Researchers

CHAN Michele

CHAN Michele: Research associate

Faculty	Department of Pharmacy
Researchmap	https://researchmap.jp/mchan

Education and Career

Education

2009/09 - 2012/07 , University of Nottingham, Psychology,
2012/09 - 2013/12 , University of Nottingham, Psychology,
2014/01 - 2018/06 , Durham University, Josephine Butler College, Psychology,

Academic & Professional Experience

Apr. 2025 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Assistant Professor
Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025 , Kindai University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Postdoctoral Researcher
Sep. 2021 - Mar. 2024 , Hokkaido University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Oct. 2019 - Aug. 2021 , Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute
Feb. 2019 - Oct. 2019 , Koç University Psychology
Sep. 2018 - Feb. 2019 , Newcastle University Institute of Neuroscience
2017 - 2018 , Durham University Psychology
Jan. 2014 - Jan. 2018 , Durham University Psychology

Research Activities

Research Areas

Life sciences, Cognitive neuroscience
Life sciences, Neuroscience - general
Life sciences, Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science

Research Interests

Decision Making, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Flexibility, Cognition, Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Rodent Behaviour, Cortico-striatal Pathway, Limbic System, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Learning and Memory

Published Papers

Votucalis, a Novel Centrally Sparing Histamine-Binding Protein, Attenuates Histaminergic Itch and Neuropathic Pain in Mice
Ibrahim Alrashdi; Amal Alsubaiyel; Michele Chan; Emma E. Battell; Abdel Ennaceur; Miles A. Nunn; Wayne Weston-Davies; Paul L. Chazot; Ilona Obara
Frontiers in Pharmacology 13 (846683) , 846683-846683, 8, Mar. 2022 , Refereed
The NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 fails to impair long-term recognition memory in mice when the state-dependency of memory is controlled
Michele Chan; Joseph M. Austen; Madeline J. Eacott; Alexander Easton; David J. Sanderson
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 161 , 57-62, May. 2019 , Refereed
Continual Trials Spontaneous Recognition Tasks in Mice: Reducing Animal Numbers and Improving Our Understanding of the Mechanisms Underlying Memory
Michele Chan; Madeline J. Eacott; David J. Sanderson; Jianfei Wang; Mu Sun; Alexander Easton
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12 (214) , 214-214, 13, Sep. 2018 , Refereed

Books etc

超音波ニューロモデュレーション法の研究開発 , 吉田楓; Michele Chan; Gangsheng Yang; 工藤信樹; 竹内雄一 , Joint Author , Joint Author , 日本工業出版 , 2025
Time-targeted intervention of brain oscillations with transcranial ultrasound irradiation. (in press) , Chan M; Yoshida K; Yang G; Mimura T; Kudo N; Takeuchi Y , Springer-Nature

Conference Activities & Talks

Chemogenetic inhibition of the prefrontal cortices in Long-Evans rats induces impulsive decision-making via the reduction of limbic beta and gamma frequency oscillations. , Michele Chan; Yuichi Takeuchi , 第48回日本神経科学学会 , 24, Jul. 2025
Chemogenetic inhibition of the prefrontal cortex induces impulsive decision-making in Long-Evans rats , Michele Chan; Masabumi Minami; Yuichi Takeuchi , NEURO2024, Fukuoka , 26, Jul. 2024
Non-invasive gene transfection to neurons in the cortex using transcranial ultrasound. , Chan M; Mimura T; Minami M; Takeuchi Y , The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society 2023 , 3, Aug. 2023

Apr. 2024, JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Jun. 2022, Narishige Neuroscience Research Foundation, Narishige Neuroscience Research Foundation Award
2015, Durham University, Department of Psychology, Postgraduate Research (PGR) Travel Award