Research Themes

For graduate students in the Department of Life Sciences (Students in 2008)

Admission year Names Research topics
Year 2004 Daisuke Kase Elucidation of information processing mechanism in the Cerebral Circuitry
Takuya Nishimaki Research on the second critical period in the recovery period after encephalopathy
Yasuharu Hirai Elucidation of Cerebral Cortex Local Circuitry
Yoshiyuki Fukuda Research on receptor kinetics using electron-microscopy
Year 2005 Kiwako Sakamoto Research on human functions using imaging method
Fumiharu Tsuboi Research on plasticity of the central nervous system by using electrophysiological technique
Yoko Maki Elucidation of neural basis of harmonized movement of both hands
Yusuke Morito Elucidation of internal cerebral processing basis in kinematic parallax process
Hiroshi Ishii Activation of Cs+ permeable K+ channel by GABAB receptor
Hiroyuki Inada Developmental plasticity and control mechanism of neuronal circuit
Mika Ushimaru Elucidation of firing pattern of cerebral cortical neuron
Tomokazu Urakawa Research on human brain function by using imaging method
Kayoko Kujirai Sensorimotor control function of human cerebrum
Chie Satoh Elucidation of neurogenesis in Zebrafish
Seigo Shindo Effects of complexity and density of audiovisual information on brain
Takuya Harada Research on neural mechanism of visuoperceptual in cerebral cortex
Katuhiro Nagatomo Activation of Mouse TRPA1 channel by caffeine
Year 2005
Admission in October
Yoko Mano Elucidation of internal cerebral processing mechanism in emotional perception
LOUKANOV,Alexandre,Roumenov molecules or protain molecules) are reacted with functional groups. I choose chemical interactions but not biological ones.
PHONGPHANPHANEE,Penphimon Research on building of neuronal circuit function in superior colliculus in tectum, basal ganglion, brainstem
Taku Banno Electro-physiological analysis on visual neural mechanism
Year 2006 Hirofumi Iijima Development of photoelectron gun for biological electron microscope
Keise Izuma Examination of neural basis in the interaction among individuals
Toshiko Gamano Research on biodiversity of new voltage sensor protein
Kana Takaura Neurophysiological examination of visuomotor exchanging function using a blind Japanese monkey
Chie Toda Elucidation of control mechanism of susceptibility to insulin in hypothalamus
Yuichi Hasegawa Research on volume-activated CI channel and its regulator molecule
Shinichi Matsushita Research on interaction among molecules of membrane functional chip
Yuichi Matsushita Roles of adult neurogenesis for higher cerebral function
Takahiro Miyazaki Research on higher cognitive function by using magnetoencephalography
LEE, Hae Ung Elucidation of roles of glial cells in the brain function
Sachiko Oka Elucidation of human visual perception by using magnetoencephalography
Akihiro Sasaki Relation of information processing and body cognition in heteromodality perception
Kaori Satoh Research on ion channel in osmoreceptor neuron of brain
Daisuke Takahara Elucidation of conduction and function of promoter cortex of a monkey
Nao Nakagawa Research on mechanism of processing sensory information through thalamas
Masamichi Hayashi Research on localized cerebral function by using functional MRI
Junya Yamaguchi Elucidation of rearragement mechanism of neural circuit in the growth period
Year 2006
Admission in October
Takeshi Fujii Elucidation of neural basis of higher cerebral function by FMRI
Hisakazu Yanaka Neural basis of reaction inhibition in human
KECELI,Mehmet Batu Molecular biophysical analysis of P2X2 channel towards the molecular mechanisms of the expression density dependent changes
KUMAR,Akhilesh Physiological significance of sugar chain in the neural development process
Year 2007 Tomoaki Ayabe Research on visual attention by using magnetoencephalography
Kunitoshi Uchida Elucidation of molecular mechanism of thermal reception through thermal susceptibility channel
Naofumi Otsuru Internal cerebral mechanism of pain
Yuichi Takeuchi Elucidation of mechanism of somatosensory processing through thalamus and cerebral cortex
Kouya Yamashiro Internal cerebral mechanism to somatosensory stimuli
Maya Yamato Elucidation of sugar and lipid metabolism in the liver
Noriyoshi Usui Molecular mechanism in the generation and differentiation of neural stem cell
Takahiro Shimizu Guidance of the generation and differentiation of glial cell, and the migration and axon of neuronal cell
Akiko Nishio Elucidation of visuoperceptual neuronal mechanism
Year 2007
Admission in October
Kenzou Hirao Reformation mechanism of neuronal circuit in the growth period
AZIZ,Wajeeha Finding a key molecule required for the stabilization of long term memory in motor learning, using mutant mice.
PARAJULI,Laxmi Kumar Investigation of calcium channel localization in the brain
ZHOU,Yiming Elucidation of significance in noxious stimulus reception of associated function of TRPV1 and TRPA1
Year 2008 Yugo Ishino Elucidation of stem cell maintenance mechanism of Bre1 gene
Makiko Kashio Research on physiological function of thermal susceptibility receptor
Tomomi Tsunematsu Elucidation of sleep sleep/wakefulness regulatory mechanism by orexin neuron
Goki Okazawa Physiological research on internal cerebral visual information processing of primate
Yuko Okamoto Research on neural basis in imitation using fMRI
Masahiro Kamijo Energy metabolism mechanism by the central nervous system
Yasunori Takayama Elucidation of molecular mechanism of thermoregulation through TRPV4 appeared in hypothalamus
Yumiko Yoshida Elucidation of neuronal basis of social cognitive ability using functional MRI

As of April, 2008