Faculty and Researchers
Biology and Life Sciences
Neurosciences
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Neurosciences.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2024 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2025 academic year.
KAGAWA Nao
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics
Fish Physiology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
What controls the wide range of behaviors we see in animals? Focusing on the genes that develop in the brain, the center of behavior, fish are used to conduct research into the mechanisms that control behavior.
FUKUSHIMA Nobuyuki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Lipid Biology
How is the complex neural circuitry of the brain created, what affects the actions of animals, and what mechanisms do nerves and cancer share? The mysteries behind these questions are delved into using research drawing on molecular biology.
MORIYAMA Ryutaro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Environmental Physiology
Reproductive Biology, Physiology, Neuroendocrinology
Organisms have adopted characteristics suitable to their habitat so that they can survive individually and so that their species can carry on. Research is conducted into the mechanisms of how factors such as changes in nutritional conditions and internal and external stress control reproductive functions.
OTSUKA Airi
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Nutrition and Life science
Nutrition, Food Functional Science, Physiology
Social stress is a form of mental stress associated with human relationships that underlies the pathogenesis of mental disorders such as depression. We examine the effect of nutritional approach to social stress and explain the mechanism of reducing psychosocial stress by food.
KOMADA Munekazu
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- Mammalian Embryology
Anatomy, Developmental Neurotoxicology, Congenital Anomaly, Mammalian Embryology
I would like to clarify the influence of maternal environment during pregnancy on the development and development of children. In addition, I aim to prevent birth defects and contribute to the healthy growth of children. I would like to engage in the development of human resources who wish for the birth and growth of children who will lead the next generation.
NAKAZAWA Naotaka
- Position
- Lecturer