Kentaro Nakamura

Best Publications

• Cell proliferation at 122°C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation

  Ken Takai;Kentaro Nakamura;Tomohiro Toki;Urumu Tsunogai

  967
  Citations

• Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements

  Yasuhiro Kato;Koichiro Fujinaga;Kentaro Nakamura;Yutaro Takaya

  731
  Citations

• Effects of a medium-chain triglyceride-based ketogenic formula on cognitive function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

  Miho Ota;Junko Matsuo;Ikki Ishida;Harumasa Takano

  276
  Citations

• The tremendous potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth elements

  Yutaro Takaya;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Takehiro Kawasaki;Koichiro Fujinaga;Koichiro Fujinaga

  263
  Citations

• The full stomach test as a novel diagnostic technique for identifying patients at risk of Brugada syndrome.

  Takanori Ikeda;Atsuko Abe;Satoru Yusu;Kentaro Nakamura

  187
  Citations

• Geochemistry and mineralogy of REY-rich mud in the eastern Indian Ocean

  Kazutaka Yasukawa;Hanjie Liu;Koichiro Fujinaga;Shiki Machida;Shiki Machida

  147
  Citations

• Carbonatization of oceanic crust by the seafloor hydrothermal activity and its significance as a CO2 sink in the Early Archean

  Kentaro Nakamura;Yasuhiro Kato

  146
  Citations

• Geological background of the Kairei and Edmond hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge: Implications of their vent fluids’ distinct chemistry

  Hidenori Kumagai;K. Nakamura;K. Nakamura;T. Toki;T. Morishita

  144
  Citations

• Serpentinized troctolites exposed near the Kairei Hydrothermal Field, Central Indian Ridge: Insights into the origin of the Kairei hydrothermal fluid supporting a unique microbial ecosystem

  Kentaro Nakamura;Kentaro Nakamura;Tomoaki Morishita;Wolfgang Bach;Frieder Klein

  128
  Citations

• Highly alkaline, high-temperature hydrothermal fluids in the early Archean ocean

  Takazo Shibuya;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Kentaro Nakamura;Ken Takai

  127
  Citations

• Discovery of extremely REY-rich mud in the western North Pacific Ocean

  Koichi Iijima;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Koichiro Fujinaga;Koichiro Fujinaga;Kentaro Nakamura

  122
  Citations

• A Ketogenic Formula Prevents Tumor Progression and Cancer Cachexia by Attenuating Systemic Inflammation in Colon 26 Tumor-Bearing Mice

  Kentaro Nakamura;Hidekazu Tonouchi;Akina Sasayama;Kinya Ashida

  112
  Citations

• Discovery of new hydrothermal activity and chemosynthetic fauna on the Central Indian Ridge at 18°-20° S.

  Kentaro Nakamura;Hiromi Watanabe;Junichi Miyazaki;Ken Takai

  106
  Citations

• Theoretical constraints of physical and chemical properties of hydrothermal fluids on variations in chemolithotrophic microbial communities in seafloor hydrothermal systems

  Kentaro Nakamura;Kentaro Nakamura;Ken Takai

  105
  Citations

• Archaeal diversity and community development in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

  Ken Takai;Kentaro Nakamura

  103
  Citations

• Ultramafics-Hydrothermalism-Hydrogenesis-HyperSLiME (UltraH3) linkage: a key insight into early microbial ecosystem in the Archean deep-sea hydrothermal systems

  Ken Takai;Kentaro Nakamura;Katsuhiko Suzuki;Fumio Inagaki

  98
  Citations

• Igneous, Alteration and Exhumation Processes Recorded in Abyssal Peridotites and Related Fault Rocks from an Oceanic Core Complex along the Central Indian Ridge

  Tomoaki Morishita;Kaori Hara;Kentaro Nakamura;Kentaro Nakamura;Takashi Sawaguchi

  89
  Citations

• Synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic perspective on the formation mechanism of REY-rich muds in the Pacific Ocean

  Teruhiko Kashiwabara;Ryuichi Toda;Kentaro Nakamura;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Kazutaka Yasukawa

  88
  Citations

• Tracking the spatiotemporal variations of statistically independent components involving enrichment of rare-earth elements in deep-sea sediments.

  Kazutaka Yasukawa;Kentaro Nakamura;Koichiro Fujinaga;Hikaru Iwamori

  87
  Citations

• Water column imaging with multibeam echo-sounding in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Implications for distribution of deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites and the cause of acoustic water column anomaly

  Kentaro Nakamura;Kentaro Nakamura;Shinsuke Kawagucci;Kazuya Kitada;Hidenori Kumagai

  87
  Citations

• Discovery of a new hydrothermal vent based on an underwater, high-resolution geophysical survey

  Kentaro Nakamura;Tomohiro Toki;Nobutatsu Mochizuki;Miho Asada

  81
  Citations

• Paleomagnetic record from Academician Ridge, Lake Baikal: a reversal excursion at the base of marine oxygen isotope stage 6

  H Oda;K Nakamura;K Ikehara;T Nakano

  72
  Citations