STUDY

 

YAMAMOTO, Naoyuki (Prof.)


 I study fish brain, including various sensory, motor, integrative, and peptidergic (in particular GnRH) systems.  The goals of these studies are to understand the neural substrates underlying diverse behavior of fishes as well as the evolution of the brain during vertebrate phylogeny.



ABECHideki (Assoc. Prof.)


  I have been working on information processing of peptidergic neuronal systems in the CNS using extrahypothalamic GnRH neurons of fishes (goldfish, transgenic medaka and dwarf gourami) as models for better understanding of animal behavior.
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GOTO, Maki (Assistant Prof.)

 Peripheral and central nervous mechanisms responsible for photoreception and control of circadian rhythms have been studied in a variety of vertebrate animals ranging from fish, frogs to mammals. Recent topics include (1)genetic and endocrine basis of circadian rhythms in fish(Medaka), (2)mechanism of body color change in Nigrimas medaka. Genetic basis of circadian rhythms were analyzed in terms of related hormonal events. My scientific interests concern how the information processing mechanisms have evolved to adapt to the environmental needs, and how the environment governs the processing mechanisms in the course of evolution.