Background
Sato, Akio was born on June 21, 1934 in Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Shiro and Fumiko Sato.
Sato, Akio was born on June 21, 1934 in Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Shiro and Fumiko Sato.
Doctor of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 1964.
Instructor department physiology, Hokkaido U. School Medicine, Sapporo, 1964-1965; study fellow China Medical Board, United States of America, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, New York City, 1966-1967; National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, U. Utah School Medicine, Salt Lake City, 1967-1969; Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung fellow, U. Heidelberg, Germany, 1969-1972; head 2d department physiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology, 1972-1980; director department physiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology, 1980-1990; vice director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology, 1990-1997; emeritus scientist, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Gerontology, since 1997.
Member International Union Physiological Sciences (chairman commission autonomic nervous system), International Brain Research Organization, International Association Study Pain, Society Neurosci., Polish Academy of Sciences (foreign member).
Married Yuko Otsuka, June 21, 1960. Children: Ikuko, Reiko.