Asao Hirano (平野朝雄 Hirano Asao 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).
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