2018 - 2022 Relationship between GABA release and GABAergic action in the spinal cord to the development of fetal motor function
2017 - 2020 Investigation of the therapeutics for neuropathic pain through GABAergic transmission
2017 - 2019 Molecular mechanism of addiction to animal fat and therapeutic potential of brown rice-specific bioactive substance, gamma-oryzanol for animal fat preference
2013 - 2017 Mechanisms of developing food preference and memorization (learning) through exposure to high-fat diets or sweeteners early in life
2014 - 2017 GABAergic signalinng.
2013 - 2016 The formation of GABAergic network and rhyhm of repiratory in the embryonic development
2012 - 2015 Exploration of novel hypothalamic mechanism on fatty food preference and its application to clinical science on obesity-diabetes syndrome
2011 - 2013 Morphological analysis of the GABA function using knockout mice lacking of molecules involved in GABAergic signaling
2010 - 2012 Exposure to Artificial Sweetener in Juvenile Mice Intensifies Addictionto High-Fat Diet and Exaggerates Leptin Resistance in Adulthood
2009 - 2010 神経系の発生、発達、再生過程におけるGABAシグナルの変化
2008 - 2010 Changes in GABA signaling during development and regeneration
2010 - 神経系の発生、発達、再生過程におけるGABAシグナルの変化
2002 - 2003 Inhibitory factors of central myelin formation-on the basis of comparative and developmental study on the lemma cribrosa sclerae of the optic nerve
1998 - 2001 Glial role in neuronal development and function
1999 - 2000 小脳における抑制性神経回路網の形成および維持調節機構の形態学的解析
1997 - 1998 小脳皮質における抑制性神経回路網の発生とGABA_A受容体の発現変化
1995 - 1997 ANALYSIS Of FUNCTIONAL MECHAMISM OF GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN NEURO-LOGICAL MUTANT MICE BY PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM.
1990 - 1991 Alteration of neuronal network in the central nervous system of a dystonic mutant mouse, "Wriggle mouse Sagami"
Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe, Shigeki Okada, Shiki Okamoto, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Chitoshi Takayama. Specific Expression of KCC2 in the α Cells of Normal and Type 1 Diabetes Model Mouse Pancreatic Islets. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 2022. 55. 1. 47-56
Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe, Shiori Kobayashi, Jeongtae Kim, Yoshinori Kosaka, Masanobu Sunagawa, Akihito Okabe, Chitoshi Takayama. Developmental Formation of the GABAergic and Glycinergic Networks in the Mouse Spinal Cord. International journal of molecular sciences. 2022. 23. 2
Tsukasa Yafuso, Yoshinori Kosaka, Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe, Nobuhiko Okura, Shiori Kobayashi, Jeongtae Kim, Koyata Matsuda, Daichi Kinjo, Akihito Okabe, Chitoshi Takayama. Slow progression of sciatic nerve degeneration and regeneration after loose ligation through microglial activation and decreased KCC2 levels in the mouse spinal cord ventral horn. Neuroscience research. 2021