Kimimasa Tobita, M.D.
Supervision of Fellowship Research Projects:- Microtubule involvement in the adaptation to altered mechanical load in developing chick myocardium. Schroder EA, 2001-2002.
- Adverse effects of caffeine on embryonic cardiac function during early cardiac morphogenesis. Saaloukeh ME, 2004-2006
- Impact of chronic hypoxia exposure of embryonic cardiac function during the period of early morphogenesis. Sharma S, 2003-2005
- Preterminal gasping is associated with increased cardiac function and contributes anoxia tolerance in newborn rat model. Manole MD, 2004-2006
- Vascular hemodynamics in developing embryos. Lucitti JL, 2003-present
- Adverse effect of caffeine on developing embryonic cardiovascular function during early morphogenesis period. Momoi N, 2004-present
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The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) releasing patch on rat infarcted hearts with omentopexy. Fujimoto K, 2004-present
Summer Students Research Projects:
- Impact of electric pacing stimulation on myofiber architecture, connexin-43 expression and contracile properties of engineered early embryonic cardiac tissue (EEECT), Chey E, 2004
- Response of Microtubule Network to Mechanical Stretch in Embryonic Heart Cells, Nonemaker J, 2003
- Response of the in vivo Chick Embryonic Cardiovascular System to Chronic Hypoxia , Nordman, CR, 2003
- Effects of cyclic stretch stimulation on embryonic ventricular cell orientation and shape, Garrison JB, 2001
- Ventricular function of cyclospolin-A treated chick embryos, Omara M, 2001
- Non-invasive assessment of maternal-fetal coupling in mouse, Tabor J, 2001
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Kimimasa Tobita, M.D.Phone: 412-692-8190
Email: Kimimasa.Tobita@chp.edu