Asao Hirano

Asao Hirano
Born(1926-11-26)November 26, 1926
DiedJuly 25, 2019(2019-07-25) (aged 92)
Known forHirano body
Medical career
Professionphysician
medical researcher
InstitutionsMontefiore Hospital
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Researchneuropathology

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]

  1. ^ "ASAO HIRANO Obituary". legacy.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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.