2014 - 2017 Elucidation of physical properties and chemical components of glue secretion used in breeding behavior of Breviceps frog and attempt at its artificial breeding
2016 - 2017 新規視床下部小タンパク質の標的細胞及び受容体の同定
2014 - 2017 視床下部で発見した分泌タンパク質の生理的意義と作用機序の解明
2013 - 2014 視床下部で発見した新規遺伝子は脂肪蓄積の負のメディエーターか?
2010 - 2013 視床下部で見出した新規摂食関連遺伝子及び翻訳産物の生理機能解明
2011 - 2012 視床下部で新たに発見した神経ペプチドの受容体探索
2011 - 2012 肥満における新規摂食調節関連遺伝子の機能解明
2006 - 2010 Novel Mechanisms of the Regulation of Reproduction by Novel Brain Hormones
Study on Identification and Function of Neuropeptide in the Brain
Study on Biosynthesis and Function of Neurosteroids in the Brain
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Papers (167):
Mai Takehara, Mitsuki Kyakuno, Kazuko Okamoto, Ichiro Tazawa, Nobuaki Furuno, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Takuya Imamura, Takashi Takeuchi, Toshinori Hayashi. Amphibian newts as experimental models for studying weight gain after castration. Endocrine journal. 2024. 71. 2. 181-191
Masaki Kato, Eiko Iwakoshi-Ukena, Yuki Narimatsu, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena. Expression of mRNAs Encoding Hypothalamic Small Proteins, Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM, in the Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica. Zoological Science. 2024. 41. 1
Yuki Narimatsu, Masaki Kato, Eiko Iwakoshi-Ukena, Shogo Moriwaki, Ayano Ogasawara, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena. Neurosecretory Protein GM-Expressing Neurons Participate in Lipid Storage and Inflammation in Newly Developed Cre Driver Male Mice. Biomedicines. 2023. 11. 12. 3230-3230
Yuki Narimatsu, Daichi Matsuura, Eiko Iwakoshi-Ukena, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena. Neurosecretory Protein GL Promotes Normotopic Fat Accumulation in Male ICR Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022. 23. 12. 6488-6488
Masaki Kato, Eiko Iwakoshi-Ukena, Yuki Narimatsu, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena. Effect of Stressors on the mRNA Expressions of Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM in Chicks. Frontiers in Physiology. 2022. 13
Comparative aspects of novel hypothalamic LPXRF-amide peptides in the vertebrate brain: Structure, localization and function.
Trends in Comparative Endocrinology, AOSCE 2004
Identification and localization of a novel lamprey hypothalamic neuropeptide of the RF-amide peptide family.
Trends in Comparative Endocrinology, AOSCE 2004
A novel amphibian neurosteroid stimulating locomotor activity.
Trends in Comparative Endocrinology, AOSCE 2004
Novel avian neurosteroid: Identification of 7alpha-hydroxypregnenolone in the quail brain.
Trends in Comparative Endocrinology, AOSCE 2004
Synapse formation in response to estrogen synthesized de novo in the developing Purkinje cell.
Trends in Comparative Endocrinology, AOSCE 2004
1996 - 1998 Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biosphere Science
1994 - 1996 Hiroshima University Graduate School of Science Department of Biological Science
1990 - 1994 Hiroshima University Faculty of Science
Work history (5):
2019/04 - 現在 Hiroshima University
2016/02 - 2019/03 Hiroshima University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
2016/08 - 2017/09 University of California, Berkeley
2005/04 - 2016/01 Hiroshima University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
1998/04 - 2005/03 Hiroshima University School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Committee career (4):
2016 - 日本動物学会 理事
2012 - 日本比較生理生化学会 評議員
2011 - 日本比較内分泌学会 幹事
2000 - 日本比較内分泌学会 広報委員(2000-2004年編集担当)
Awards (3):
2016/12 - 平成28年度 日本比較内分泌学会奨励賞
2013/11 - 平成25年度 広島大学学長表彰
2009/09 - 平成21年度 日本動物学会奨励賞
Association Membership(s) (5):
北米神経科学会
, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY
, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
, THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, 日本比較内分泌学会