2017 - 2020 Molecular mechanisms of taste bud cell differentiation: Transcription factors regulating gustatory function over Type I, II, III cells in taste buds.
2014 - 2017 Mechanisms of taste bud cell differentiation/ Establishment of cell culture system from postmitotic taste bud precursor cells
2011 - 2013 The effect of the sensitivity in the esophagus mucous on a parafunction of the stomatognathic system
2011 - 2013 Cell differentiation from basal cell to taste bud: Conditional recombination approach
2008 - 2010 Mechanisms of taste cell differentiation : interaction between taste cells and taste nerves in reconstruction system
2006 - 2007 Electrophysiological histological study on the damage and adaptation to the masseter muscle by overactivity in the rat
2006 - 2007 Functions and species differences of softpalate taste buds in mammals
1998 - 2000 Synergistic taste effectiveness of citric acid
1996 - 1998 Evaluation of gustatory functions by using new methods to qualify eating behavior.
1994 - 1995 Developmental alteration of function and distribution of taste buds on the soft palate.
1992 - 1993 Morphological and functional changes of taste buds on the soft palate during development.
1991 - 1993 Allotments of gustatory functions in the chorda tympani (CT), great superficial petrosal nerve (GSP) and lingual nerve (LN).
1990 - 1991 Coding of gustatory information in the NTS from the soft palate.
1987 - 1989 Changes of gustatory system through life time
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Papers (32)：
Eriko Koyanagi-Matsumura, Hirohito Miura, Mitsuru Saito, Shuitsu Harada. Type II/III cell composition and NCAM expression in taste buds. Cell and Tissue Research. 2021. 385. 3. 557-570
John Caprio, Mami Shimohara, Takayuki Marui, Jun Kohbara, Shuitsu Harada, Sadao Kiyohara. Amino acid specificity of fibers of the facial/trigeminal complex innervating the maxillary barbel in the Japanese sea catfish, Plotosus japonicus. Physiology and Behavior. 2015. 152. 288-294
Changes of gustatory preference with age in the rat. 2015. 35. 35. 11-19
Ayumi Nakayama, Hirohito Miura, Makoto Ooki, Shuitsu Harada. During development intense Sox2 expression marks not only Prox1-expressing taste bud cell but also perigemmal cell lineages. Cell and Tissue Research. 2015. 359. 3. 743-753
Hirohito Miura, Jennifer K. Scott, Shuitsu Harada, Linda A. Barlow. Sonic hedgehog-expressing basal cells are general post-mitotic precursors of functional taste receptor cells. Developmental Dynamics. 2014. 243. 10. 1286-1297
Hirohito Miura, Ayumi Nakayama, Yuko Kusakabe, Shuitsu Harada. Development and maintenance of taste epithelium: Taste buds and surrounding cells. CHEMICAL SENSES. 2016. 41. 9. E228-E228
Ayumi Nakayama, Hiroshi Tomonari, Hirohito Miura, Eriko Matsumura, Shuitsu Harada. Cell Differentiation in the Taste Bud after the Cross-Regeneration between the Chorda Tympani and Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerves. CHEMICAL SENSES. 2009. 34. 2. J6-J7
2003/12 - 2015/03 Kagoshima University Medical and Dental Sciences Oral Physiology Professor
1993/04 - 2003/11 Kagoshima University Medical and Dental Sciences Oral Physiology Associate Professor
1995/08 - 1995/09 Louisiana State University Lecturer
1979/04 - 1993/03 Kagoshima University Dental School Oral Physiology Research Associate
1988/07 - 1989/06 Cincinati University Research Associate
1987/04 - 1987/07 Louisiana State Univeristy
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Committee career (7)：
2002/05 - 2015/03 Japanese Association for Oral Biology councilor
1993/04 - 2015/03 The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell Peer Reviewer
1993/04 - 2014/12 The Physiological Society of Japan Councilor
2009/04 - 2012/03 The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell Editor in Chief
2006/04 - 2008/03 The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell General Affairs Secretary
1995/10 - 2006/03 日本味と匂学会 ホームページ管理委員
2001/10 - 2002/10 日本味と匂学会 ISOT組織委員会委員
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Association Membership(s) (7)：
South Kyushu Dental Siciety
, America Association for Chemical Senses
, The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell
, The Physiological Society if Japan
, The Japan Epilepsy Society
, Japanese Society for Laser Dentistry
, Japanese Association for Oral Biology
