Degrees
DDS - 1964
Nihon University, School of Dentistry
MS Prosthodontics - 1966
University of Michigan
MS Physiology - 1969
University of North Dakota
MS Physiology - 1971
University of Michigan
PhD Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism - 1978
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Neonatal Nutrition
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Brain Development and Caffeine's Effects
Various Application of Theobromine on Hard Tissues
Selected Publications
Asadifar, M., Yasdani, M., Sadeghpour, R., Bruno, C., Green, J., Nakamoto, A.T., Hosseini, P., Fahami, F., Gottschalk, S., and Nakamoto, T, Combined effects of caffeine and malnutrition on the newborn rat's myocardium, Food and Chemical Toxi 43: 451-456, 2005.
Nomura, K., Saito, S., Ide, K., Kamino, Y., Sasahara, H., Nakamoto, T., and Abiko, Y., Caffeine suppresses the expression of the Bcl-2 mRNA in BeWo cell culture and rat placenta, J. Nutr. Biochem 15:342-349, 2004.
Yazdani, M., Ide, K., Asadifar, M. Gottschalk, S., Joseph, F. Jr., Nakamoto, T., Effects of caffeine on the saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids of the newborn rat cerebellum, Ann. Nutr. Metab. 48:79-83, 2004.
Nakamoto, T., Neurodevelopmetal consequences of coffee/caffeine exposure, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and the Brain CRC Press LLC, pp97-112, 2004.
Tanuma, A., Saito, S., Ide, K., Sasahara, H. Yazdani, M., Gottshalk, S., Nakamoto, T., Abiko, Y., Caffeine enhances the expression of the antiotensin II type 2 receptor mRNA in BeWo cell culture and in the rat placenta, Placenta 24:638-647, 2003.