Curriculum Vitae

                                           June 1, 2006

Name:                        Tadafumi Kato     (42 years old, male)

Degrees:                      M.D. and Ph.D.

Position:                       Director, Aging and Psychiatric Research Group

                                           Head, Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders

                                           RIKEN Brain Science Institute

Address:                                           Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders

Brain Science Institute

                                           RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)

Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

Web Site:                           http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/labs/mdmd/                                      

Place of Birth:                  Tokyo, Japan.

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 (Molecular Biology, Neuroimaing, Psychopharmacology)

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

                                                 Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo

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

(The laboratory of Dr. Raymond R. Crowe)

June 1988 - May 1989                   Resident

                                             Department of Neuropsychiatry

                                                      University of Tokyo Hospital

 

Part-time Lecturer

April 2001 – Current                       Department of Neuropsychiatry
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine

 

Honors and Awards:

2000                 NARSAD Independent Investigator’s Award

1998                 CINP Rafaelson Fellowship Award

1995                 Stanley Foundation Research Award

1995                 Academic Prize of Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry

 

Membership:                      Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) (Councilor)

Society of Biological Psychiatry

International Society of Bipolar Disorder (Councilor)

Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry (Councilor)

Japanese Society of Neurology and Psychiatry

                                           Japanese Society of Human Genetics

                                           Japanese Society of Neurochemistry

Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology         

Japanese Society of Mood Disorders (Councilor)

              

Editorship:                          Field Editor of “Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience”

                                           Editorial Board Member of “Journal of Affective Disorder”          

Editorial Board Member of “Bipolar Disorders”

 

Publication List 

Refereed Original Articles

 

1.        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  

 

2.        Masui T, Hashimoto R, Kusumi I, Suzuki k, Tanaka T,  Nakagawa S, Suzuki T,  Iwata N, Ozaki N, Kato T, Kunugi H, Koyama T(2006) Lithium response and Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene in Japanese patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Genetics 16:2:49-50

 

3.        Okada T, Hashimoto R, Numakawa T, Kosuga A, Tatsumi M, Kamijima K, Kato T, Kunugi H (in press) A complex polymorphic region in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene confers susceptibility to bipolar disorder and affects transcriptional activity. Molecular Psychiatry.

 

4.        Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Yamada K, Takao H, Iwayama Y, Yoshikawa T, Kato T, (in press) A family-based and case-control association study of SOX10 in schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics)

 

5.        Washizuka S, Kametani M, Sasaki T, Tochigi M, Umekage T, Kohda K, Kato T (2006)   Association of mitochondrial complex I subunit gene NDUFV2 at 18p11 with schizophrenia in the Japanese population. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 141:301-304

 

6.        Kakiuchi C, Ishiwata M, Hayashi A, Kato T(2006) XBP1 induces WFS1 through an endoplasmic reticulum stress response element-like motif in SH-SY5Y cells. Journal of Neurochemistry 97:2:545-555

 

7.        Horiuchi Y, Arai M, Niizato K, Iritani S, Noguchi E, Ohtsuki T, Koga M, Kato T, Itokawa M, Arinami T (2006) A polymorphism in the PDLIM5 gene associated with gene expression and schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 59:1-6

 

8.        Kazuno A, Munakata K, Mori K, Tanaka M, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kohda K, Sasaki T, Akiyama T,  Washizuka S,  Kato N, Kato T (2005) Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis of patients with “atypical psychosis”. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 59:497-503

 

9.        Aoki-Suzuki M, Yamada K, Meerabux J, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Ohba H, Iwamoto K, Takao H, Toyota T, Suto Y, Nakatani N, Dean B, Nishimura S, Seki K, Kato T, Itohara S, Nishikawa T, Yoshikawa T (2005) A family-based association study and gene expression analyses of netrin-G1 and -G2 genes in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 57: 382-393.

 

10.    Kusumi I, Masui T, Kakiuchi C, Suzuki K, Akimoto T, Hashimoto R, Kunugi H, Kato T, Koyama T (2005) Rlationship between XBP1 genotype and personality traits assessed by TCI and NEO-FFI. Neuroscience Letters 391:7-10

 

11.    Munakata K, Bundo M, Kato T, Ono H, Sakura N, Oosaki M, Waki C, Tanaka M (2005) Co-existing point mutations of mitochondrial DNA in a patient with a heart abnormality and pearson syndrome-like symptoms. American Journal of Medical Genetics 139A: 162-164

 

12.    Kato C, Kakiuchi C, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kato N, Kato T, Sasaki T (2005) XBP1 gene polymorphism (-116C/G) and personality. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B  136B:103-105 

 

13.    Zhang X, Tochigi M, Ohashi J, Maeda K, Kato T, Okazaki Y, Kato N, Tokunaga K, Sawa A, Sasaki T (2005) Association study of the DISC1/TRAX locus with schizophrenia in a Japanese population. Schizophrenia Research 79:175-180

 

14.    Kohda K, Jinde S, Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Kato N, Kato T (2005) Maternal separation stress drastically decreases expression of transthyretin in the brains of adult rat offspring. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 9:1-8

 

15.    Kakiuchi C, Ishiwata M, Kametani M, Nelson C, Iwamoto K, Kato T (2005) Quantitative analysis of mitochondrial DNA deletions in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 8:515-522

 

16.    Kato T, Iwayama Y, Kakiuchi C, Iwamoto K, Yamada K, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Mori N, Fujii K, Yoshikawa T, Nanko S (2005) Gene expression and association of LIM (PDLIM5) in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 10:1045-1055

 

17.    Kakiuchi C, Kato T (2005) Lithium response and -116C/G polymorphism of XBP1 in Japanese patients with bipolar disrder. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 8:631-632

 

18.    Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Kato T (2005) Estimating RNA editing efficiency of five editing sites in the serotonin 2C receptor by pyrosequencing. RNA 11:10:1596-1603

 

19.    Kakiuchi C, Ishiwata M, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Mori N, Fujii K, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kohda K, Sasaki T, Yamada K, Yoshikawa T, Kato T (2005) Functional polymorphisms of HSPA5:Possible association with bipolar disorder. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 336:1136-1143

 

20.    Iwamoto K, Nakatani N, Bundo M, Yoshikawa T, Kato T (2005) Altered RNA editing of serotonin 2C receptor in a rat model of depression. Neuroscience Research 53:69-76

 

21.    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

 

22.    Matsuo K, Onodera Y, Hamamoto T, Muraki K, Kato N, Kato T (2005) Hypofrontality and microvascular dysregulation in remitted late-onset depression assessed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. NeuroImage 26:1:234-242

 

23.    Hashimoto R, Okada T, Kato T, Kosuge A, Tatsumi M, Kamijima K, Kunugi H (2005) The breakpoint cluster region gene on chromosome 22q11 is associated with bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry 57:1097-1102

 

24.    Munakata K, Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Kato T (2005) Mitochondrial DNA 3243A>G mutation and increased expression of LARS2 gene in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 57:525-532

 

25.    Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Kato T (2005) Altered expression of mitochondria-related genes in postmortem brains of patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, as revealed by large-scale DNA microarray analysis. Human Molecular Genetics 14:2:241-253

 

26.    Washizuka S, Kakiuchi C, Mori K, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Kato T (2005) Expression of mitochondria-related genes in lymphoblastoid cells from patients with bopolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder 7:146-152

 

27.    Munakata K, Tanaka M, Mori K, Washizuka S, Yoneda M, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Tadokoro K, Ozaki N, Inada T, Sakamoto K, Fukunaga T, Iijima Y, Iwata N, Tatsumi M, Yamada K, Yoshikawa T, Kato T (2004) Mitochondrial DNA 3644TC mutation associated with bipolar disorder. Genomics 84: 1041-1050

 

28.    Ohtani T, Matsuo K, Kasai K, Kato T, Kato N. Hemodynamic response to emotional memory recall with eye movement. Neuroscience Letters 2005 May 20-27;380(1-2):75-79

 

29.    Ohtani T, Iwanami A, Kasai K, Yamasue H, Kato T, Sasaki T, Kato N (2004) Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in victims of Tokyo subway attack: a 5-year follow-up study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 58: 624-629

 

30.    Hamakawa H, Murashita J, Yamada N, Inubushi T, Kato N, Kato T (2004) Reduced intracellular pH in the basal ganglia and whole brain measured by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences 58: 82-88

 

31.    Kusumi I, Masui T, Kakiuchi C, Suzuki K, Akimoto T, Hashimoto R, Kunugi H, Kato T, Koyama T (2004) Lack of association between XBP1 genotype and calcium signaling in the platelets of healthy subjects. Neurosci Letters. 369: 1-3

 

32.    Kunugi H, Iijima Y, Tatsumi M, Yoshida M, Hashimoto R, Kato T, Sakamoto K, Fukunaga T, Inada T, Suzuki T, Iwata N, Ozaki N, Yamada K, Yoshikawa T (2004) No association between the Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene and bipolar disorder in a Japanese population: a multicenter study. Biol Psychiatry 56: 376-8

 

33.    Matsuo K, Watanabe A, Onodera Y, Kato N, Kato T (2004) Prefrontal hemodynamic response to verbal-fluency task and hyperventilation in bipolar disorder measured by multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Affective Disorders 82:85-92

 

34.    Washizuka S, Iwamoto K, Kazuno A, Kakiuchi C, Mori K, Kametani M, Yamada K, Kunugi K, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Nanko S, Yoshikawa T, Kato T (2004) Association of mitochondrial complex I subunit gene NDUFV2 at 18p11 with bipolar disorder in Japanese and the national institute of mental health pedigrees. Biological Psychiatry 56:483-489

 

35.    Watanabe A, Kato T (2004) Cerebrovascular response to congnitive tasks in patients with schizophrenia measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. Schizophrenia Bulletin 30:2:435-444

 

36.    Ide M, Muratake T, Yamada K, Iwayama-Shigeno Y, Iwamoato K, Takao H, Toyota T, Kaneko N, Minabe Y, Nakamura K, Kato T, Mori N, Asada T, Someya T, Yoshikawa T (2004) Genetic and Expression Analyses of FZD3 in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 56:6:462-465

 

37.    Kakiuchi C, Ishiwata M, Umekage T, Tochigi M, Kohda K, Sasaki T, Kato T (2004) Association of the XBP1-116C/G polymorphism with schizophrenia in the Japanese population. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 58:438-440

 

38.    Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Yamamoto M, Ozawa H, Saito T, Kato T (2004) Decreased expression of NEFH and PCP4/PEP19 in the prefrontal cortex of alcoholics. Neuroscience Research 49: 379-385

 

39.    Watanabe A, Shibata I, Kato T (2004) Differences of satisfaction with medication between patients with schizophrenia treated with typical antipsychotics and atypical antipsychotics. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 58: 268-273

 

40.    Iwamoto K, Bundo M, Washizuka S, Kakiuchi C, Kato T (2004) Expression of HSPF1 and LIM in the lymphoblastoid cells derived from patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Journal of Human Genetics 49:227-231

 

41.    Iwamoto K, Kakiuchi C, Bundo M, Ikeda K, Kato T (2004) Molecular characterization of bipolar disorder by comparing gene expression profiles of postmortem brains of major mental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry 9:406-416

 

42.    Mori T, Sasaki T, Iwanami A, Araki T, Mizuno K, Kato T, Kato N (2003) Smoking habits in Japanese patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research 120; 207-9.

 

43.    Yamasue H, Fukui T, Fukuda R, Kasai K, Iwanami A, Kato N, Kato T (2003) Drug-induced parkinsonism in relation to choline-containing compounds measured by 1H-MR-spectroscopy in putamen of chronically medicated schizophrenia patients. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 6; 353-360  

 

44.    Kato T, Ishiwata M, Mori K, Washizuka S, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Kato N (2003) Mechanisms of altered Ca2+ signalling in transformed lymphoblastoid cells from patients with bipolar disorder. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 6:379-389

 

45.    Iwamoto K, Kato T (2003) RNA editing of serotonin 2C receptor in human postmortem brains of major mental disorders. Neuroscience Letters 346:169-172

 

46.    Washizuka S, Ikeda A, Kato N, Kato T (2003) Possible relationship between mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms and lithium response in bipolar disorder.  International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 6:421-424

 

47.    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 35:2:171-175

 

48.    Matsuo K, Taneichi K, Matsumoto A, Ohtani T, Yamasue H, Sakano Y, Sasaki T, Sadamatsu M, Kasai K, Iwanami A, Asukai N, Kato N, Kato T (2003) Hypoactivation of the prefrontal cortex during verbal fluency test in PTSD: a near-infrared spectroscopy study. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 124:1-10

 

49.    Kasahara T, Kato T (2003) A new redox-cofactor vitamin for mammals. Nature 422:832

 

50.    Washizuka S, Kakiuchi C, Mori K, Kunugi H, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Nanko S, Kato T (2003) Association of decreased expressed and promotor polymor-phisms of mitochondrial complex T subunit gene NDUFV2 with bipolar disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 120B:72-78

 

51.    Kato T, Iwamoto K, Washizuka S, Mori K, Tajima O, Akiyama T, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Kato N (2003) No association of mutations and mRNA expression of WFS1/wolframin with bipolar disorder. Neuroscience Letters 338:21-24

 

52.    Watanabe A, Matsuo K, Kato N, Kato T (2003) The cerebral blood volume in healthy adult during cognitive task and hyperventilation measured by Near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 15:442-449

 

53.    Matsuo K, Kato T, Taneichi K, Matsumoto A, Ohtani T, Hamamoto T, Yamasue H, Sakano Y, Sasaki T, Sadamatsu M, Iwanami A, Asukai N, Kato N (2003) Activation of the prefrontal cortex to trauma-related stimuli measured by near-infrared spectroscopy in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism. Psychophysiology 40:492-500

 

54.    Tochigi M, Umekage T, Otani T, Kato T, Iwanami A, Asukai N, Sasaki T, Kato N  (2003) Serum Cholesterol, Uric Acid and Cholinesterase in Victims of the Tokyo Subway Sarin Poisoninga relation with post-traumatic stress disorder. Neuroscience Research 44:267-272

 

55.    Iwamoto K, Kato T (2002) Effect of cocaine and reserpine administration on RNA editing of rat 5-HT2C receptor estimated by primer extension combined with denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2:335-340

 

56.    Yamasue H, Fukui T, Fukuda R, Yamada H, Yamasaki S, Kuroki N, Abe O, kasai K, Tsujii K, Iwanami A, Aoki S, Ohtomo K, Kato N, Kato T (2002) 1H-MR spectroscopy and gray matter volume of the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. Neuro report  13:2133-2137

 

57.    Matsuo K, Kato N, Kato T (2002) Decreased cerebral haemodynamic response to cognitive and physiological tasks in mood disorders as shown by near-infrared spectroscopy. Psychological Medicine 32:1029-1037

 

58.    Ikeda A, Kato N, Kato T (2002) Possible relationship between electro-encephalogram finding and lithium response in bipolar disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 26:903-907

 

59.    Kato T, Ishiwata M, Nagai T (2002) Mitochondrial calcium response in human transformed lymphoblastoid cells. Life Sciences 71:581-590

 

60.    Watanabe A, Kato N, Kato T (2002) Effects of creatine on mental fatigue and cerebral hemoglobin oxygenation. Neuroscience Research 42:279-285

 

61.    Kunugi H, Kato T, Fukuda R, Tatsumi M, Sakai T, Nanko S (2002) Association study of the G-protein beta 3 subunit gene with schizophrenia and C825T polymorphism of mood disorders. J. Neural Transmission 109:213-218

 

62.    Kato T, Kunugi H, Nanko S, Kato N (2001) Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 62: 151-164.

 

63.    Kato T, Inubushi T, Kato N (2000) Prediction of lithium response by 31P-MRS in bipolar disorder. Int J Neuropsychopharmacology 3:83-85

 

64.    Kato T, Kunugi H, Nanko S, Kato N (2000) Association of bipolar disorder with the 5178 polymorphism in mitochondrial DNA. American Journal of Medical Genetics 96: 182-186

 

65.    Narita K, Sasaki T, Akaho R, Okazaki Y, Kusumi I, Kato T, Hashimoto O, Fukuda R, Koyama T, Matsuo K, Okabe Y, Nanko S, Hohjoh H, Tokunaga K (2000) Human leukocyte antigen and season of birth in Japanese patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 157: 1173-1175

 

66.    Matsuo K, Kato T, Fukuda M, Kato N (2000) Alteration of hemoglobin oxygenation in the frontal region in elderly depressed patients measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscicences 12: 465-471

 

67.    Kato T, Fujii K, Kamiya A, Kato N (2000) White matter hyperintensity detected by magnetic resonance imaging and lithium response in bipolar disorder: A preliminary observation. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 54: 117-120

 

68.    Murashita J, Kato T, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Kato N (2000) Altered brain energy metabolism in lithium-resistant bipolar disorder detected by photic stimulated 31P-MR spectroscopy. Psychological Medicine 30: 107-115

 

69.    Kato T, Honda M, Kuwata S, Juji T, Kunugi H, Nanko S, Fukuda M, Honda Y (1999) A novel polymorphism in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor alpha gene: No association with narcolepsy. American Journal of Medical Genetics 88: 301-304

 

70.    Kato T, Murashita J, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Kato N (1999) Relationship of energy metabolism detected by 31P-MRS in the human brain with mental fatigue. Neuropsychobiology 39: 214-218

 

71.    Kato T, Honda M, Kuwata S, Juji T, Fukuda M, Honda Y, Kato N (1999) A search for a mutation in the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) gene in narcolepsy. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 53: 421-423

 

72.    Kato T, Yamanaka G, Kaiya H (1999) Efficacy of media in motivating patients with panic disorder to visit specialists. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 53: 523-526

 

73.    Kunugi H, Ishida S, Kato T, Sakai T, Tatsumi M, Hirose T, Nanko S (1999) No evidence for an association of polymorphism of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene with affective disorders or attempted suicide among Japanese patients. American Journal of Psychiatry 156: 774-776

 

74.    Murashita J, Kato T, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Kato N (1999) Age-dependent alteration of metabolic response to photic stimulation in the human brain measured by 31P MR-spectroscopy. Brain Research 818:72-76

 

75.    Kunugi H, Hattori M, Nanko S, Fujii K, Kato T (1999) Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the neurotrophin-3 gene and hippocampal volume in psychoses. Schizophrenia Research 37: 271-273

 

76.    Hamakawa H, Kato T, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Kato N (1999) Quantitative proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the bilateral frontal lobes of patients with bipolar disorder. Psychological Medicine 29: 639-644

 

77.    Kunugi H, Ishida S, Kato T, Tatsumi M, Sakai T, Hattori M, Hirose T, Nanko S (1999) A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of monoamine oxidase-A gene and mood disorders. Molecular Psychiatry 4: 393-395

 

78.    Murashita J, Yamada N, Kato T, Tazaki M, Kato N (1999) Effects of sleep deprivation: The phosphorus metabolism in the human brain measured by 31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences 53: 199-201

 

79.    Kato T, Winokur G, Coryell W, Rice J, Endicott J, Keller MB, Akiskal HS (1998) Failure to demonstrate parent-of-origin effect in transmission of bipolar II disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 50: 135-141

 

80.    Kato T, Murashita J, Shioiri T, Terada M, Inubushi T, Kato N (1998) Photic stimulation-induced alteration of brain energy metabolism measured by 31P-MR spectroscopy in patients with MELAS. Journal of Neurological Sciences 155: 182-185

 

81.    Kato T, Murashita J, Kamiya A, Shioiri T, Kato N, Inubushi T (1998) Decreased brain intracellular pH measured by 31P-MRS in bipolar disorder: A confirmation in drug-free patients and correlation with white matter hyperintensity. European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences 248: 301-306

 

82.    Sasaki T, Hattori M, Sakai T, Kato T, Kunugi H, Hirose T, Nanko S (1998) The monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) gene and major psychosis in Japanese subjects. Biological Psychiatry 44: 922-924

               

83.    Hamakawa H, Kato T, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Kato N (1998) Quantitative proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the basal ganglia in patients with affective disorders. European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences 248:53-58

 

84.    Kunugi H, Fukuda R, Hattori M, Kato T, Tatsumi M, Sakai T, Hirose T, Nanko S (1998) C677T polymorphism in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and psychoses. Molecular Psychiatry 3: 435-437

 

85.    Kato T, Winokur G, McMahon FJ, DePaulo JR, Crowe RR (1997) Quantitative analysis of leukocyte mitochondrial DNA deletion in affective disorders. Biological Psychiatry 42: 311-316

             

86.    Kato T, Stine OC, McMahon FJ, Crowe RR (1997) Increased levels of a mitochondrial DNA deletion in the brains in patients with bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry 42: 871-875

             

87.    Kato T, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Inubushi T (1997) Phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopic observations in 4 cases with anorexia nervosa. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 21: 719-722

             

88.    Kunugi H, Hattori M, Kato T, Tatsumi M, Sakai T, Sasaki T, Hirose T, Nanko S (1997) Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms: Ethnic difference and possible association with bipolar affective disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2: 457-462

             

89.    Shioiri T, Someya T, Murashita J, Kato T, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T (1997) Multiple regression analysis of relationship between the frontal lobe phosphorus metabolism and clinical symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimging 76: 113-122

             

90.    Kato T, Murashita J, Shioiri T, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T (1996) Effect of photic stimulation on energy metabolism in the human brain measured by 31P MR spectroscopy. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 8: 417-422

             

91.    Kato T, Hamakawa H, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Takahashi Y, Takahashi S, Inubushi T (1996) Choline-containing compounds detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the basal ganglia in bipolar disorder. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience 21: 248-254

             

92.    Kato T, Fujii K, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1996) Lithium side effects in relation to brain lithium concentration measured by lithium-7 magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 20: 87-97

             

93.    Kato T, Takahashi Y (1996) Deletion of leukocyte mitochondrial DNA in bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 37: 67-73

             

94.    Kato T, Wang ZW, Zoega T, Crowe RR (1996) Missense mutation of the cholecystokinin B receptor gene: Lack of association with panic disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 67: 401-405

             

95.    Kato T, Winokur G, Coryell W, Keller MB, Endicott J, Rice J (1996) Parent-of-origin effect in the transmission of bipolar disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics  67: 546-550

             

96.    Shioiri T, Oshitani Y Kato T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T, Nagata T, Takahashi S (1996) Prevalence of cavum septum pellucidum detected by MRI in patients with bipolar disorder, major depression, and schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine 26: 431-434

             

97.    Shioiri T Kato T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1996) High-energy phosphate metabolism in the frontal lobes of patients with panic disorder detected by phase-encoded 31P-MRS. Biological Psychiatry 40: 785-793

             

98.    Shioiri T, Hamakawa H, Kato T, Murashita J, Fujii K, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1996) Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the basal ganglia in patients with schizophrenia: a preliminary report. Schizophrenia Research 22: 19-26

 

99.    Shioiri T, Murashita J, Kato T, Fujii K, Takahashi S (1996) Characteristic clinical features and clinical course in 270 Japanese outpatients with panic disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 10: 163-172

             

100.Kato T, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Takahashi Y, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1995) Lateralized abnormality of high energy phosphate metabolism in the frontal lobes of patients with bipolar disorder detected by phase-encoded 31P-MRS. Psychological Medicine 25: 557-566

             

101.Kato T, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Takahashi Y, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1995) Lateralized abnormality of high energy phosphate and bilateral reduction of phosphomonoester measured by 31P-MRS of the frontal lobes in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 61: 151-160

             

102.Kato T, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1994)  Phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy and ventricular enlargement in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 55: 41-50

             

103.Kato T, Takahashi S, Shioiri T, Murashita J, Hamakawa H, Inubushi T (1994) Reduction of brain phosphocreatine in bipolar II disorder detected by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Affective Disorders 31: 125-133

             

104.Kato T, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1994)  Relationship of brain lithium concentration measured by 7Li-MRS to treatment response in mania. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 14: 330-335

             

105.Shioiri T, Kato T, Inubushi T, Murashita J, Takahashi S (1994) Correlations of phosphomonoesters measured by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the  frontal lobes and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 55: 223-235

             

106.Nanko S, Fukuda R, Hattori M, Sasaki T, Dai XY, Kanba S, Kato T, Kazamatsuri H (1994) Linkage studies between affective disorder and dopamine D2, D3 and D4 receptor gene loci in four Japanese pedigrees. Psychiatry Research 52: 149-159

             

107.Kato T, Takahashi S, Shioiri T, Inubushi T (1993) Alterations in brain phosphorous metabolism in bipolar disorder detected by in vivo 31P and 7Li magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Affective Disorders 27: 53-60

             

108.Kato T, Shioiri T, Inubushi T, Takahashi S (1993) Brain lithium concentrations measured with lithium-7 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with affective disorders: Relationship to erythrocyte and serum concentrations. Biological Psychiatry 33: 147-152

             

109.Satoh K, Suzuki T, Narita M, Ishikura S, Shibasaki M, Kato T, Takahashi S, Fukuyama H, Ohnishi H, Morita R (1993) Regional cerebral blood flow in catatonic type of schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 50: 203-216

             

110.Shioiri T, Kato T, Murashita J, Yamada N, Takahashi S (1993) Changes in the frequency distribution pattern of body weight in patients with major depression. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 88: 336-360

             

111.Kato T, Takahashi S, Inubushi T (1992) Brain lithium concentrations by 7Li and 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 45: 53-63

             

112.Kato T, Takahashi S, Shioiri T, Inubushi T (1992) Brain phosphorous metabolism in depressive disorders detected by phosphorous-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Affective Disorders 26: 223-230

 

113.Kato T, Shioiri T, Takahashi S, Inubushi T (1991) Measurement of brain phosphoinositide metabolism in bipolar patients using in vivo P-31 MRS. Journal of Affective Disorders 22: 185-190

             

114.Someya T, Shibasaki M, Kato T, Noguchi T, Ishida N, Takahashi S (1991) Haloperidol reductase activity in red blood cells from oriental patients on haloperidol. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 15: 275-278

 

115.Shibasaki M, Someya T, Kato T, Noguchi T, Ishida N, Takahashi S (1990) Measurement of haloperidol reductase activity in red blood cells and reduced haloperidol/haloperidol ratios in plasma in oriental psychiatric patients. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 14: 941-947

             

Review Papers

 

116.Iwamoto K, Kato T (in press) Molecular profiling of schizophrneia and related mental disorders. Neuroscientist

 

117.Kato T, Kuratomi G, Kato N (2005) Genetics of bipolar disorder. Drugs of Today 41:5:335-344

 

118.Kato T (2005) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder: from 31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopic findings to their molecular mechanisms. International Review of Neurobiology 63: 21-40

 

119.Kato T, Iwamoto K, Kakiuchi C, Kuratomi G, Okazaki Y (2005) Genetic or epigenetic difference causing discordance between monozygotic twins as a clue to molecular basis of mental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry 10:622-630.

 

120.Ikeda A, Kato T (2003) Biological predictors of lithium response in bipolar disorder. Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 57: 243-250

 

121.Kato T (2001) The other, forgotten genome: mitochondrial DNA and mental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry 6:625-633

 

122.Kato T (2001) Molecular genetics of bipolar disorder. Neuroscience Research 40:105-113

 

123.Kato T, Kato N (2000) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder 2: 180-190

 

124.Kato T, Inubushi T, Kato N (1998) Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in affective disorders. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 10: 133-147

 

125.Kato T, Takahashi S, Inubushi T (1994) Brain lithium concentration measured with lithium-7 magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A review. Lithium 5: 75-81

 

126.Takahashi S, Someya T, Shibasaki M, Kato T, Noguchi T, Ishida N (1990)  Measurement of haloperidol reductase activity in red blood cells from the Japanese psychiatric patients. linical Neuropharmacology 13:2:536-537

 

Book Chapter

 

127.Kato T (2003) MRS Investigations and the pathophysiology of affective disorders. (In Soares JC (ed) Brain Imaging in Affective Disorders, pp159-180, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York)

 

128.Kato T (2002) Imaging Studies of Mood Disorder by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Near-infrared Spectroscopy.(In T. Okuma, S. Kanba and Y. Inoue, (eds) Recent Advances in the Research of Affective Disorder in Japan, p75-84, Elsevier Science, the Netherlands, Amsterdam)

 

129.Kato T (2002) Atypical Psychosis: The Other Boundary of Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorder. (Maj M, Akiskal H S, Lopez-Ibor J J, Sartorius N, eds) WILEY, UK, p94-95

 

130.Kato T (1997) In vivo investigations of signal transduction systems in affective disorders using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (In: Ozawa H, Saito T, Takahata (eds) Signal Transduction Systems in Affective Disorders, Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Tokyo, pp133-146

 

Letters

 

131.Kasahara T, Kato T (2005) Is pyrroloquinoline quinone a vitamin? (Reply) Nature 433: E11-E12.

 

132.Kakiuchi C, Nanko S, Kunugi H, Kato T. (2004) Reply to "Lack of support for a genetic association of the XBP1 promoter polymorphism with bipolar disorder in probands of European origin". Nature Genetics. 2004 Aug;36(8):784-5.

 

133.Kato T (2001) Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphisms and Bipolar Disorder. Am J Psychiatry 158: 1169-1170

 

134.Kato,T. and Takahashi,S. (1995) Reply to “Lithium levels in brain and serum”. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 15, 376

 

(197 original or review papers in Japanese)

 

 

Invited Presentations (International Meetings)

 

1.        Kato T, Kasahara T, Kubota M(2006) Mitochondrial dysfuntion in bipolar disorder: from molecules to behavior. Society of Biological Psychiatry 2006 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 18, 2006 

 

2.        Kato T (2005) Molecular pathophysiogy of bipolar disorder. 2005 POSTECH Brain Winter School, Pohang, Korea, Dec. 27, 2005

 

3.        Kato T (2005) Informed consent: Current Status in Clinical and Research Settings in Japan. Twelfth Session of the International Bioethics Committee(IBC) , Tokyo, Dec. 16, 2005

 

4.        Kato T (2005) Molecular pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. The 3rd Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaSciences: On the Frontiers of Neuro-PharmaSciences,

Tokyo, Dec.7 ,2005

 

5.        Kato T (2005) Is bipolar disorder a mitochondrial disorder? European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Amsterdam, The Netherland, Oct. 23, 2005

 

6.        Kakiuchi C, Kato T (2004) Role of ER stress response pathway in bipolar disorder revealed by gene expression analysis of lymphoblasts of monozygotic discordant twins. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, Soul, Korea, Oct.22, 2004

 

7.        Kato T (2004) Disorder brain bioenergetics in bipolar disorder. World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry International Congress of Biological Psychiatry,  Sydney, Australia, Feb. 10, 2004

 

8.        Kasahara T, Kato T(2004). Molecular basis of bipolar disorder. 6th China-India-Japan-Korea Joint Workshop on Neurobiology and Neuroinformatics, Manesar, India,Oct.6,2004

 

9.        Kato T (2004) Brain imaging and the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Functional imaging studies with near infrared spectroscopy. XXIVth Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP) Congress, Paris, June 22, 2004

 

10.    Kato T, Kakiuchi C (2004) Identification of XBP1 loop as a risk factor for bipolar disorder from gene expression analysis of monozygotic discordant twins. RIKEN-MIT retreat, Kennebunkport, U.S.A. ,June. 8, 2004

 

11.    Kato T (2003) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder revealed by phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy, ACNP 42nd Annual Meeting, San Juan, Dec. 9, 2003

 

12.    Kato T (2003) Analysis of Gene expression, RNA editing, and mitochondrial DNA deletion, in the Stanley foundation brain bank samples, The Stanley meeting, Bethesda, Nov. 7,2003

 

13.    Kato T (2003) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder, The Stanley meeting, Bethesda, Nov. 7,2003

 

14.    Kato T (2002) Search for bipolar disorder related genes using GeneChip, XII World Congress of Psychiatry, Yokohama, August 26-28/2002

 

15.    Kato T (2002) Near infrared spectroscopic investigations of mood disorders, XII World Congress of Psychiatry, Yokohama August 26-28/2002

 

16.    Kato T (2002) Neurobiological predictors of lithium response, XII World Congress of Psychiatry, Yokohama August 26-28/2002

 

17.    Kato T2001Neurobiological mechanisms of bipolar and treatment response. CINP Regional Meeting, Hiroshima, Oct.4, 2001

 

18.    Kato T (2000) 31P-MRS studies of brain energy metabolism and treatment response in bipolar disorder. XXIInd congress of Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium, Brussels July 9-13/2000

 

19.    Kato T (1998) Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder: MRS and molecular genetics. Symposium “Advances in treatment of bipolar disorder”. XXIst congress of Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium, Glasgow, July 13-18/1998.

 

20.    Kato T (1996) Direct measurement of lithium brain concentration by lithium-7 magnetic resonance spectroscopy and correlation with effects. XXth Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium, Symposium ”The diminishing correlation between drug plasma concentration and effects: fact or fallacy?” Melbourne, June 23-27.

 

21.    Kato T (1996) Magnetic resonance spectroscopic investigations of affective disorders. Society of Biological Psychiatry, Symposium “Neuroimaging II”, New York, May 1-5

 

(69 invited presentations at domestic meetings in Japan)