2023 - 2027 Analysis of thermoregulatory mechanisms by the CNS using model animals of female-dominant infectious hypothermia
2022 - 2026 Fundamental understanding for establishing a novel method of temperature control using an animal model of CNS-regulated hypothermia.
2021 - 2026 Exploration of estrogen feedback mechanisms regulating animal reproduction to improve the methods controlling ovulation and follicle development in domestic animals
2016 - 2018 Analysis of the brain mechanisms responsible for the estrogen-dependent female sexual behavior
2015 - 2018 Functional analysis of heat-stress resistance gene in Cambodian native cattle
2014 - 2016 排卵中枢キスペプチンニューロンを制御する上位ネットワークの解明
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Papers (36):
Youki Watanabe, Kinuyo Iwata, Shiori Minabe, Nobuhiro Nakao, Hirotaka Ishi, Hitoshi Ozawa. Central injection of neuropeptide B induces luteinizing hormone release in male and female rats. Peptides. 2023. 171064-171064
Shiori Minabe, Kinuyo Iwata, Youki Watanabe, Hirotaka Ishii, Hitoshi Ozawa. Long-term effects of prenatal undernutrition on female rat hypothalamic KNDy neurons. Endocrine connections. 2022
Kana Ikegami, Youki Watanabe, Sho Nakamura, Teppei Goto, Naoko Inoue, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Hiroko Tsukamura. Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating the KNDy neuronal activities to generate and modulate GnRH pulse in mammals. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology. 2021. 64. 100968-100968
Sho Nakamura, Youki Watanabe, Teppei Goto, Kana Ikegami, Naoko Inoue, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Hiroko Tsukamura. Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology. 2021. 64. 100952-100952