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Japanese
Staff
Professor:
Noriyuki Tanaka (Ph.D)
Associate Professor:
Toshiro Kita (Ph.D)
Assistant Professor:
Toshiko Tanaka (Ph.D)
Research Associate:
Kentaro Kasai (MS)
Focus of research:
1. Studies on the traumatic brain edema.
2. Studies on the mechanism of shock.
3. Application of heat shock protein in the forensic science.
4. Studies on the myocardial ischemia injury.
5. Studies on the organ injuries induced by the e.coli LPS and verotoxin (VT2)
6. Studies on the alcoholic organ injuries.
7. Studies on the mechanism of blood subtypes' revelation.
Key words for study
Traumatic brain edema, Endotoxin shock, Heat shock protein, LPS, Verotoxin,
Myocardial ischemia injury, Alcolic cardiomyopathy
Latest publications of our research
1. The expression of TNF alpha in the rat brain after fluid percussive injury.
(1997) Int J Legal Med 110, 305-311
2. E.coli endotoxin enhances cardiomyopathy in rats with chronic alcohol
consumption (1996) Int J Legal Med 109, 37-41
3. The expression of tumour necrosis factor in the hypothalamus after treatment
with lipopolysaccharide (1996) Int J Exp Path 77, 37-44
4. Magnetic resonance imaging and histopathological study of brain lesions in
rabbits given intravenous verotoxin2 (1996) Infect Immun 64, 5053-5060
5. Protective effect of peptide leukotriene antagonist on renal failure
induced by a tourniquet in rabbits (1995) Forensic Sci Int 71, 57-64
6. The immunocytochemical localization of tumour necrosis factor and
leukotriene in the rat heart and lung during endotoxin shock (1994)
Virchow's Arch 424, 273-277
7. The role of peptide leukotrienes in renal failure induced by a tourniquet (1994)
Forensic Sci Int 67, 89-101
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