Eiichiro Nagata

Eiichiro Nagata
Professor, Department of Neurology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimo-Kasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan

Biography

PERSONAL DATA: Name: Eiichiro Nagata Citizenship: Japanese/ USA Date of Birth: April 13, 1963 Place of Birth: Baltimore, MD, USA Present Address: Work: Professor Department of Neurology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimo-Kasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, JAPAN EDUCATION: 1989 M.D. Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 1989 Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo,Japan (Internal Medicine and Neurology) 1995 Ph.D. Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo,Japan Dissertation: Alteration of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor after two-hour hemispheric ischemia in the gerbil brain. My research interests include the pathophysiology of migraine, the study of inositol polyphosphate signaling, and autophagy in the pathogenesis of diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.

Research Interest

Stroke, Migraine, Neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Huntington disease and Parkinson disease