Dr. Masanobu Ito

Associate Professor
Juntendo University, Japan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Medicine from Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Dr. Masanobu Ito is currently working as Associate Professor in Juntendo University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan. He obtained his PhD in Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine Juntendo University, School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan. He is also working as member of Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry, the Japanese Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Japanese Society of Clinical Neuro Psychopharmacology. His area of interest includes a mechanism of Electroconvulsive Therapy, Effective differences of patients to ECT, Adult Neurogenesis, The role of neurogenesis in ECT. His experience include, worked as Research Fellow, Clinical Assistant, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor at Juntendo University Tokyo, Japan, Post-doctoral fellow at McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has published 6 articles in journals, 9 case report, and 7 poster presentations as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Medicine
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Adult Neurogenesis
Chronic Antidepressant Treatment
Electroconvulsive Seizure

Selected Publications

  1. Ito, M., K. Hatta and H. Arai, 2014. Postictal confusion was associated with improvement after electroconvulsive therapy in depression. Juntendo Med. J., 60: 245-250.
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  2. Nakamura, K., M. Ito, Y. Liu, T. Seki, T. Suzuki and H. Arai, 2013. Effects of single and repeated electroconvulsive stimulation on hippocampal cell proliferation and spontaneous behaviors in the rat. Brain Res., 1491: 88-97.
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  3. Ito, M., Y. Dumont and R. Quirion, 2013. Mood and memory-associated behaviors in neuropeptide Y 5 knockout mice. Neuropeptides, 47: 75-84.
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  4. Ito, M., K. Hatta, C. Usui and H. Arai, 2012. Urine catecholamine levels are not influenced by electroconvulsive therapy in depression or schizophrenia over the long term. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci., 66: 602-610.
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  5. Nomoto, H., K. Hatta, C. Usui, M. Ito, Y. Kita and H. Arai, 2011. Vitamin K deficiency due to prolongation of antibiotic treatment and decrease in food intake in a catatonia patient. Psychosomatics, 52: 486-487.

  6. Miyakawa, K., M. Ito, K. Hatta, K. Eto and H. Arai, 2011. Recurrent cholecystitis in an elderly mentally retarded patient with pica. Psychogeriatrics, 11: 244-246.
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  7. Ito, M., K. Hatta, K. Miyakawa and H. Arai, 2011. Phenytoin toxicity associated with hypoalbuminaemia and the paradoxical elevation of serum concentration. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 23: 321-322.
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  8. Ito, M, T. Seki, J. Liu, K. Nakamura and T. Namba et al., 2010. Effects of repeated electroconvulsive seizure on cell proliferation in the rat hippocampus. Synapse, 64: 814-821.
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  9. Tanimura, A., J. Liu, T. Namba, T. Seki and Y. Matsubara et al., 2009. Prenatal phencyclidine exposure alters hippocampal cell proliferation in offspring rats. Synapse, 63: 729-736.
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  10. Ito, M., K. Hatta, K. Miyakawa and H. Arai, 2009. Pulmonary embolism from persistent dilatation of the bladder secondary to anticholinergic side effects. Gen. Hospital Psychiatry, 31: 187-189.
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  11. Usui, C., K. Hatta, T. Yokoyama, M. Oshima, M. Ito, N. Shibata and H. Arai, 2008. Possible effect of beta-blocker on the prevention of ventricular tachycardia during electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci., 62: 623-623.
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  12. Ito, M., K. Hatta, K. Miyakawa, K. Miyauchi and H. Arai, 2007. Prolonged and fluctuating giant T-wave inversion after electroconvulsive therapy. J. ECT, 23: 194-197.
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  13. Hatta, K., N. Shibata, T. Ota, C. Usui, M. Ito, H. Nakamura and H. Arai, 2007. Association between physical restraint and drug-induced liver injury. Neuropsychobiology, 56: 180-184.
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  14. Hatta, K., A. Kitajima, M. Ito, C. Usui and H. Arai, 2007. Pulmonary edema after electroconvulsive therapy in a patient treated for long-standing asthma with a β2 stimulant. J. ECT, 23: 26-27.
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  15. Ito, M., H. Baba, R. Kawashima and H. Arai, 2006. A case of prolonged depression with tamoxifen. Japan Med. Assoc. J., 49: 167-172.