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Researcher Profile - Tadafumi Kato |
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| First Name: | Tadafumi | | Last Name: | Kato | | Title: | Dr. | | Advanced Degrees: | M.D., Ph.D. | | Affiliation: | RIKEN Brain Science Institute | | Department: | Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders | | Street Address 1: | Hirosawa 2-1 | | City: | Wako | | State/Province: | Saitama | | Zip/Postal Code: | 351-0198 | Country/Territory: | Japan | | Phone: | +81-48-467-6949 | | Fax: | +81-48-467-6947 | | Email Address: |  |
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Member reports no financial or other potential conflicts of interest. [Last Modified: 7 January 2008]
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Animal models, Neuroanatomy/Systems Neuroscience, DNA microrrays, Genetics
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Tadafumi Kato, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Aging and Psychiatric Research Group
Head, Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
Phone: +81-48-467-6949 (direct)
Fax: +81-48-467-6947
E-mail: kato@brain.riken.jp
Education:
March 1995, get Ph.D. degree at the Shiga University of Medical Science
March 1988, graduated from Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, with the degree of Medical Doctor.
Research Area: Neurobiology of bipolar disorder
Research Experiences:
August 2004 – Present
Director, Aging and Psychiatric Research Group, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
September 2000 – Present
Head, Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
July 1999 – December 2000
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine
July 1997 - July 1999
Assistant (Research Associate), Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
June 1989 - July 1997
Assistant (Research Associate), Department of Psychiatry, Shiga Univ. of Medical Science
April 1995 - February 1996
International Visiting Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine
June 1988 - May 1989
Resident, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital
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Kasahara T, Kubota M, Miyauchi T, Noda Y, Mouri A, Nabeshima T, Kato T (2006) Mice with neuron-specific accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations show mood disorder-like phenotypes. Molecular Psychiatry 11:577-593
Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Yamada K, Takao H, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Yoshikawa T, Kato T (2005) DNA Methylation Status of SOX10 Correlates with Its Downregulation and Oligodendrocyte Dysfunction in Schizophrenia. The Journal of Neuroscience 25:22:5376-5381
Kakiuchi C, Iwamoto K, Ishiwata M, Bundo M, Kasahara T, Kusumi I, Tsujita T, Okazaki Y, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Sasaki T, Kato T (2003) Impaired feedback regulation of XBP1 as a genetic risk factor for bipolar disorder. Nature Genetics 35: 171-175.
Kato T, Kato N (2000) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder 2: 180-190
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