Faculty Information : Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Hamamatsu University Hospital Psychiatry

Senior Assistant Professor

和久田　智靖

WAKUDA Tomoyasu

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Last updated： 2026/05/17

Basic information on teaching staff

Career

2002/5/- 2002/11/ Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Resident
2002/12/- 2004/5/ Shizuoka Psychiatric Medical Center Medical staff
2004/6/- 2008/3/ Tenno hospital Medical staff
2009/4/- 2009/6/ Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Medical staff
2009/7/- 2016/1/ Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Assistant professor
2016/2/- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Senior assistant professor

Research Areas

Life Science - Psychiatry

Research keywords

Schizophrenia

Autism spectrum disorder

Neuroimaging

Molecular psychiatry

Microglia

Subject of research

[1]. Neuroinflammation and psychiatric disorders
[2]. PET imaging in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders
[3]. Association between perinatal events and psychiatric disorders

Research activities

Papers

[1]. α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, activated glia, and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: a dual-tracer PET study.
Molecular psychiatry [Volume]31 [Issue](2) [Page]739 -748 （2025/） [Reviewed] Yes [DOI]

[2]. Oxytocin-induced increases in cytokines and clinical effect on the core social features of autism: Analyses of RCT datasets.
Brain, behavior, and immunity [Volume]118 [Page]398 -407 （2024/） [Reviewed] Yes [DOI]

[3]. Lower Availability of Mitochondrial Complex I in Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Autism: A Positron Emission Tomography Study.
The American journal of psychiatry [Volume]180 [Issue]4 [Page]277 -284 （2023/） [Reviewed] Yes [DOI]

[4]. Extrastriatal dopamine D2/3 receptor binding, functional connectivity, and autism socio-communicational deficits: a PET and fMRI study.
Molecular psychiatry （2022/） [Reviewed] Yes [DOI] [Repository]

[5]. Effect of a novel nasal oxytocin spray with enhanced bioavailability on autism: a randomized trial.
Brain （2022/） [Reviewed] Yes [DOI]

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Memberships of academic societies

[1]. The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology

[2]. Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry

[3]. Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry

[4]. The Japanese Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

[5]. Schizophrenia International Research Society

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Educational activities

Allotted class

[1]. Schizophrenia

[2]. Psycho-Oncology

[3]. Early intervention in psychiatric disorders

[4]. Forensic psychiatry