Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：
2025 - 2028 Elucidation of protective effects of STB/HAP1 in neurodegenerative diseases by modulating gut-brain transneuronal transmission of their causal molecules
2022 - 2025 Analyses of in vivo neuroprotective role of STB/HAP1 against autonomic and motoneuron degeneration in the central and peripheral nervous system
2020 - 2022 Clarification of protective functions of Huntingtin-associated protein 1 against autonomic and motoneuron degeneration using genetically-engineered mice
2018 - 2020 Elucidation of in vivo protective effects of huntingtin-associated protein 1 against motor neuron degeneration.
2015 - 2019 Elucidation of the structures that deliver the circadian rhythm from suprachiasmatic nucleus to neighboring brain regions via physical connection
2016 - 2019 Neuroprotection and morphoregulation of centrosome-associated molecules by STB/HAP1 in knock-out or transgenic mice
2017 - 2018 Sex steroidal regulation of androgen receptor expression and intrinsic plasticity of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in male rats
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Papers (36)：
Mirza Mienur Meher, Marya Afrin, Mir Rubayet Jahan, Akie Yanai, Md Nabiul Islam. The role of enteroendocrine cells, hormones, and gut microbiota in anorexia nervosa: a complex interplay of the microbiome-gut-brain axis. Molecular Biology Reports. 2025. 53. 1
Mirza Mienur Meher, Marya Afrin, Mir Rubayet Jahan, Kanako Nozaki, Koh-hei Masumoto, Akie Yanai, Md Nabiul Islam. Neurochemical heterogeneity of ChAT-immunoreactive neurons in the basal forebrain cholinergic nuclei and striatum in reference to CGRP, CCK, and calcium-binding proteins. Acta Histochemica. 2025
Mir Rubayet Jahan, Md Nabiul Islam, Akie Yanai, Koh Shinoda. Differential distribution of sex hormone receptors in the subparaventricular zone and suprachiasmatic nucleus of adult and early postnatal mouse brain. Brain Mechanisms. 2025
Mirza Mienur Meher, Md Nabiul Islam, Akie Yanai, Marya Afrin, Mir Rubayet Jahan, Kanako Nozaki, Koh-hei Masumoto, Koh Shinoda. Immunohistochemical relationships of huntingtin-associated protein 1 with choline acetyltransferase in the forebrain cholinergic nuclei of adult mice. Cell and Tissue Research. 2025
Marya Afrin, Md Nabiul Islam, Mirza Mienur Meher, Mir Rubayet Jahan, Kanako Nozaki, Koh-hei Masumoto, Akie Yanai, Koh Shinoda. Neuroanatomical mapping of huntingtin-associated protein 1 across the rostral and caudal clusters of mouse raphe nuclei and its immunohistochemical relationships with serotonin. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 2025. 19
HORIGUCHI Naoya, KOBAYASHI Yui, ISLAM Mdnabiul, MASUMOTO Koh-Hei, SHINODA Koh, SHIRAISHI Koji. Distribution and Immunohistochemical characterization of huntingtin-associated protein 1 in the mouse pituitary gland. 日本泌尿器科学会総会(Web). 2024. 111th
Immunohistochemical Distribution of Endogenous Huntingtin and Its Relationships with HAP1 in the Mouse Central Nervous System
(Anatomy Connected 2025, in Oregon Convention Cente, USA 2025)
Invited Talk: Effects of male sex hormone on the emmotional memory in Adolescent Male
(BCSIR International Congress-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2024)
Invited Talk: Self-confidence as an immune-modifying psychotherapeutic intervention for COVID-19 patients and understanding of its connection to CNS-endocrine-immune axis
(The “1st BSMIAB-COB International Conference on COVID-19 Pandemic” 2020)
Distribution of HAP1-immunoreactive cells in the spinal cord is suggestive of its protective roles against neurodegeneration in vivo
(Annual meeting at Experimental Biology, Orlando, Florida, USA 2019)
Distribution of Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (HAP1) in the spinal cord of adult rat.
(43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA, USA 2013)
2018/01 - 現在 Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics Section Editor, Neuroscience
2014/01 - 現在 Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research Editor, Anatomy and Histology
2020 - Review Editor, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
2018/04 - Member, The American Association for Anatomy (AAA)
2012 - Member, The Society for Neuroscience (SfN), USA
2010/04 - Member, The Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA)
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Awards (5)：
2023/01 - Yamaguchi University School of Medicine Best Teacher Award
2021/01 - Journal of Adv Biotchnol Exp Ther Best Editor Award
2019/01 - Yamaguchi University School of Medicine Best Teacher Award
2014/03 - Yamaguchi University Dean Merit Award for PhD Graduation
2009/10 - JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MONBUKAGAKUSHO:MEXT)SCHOLARSHIP For international PhD research fellow
Association Membership(s) (5)：
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
, The American Association for Anatomy
, The Japan Neuroendocrine Society
, The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)
, The Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA
