skilled piano performance at different tempi. Experimental Brain Research 232(11): 3555-3567, 2014
Shinichi Furuya, Ayumi Nakamura, Noriko Nagata: Acquisition of individuated finger movements through musical practice. Neuroscience 275(C): 444-454, 2014
Shinichi Furuya, Ayumi Nakamura, Noriko Nagata: Extraction of finger coordination pattern associated with motor learning in piano practice using principal component analysis. Neuroscience Letters 577(C): 38-44, 2014
Andre Lee, Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller: Epidemiology and treatment of 23 musicians with task specific tremor. Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders 1:5, 2014
Shinichi Furuya, Michael Nitsche, Walter Paulus, Eckart Altenmüller: Surmounting retraining limits in musicians’ dystonia by transcranial stimulation. Annals of Neurology 75(5): 700-707, 2014
Marieke van der Steen, Eva Molendijk, Eckart Altenmüller, Shinichi Furuya: Expert pianists do not listen: the expertise-dependent influence of temporal perturbation on the production of sequential movements. Neuroscience 269(C): 290-298, 2014
Andre Lee, Kenta Tominaga, Shinichi Furuya, Fumio Miyazaki, Eckart Altenmüller. Coherence of coactivation and acceleration in task-specific primary bowing tremor. Journal of Neural Transmission 121(7):739-742, 2014
Shinichi Furuya, Ayumi Nakamura, Noriko Nagata: Transfer of piano practice at submaximal speed in fast performance of skilled finger movements. BMC Neuroscience, 14: 133, 2013
Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller: Finger-specific loss of independent control of finger movements in musician's dystonia. Neuroscience, 247C: 152-163, 2013
Andre Lee, Shinichi Furuya, Matthias Karst, Eckart Altenmüller: Alteration in predictability of sensory outcome of motor action in focal hand dystonia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 172 (7 pages), 2013
Sara Winges, Shinichi Furuya, Nathaniel Faber, Martha Flanders: Patterns of muscle activity for digital coarticulation, Journal of Neurophysiology, 110(1), 230-242, 2013
Andre Lee, Kenta Tominaga, Shinichi Furuya, Fumio Miyazaki, Eckart Altenmüller: Task-specific tremor in violinists: evidence of coactivation in the 3-8 Hz frequency range. Movement Disorders, 28(13): 1890-1892, 2013
Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller: Flexibility of movement organization in piano performance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 173 (10 pages), 2013
Shinichi Furuya, Michael Nitsche, Walter Paulus, Eckart Altenmüller: Early optimization in finger dexterity of skilled pianists: implication of transcranial stimulation. BMC Neuroscience, 14:35 (8 pages), 2013
Rebecca Schaefer, Shinichi Furuya, Leigh Smith, Blair Kaneshiro, Petri Toiviainen: Probing neural mechanisms of music perception, cognition, and performance using multivariate decoding, Psychomusicology, 22(2), 168-174, 2012
Shinichi Furuya, John Soechting: Speed invariance of independent control of finger movements in pianists, Journal of Neurophysiology, 108(7), 2060-2068, 2012
Shinichi Furuya, Tomoko Aoki, Hidehiro Nakahara, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Individual differences in the biomechanical effect of loudness and tempo on upper-limb movements during repetitive piano keystrokes, Human Movement Science, 31(1), 26-39, 2012
Shinichi Furuya, Martha Flanders, John Soechting: Hand kinematics of piano playing. Journal of Neurophysiology, 106(6), 2849-2864, 2011
Shinichi Furuya, Tatsushi Goda, Haruhiro Katayose, Hiroyoshi Miwa, Noriko Nagata: Distinct interjoint coordination during fast alternate keystroke in pianists with superior skill. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 50 (13 pages), 2011
Hidehiro Nakahara, Shinichi Furuya, Tsutomu Masuko, Peter Francis, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Performing music can induce greater modulation of emotion-related psychophysiological responses than listening to music, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 81(3), 152-158, 2011
Shinichi Furuya, Eckart Altenmüller, Haruhiro Katayose, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Control of multi-joint arm movements for the manipulation of touch in keystroke by expert pianists. BMC Neuroscience, 11(1), 82 (15 pages), 2010
Shinichi Furuya, John Soechting: Role of auditory feedback in the control of successive keystrokes during piano playing, Experimental Brain Research, 204(2), 223-237, 2010
Hidehiro Nakahara, Shinichi Furuya, Peter Francis, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Psycho-physiological responses to expressive piano performance, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 75(3), 268-276, 2010
Shinichi Furuya, Rieko Osu, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Effective utilization of gravity during arm downswing in keystroke by expert pianists. Neuroscience, 164(2), 822-831, 2009
Hidehiro Nakahara, Shinichi Furuya, Tsutomu Masuko, Satoshi Obata, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Emotion-related changes in heart rate and its variability during perception and performance of music, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169(1), 359-362, 2009
Shinichi Furuya, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Expertise-dependent modulation of muscular and non-muscular torques in multi-joint arm movements during piano keystroke. Neuroscience, 156(2), 390-402, 2008
Shinichi Furuya, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Organization of the upper limb movement for piano key-depression differs between expert pianists and novice players, Experimental Brain Research, 185(4), 581-593, 2008
Shinichi Furuya, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Roles of proximal-to-distal sequential organization of the upper limb segments in striking the keys by expert pianists, Neuroscience Letters, 421(3), 264-269, 2007
Hiroshi Kinoshita, Shinichi Furuya, Tomoko Aoki, Eckart Altenmüller: Loudness control in pianists as exemplified in keystroke force measurements at different touches, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(5Pt1), 2959-2969, 2007
Shinichi Furuya, Hidehiro Nakahara, Tomoko Aoki, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Prevalence and causal factors of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity and trunk among Japanese pianists and piano students, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 21(3), 112-117, 2006
Tomoko Aoki, Shinichi Furuya, Hiroshi Kinoshita: Finger tapping ability in male and female pianists and nonmusician control, Motor Control, 9(1), 23-39, 2005