Katsuo Uchida, Ph.D. Professor Director of Library kuchida@yachts.ac.jp

Professional Career

Education

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

Physiology
Biochemistry

Research Interests

Mass Spectroscopic Analyses of Expired Gases during Exercise
Glucose and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Skeletal Muscles during Exercise
³¹P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Skeletal Muscles

 

Selection of Original Papers

 Infra-red and Raman Spectroscopy

Uchida K, Takahashi H, Higasi K. Polarized Raman spectra of (NH)₄SO₄ single crystals. Bull Chem Soc Jpn. 1974; 47: 1545-1546.

Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spectroscopy

               Yamazaki I, Uchida K, and Baba H. Fluorescence spectrum of pyrimidine vapor from the

                zero-point vibrational level of ¹B₁(n, P*) state. Chem Lett. 1974; 1505-1510 .

Uchida K, Yamazaki I, Baba H. Fast and slow fluorescence emissions from pyrimidine vapor. Chem Phys Lett. 1976; 38: 133-137.

Uchida K, Yamazaki I, Baba H. Effects of methyl substitution on electronic relaxation processes of pyrimidine vapor. Chem Phys. 1978; 35: 91-101.

                Takemura T, Uchida K, Fujita M, Shindo Y, Suzuki N, Baba H. Phosphorescence from  

                pyrimidine vapor. Chem Phys Lett. 1980; 73: 12-15.

Baba H, Fujita M, and Uchida K. Rotational effects on fluorescence quantum yields of pyrazine and pyrimidine in the vapor phase.  Chem Phys Lett. 1980; 73: 425-428.

Baba H, Ohta N, Sekiguchi O, Fujita M, Uchida K. Effects of molecular rotation on electronic relaxation processes in pyrazine and pyrimidine with particular regard to pressure dependence. J Phys Chem. 1983; 87: 943-952.

Physiology

Uchida K, Mochizuki M, Niizeki K. Diffusion coefficient of CO₂ molecule and bicarbonate ion in hemoglobin solution measured by fluorescence technique. Jpn J Physiol. 1983; 33: 619-634.

Uchida K, Shibuya I, Mochizuki M. Simultaneous measurement of cardiac output and pulmonary diffusion capacity for CO by a rebreathing method. Jpn J Physiol. 1986; 36: 657-670.

Uchida K, Shibuya I, Doi, K. Difference in the mode of acute cold-induced hypothermia between rat and hamster. Jpn J Physiol. 1987; 37: 207-222.

Shibuya I, Uchida K, Mochizuki M. Experimental analyses of pulmonary gas exchange in a standing position at rest and during treadmill exercise. Jpn J Physiol. 1987; 37: 303-320.

Uchida K, Doi K. Measurements of CO₂ diffusivity and buffering capacity in myoglobin solutions. Jpn J Physiol. 1992; 42: 89-100.

Uchida K, Matsuyama K, Tanaka K, Doi K. Diffusion coefficient for O₂ in plasma and mitochondrial membranes of rat cardiomyocytes. Respir Physiol. 1992; 90: 351-362.

Uchida K, Tanaka K, Doi K. Effects of cardioplegic reperfusion on ATP recovery of rod-shaped myocytes isolated from rat ventricles. Jpn J Physiol. 1993; 43: 259-265.

Uchida K, Doi K. Glycolysis vs. respiration as ATP source for the shape of quiescent cardiomyocytes. Respir Physiol. 1994; 97: 213-223.

Takahashi H, Iwabuchi K, Kudo Y, Tomoike H, Niizeki K, Uchida K, Takahashi K. Simultaneous measurement of pulmonary diffusion capacity for CO and cardiac output by a rebreathing method in patients with pulmonary disease. Intern Med. 1995; 34: 330-338.

Kuroda M, Kaminishi T, Uchida K, Miyazawa K, Tomoike H, Doi K. Ca²⁺ increase and pH decrease induced by hypochlorous acid in single quiescent myocytes isolated from rat ventricles. Jpn J Physiol. 1995; 45: 619-630.

Uchida K: Kinetics of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle during ischemia. Yamagata J Health Sci. 1998; 1: 53-55.

Uchida K: Estimation of mixed venous CO₂ tention and QRS electrical axis from simple mathematical considerations. Yamagata J Health Sci. 2001; 4: 39-41. 

Uchida K: Some mathematical issues in the relationship between respiratory exchange ratio and carbon dioxide prerssure during rebreathing. Yamagata J Health Sci. 2009; 12: 21-24.

³¹P-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Uchida K, Chowdhury IH, Amagasa S, Sakai M, Ogino T, Horikawa H, Doi K. Buffering action of phosphocreatine in rat skeletal muscle during ischemia. The 1997 Nagano Sympo Sports Sci. 1998; 144-147.

Chowdhury IH, Uchida K, Amagasa S, Sakai M, Ogino T, Horikawa H, Doi K. ³¹P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of perfused rat skletal muscle. Yamagata J Health Sci. 2002; 5: 115-122.