Akira Sawa MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Neuroscience
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600 North Wolfe StreetMeyer 3-166Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-4726
Fax+1 410-614-1792
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Education & Training
Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of TokyoClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 2015 - 2025
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Stable White Matter Structure in the First Three Years After Psychosis Onset.Peter C Van Dyken, Kun Yang, Andreia V Faria, Akira Sawa, Michael MacKinley
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 2025-05-01 - Aberrant aging-associated p62 autophagic cascade in biopsied olfactory neuronal cells from patients with psychosis.Kun Yang, Koko Ishizuka, Toshifumi Tomoda, Akira Sawa
Schizophrenia. 2025-04-23 - Targeted and Non-Targeted Metabolomic Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Early Phase Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study from the Hopkins First Episode Psychosis Project.George E Jaskiw, Mark E Obrenovich, Curtis J Donskey, Farren B S Briggs, Sun Sunnie Chung
Metabolites. 2025-04-15
Journal Articles
- Host–Parasite Interaction Associated with Major Mental IllnessNicola Cascella, Faith Dickerson, Yian Chen, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, Akira Sawa, Robert H Yolken, Nature
- Sulforaphane Augments Glutathione and Influences Brain Metabolites in Human Subjects: A Clinical Pilot StudyAkira Sawa, MD, Molecular Neuropsychiatry
Authored Content
- TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 and Disrupted in Schizophrenia 1 Coaggregation Disrupts Dendritic Local Translation and Mental Function in Frontotemporal Lobar DegenerationMarch 2018
- TDP-43 and DISC1 Co-Aggregation Disrupts Dendritic Local Translation and Mental Function in FTLDMarch 2018
Press Mentions
Assessing Brain Metabolism with 7-T Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Patients with First-Episode PsychosisMarch 1st, 2020
Digest | New Evidence: Links Abnormally Formed Proteins with SchizophreniaJune 10th, 2019
How Sulforaphane in Broccoli May Benefit Those with Schizophrenia, Autism and Alzheimer’sMay 23rd, 2019- Join now to see all
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