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Members

Masahiro YamaguchiProfessor

I first came across olfactory system research while researching neuronal regeneration. Olfactory research has excellent model systems for studying the brain’s universal mechanisms such as neural plasticity, learning memory, and emotional development. There is no doubt that this field of research will lead the world of neuroscience and we hope to contribute as much as we can to this development.

E-mail：yamaguchi►kochi-u.ac.jp（please change the ► to an @）
Tel: 088-880-2305

Mutsuo TaniguchiAssociate Professor

In my research, I analyze the electrical activity between mitral cells and granule cells in accessory olfactory bulb slices using the patch clamp technique.

Yoshihiro MurataLecturer (On-Campus)

I am interested in chemical senses and their related behaviors. One of my research interests has been in the sensory mechanisms of taste, a key determinant for feeding behavior. Since I moved to this lab, my research interests have also included the mechanisms of olfactory memory that affects social and emotional behavior.

Shogo ShimizuLecturer (On-Campus)

Hideto KabaDesignated Professor

After retiring in March of 2016, I asked Professor Yamaguchi and the other staff to allow me to remain in the department. Now, I continue my research of individual recognition in the separate Comprehensive Research Building. I hope for your guidance and encouragement from now on.

Fumino OkutaniProfessor,
Department of Occupational Health

Before I moved to the Nursing Course, my research was focused on synaptic plasticity in the main olfactory bulb underlying aversive olfactory learning in young rats. Now I am interested in human olfaction. Through clinical study on olfactory impairment, I would like to develop olfactory rehabilitation as the latest treatment.

Naoko TodaAdministrative Staff

Md.Monjurul AhasanPostdoctral Fellow

Our department challenging to the development of neuroscience through neural plasticity, learning memory, and emotional development by using neural circuit mechanisms. It’s really exciting matter that odor input induced emotion and motivation in the brain which helps people to live happily and comfortably in this world. Our laboratory also try to improve the quality of life after maturity of the brain by using this neural circuit mechanism. My research focuses on the molecular mechanism of neural circuit.

Sajib PodderGraduate Student

Our lab is interested in investigating odor-associative behavioral learning, pheromonal memory, and plasticity. My research focuses on the effects of orexin on long-term potentiation at synapses in the olfactory tubercle using electrophysiological technique (Field Potential Recording).

Md.Tasnim AlamGraduate Student

Yutaka　YanoGraduate Student

My research focuses on the effect olfactory stimulation (which affects feeding behavior) has in relation to motor functions and posture control. More specifically, through analysis of FRT levels and fMRI brain activity before and after exposure to a seasoning or spice, I hope to prove the medical benefits of cooking as a form of occupational therapy for stroke patients.

Marin ToumeiUndergraduate Student