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Department of Neurology
The main research themes
1. Clinical studies of the treatment for Parkinson's disease
- Clinical study of the dopamine agonist
- Pharmacological research of L-DOPA
- Study of the initial treatment for Parkinson's disease
- Study of the motor complications in Parkinson's disease (elucidation of mechanism and treatment for dyskinesia and wearing-off phenomenon)
- Study on the therapeutic situation and QOL evaluation of patients with Parkinson's disease
- Epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease
2. Studies on the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
- Enzyme analysis and pathological biochemistry of Parkinson's disease brain
- Study on the trace metals and neurodegeneration of Parkinson's disease substantia nigra
- Nigral cell death and the free radicals in Parkinson's disease
- Study of the progress prevention and nigral neuronal regeneration in Parkinson's disease
- Pharmacological analysis of L-DOPA-resistant symptoms (freezing of gait, postural instability) in Parkinson’s disease
- Study on the psychiatric symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- Study of Nigral cell death and mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease
3. Clinical studies of motor neuron disease
- Epidemiological study of the incidence, disease type and a prognosis of motor neuron disease (elucidation of the genetic and environmental factors leading to the high incidence in the Kii Peninsula, and prevention)
- Study on the home care of motor neuron disease
- Study on the medical therapy of motor neuron disease
4. Study on the etiology and pathogenesis of motor neuron disease
- Study on the anterior horn neuronal cell death of the spinal cord
- Study on the prevention of the anterior horn neuronal cell death of the spinal cord
5. Studies of dystonia
- Therapeutic research of dystonia
- Clinical neurophysiological study on the pathophysiology of dystonia
6. Clinical Studies on the pathophysiology of abnormal involuntary movements
- Neurophysiological study of abnormal involuntary movements
- Clinical study of familial abnormal involuntary movements
7. Experimental Studies on the pathophysiology of abnormal involuntary movements
- Neurophysiological study of abnormal involuntary movements
- Clinical study of familial abnormal involuntary movements
8. Studies of abnormal involuntary movements
- Study of abnormal involuntary movements
- Pathophysiology of basal ganglia
- Study on the brain mechanism of tremor
- Study on the expression of immediate-early genes
- Production and analysis of animal models of abnormal involuntary movements
Staff (October 2015)
| Position | Name | Licenses certified by academia |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Hidefumi Ito | Board Certified Member and Attending Physician of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Associate professor | Ken-ya Murata | Board Certified Member and Attending Physician of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board accredited headache specialist Japanese Board-certificated Physiatrist |
| Lecturer | Masaya Hironishi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board Certified Physician and Certified Educator of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Assistant professor | Yasuhiro Hiwatani | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board Certified Physician of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Assistant professor | Masaaki Yasui | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Assistant professor | Jin-su Koh | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Maki Hosokawa | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Maiko Takahashi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Yoshiaki Nakayama | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor and graduate student | Megumi Mori | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor | Masae Izawa | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor | Shoko Yorozu | |
| University assistant professor | Junko Taruya | |
| Graduate student | Masato Kinboshi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Graduate student | Kazumi Tsuji | |
| Postdoctoral fellow | Hiroshi Ishiguchi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Postdoctoral fellow | Kazuo Mitani | Fellow of the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine JSPOG certified practitioner |
| Part-time lecturer | Tameko Kihira | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Part-time lecturer | Souhei Yoshida | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology Fellow of the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine |
| Part-time lecturer | Yoshiyuki Mitsui | Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Part-time lecturer | Hideto Miwa | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology Board Certified Physician and Certified Educator of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Part-time lecturer and research student | Yoshinori Kajimoto | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology Stroke specialist certified by The Japan Stroke Society Board Certified Physician and Certified Educator of the Japan Society for Dementia Research |
| Part-time lecturer | Junko Komoto | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist and Senior Fellow of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Assistant professor (Kihoku hospital) | Ichiro Nakanishi | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Assistant professor (Kihoku hospital) | Mayumi Sakata | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| University assistant professor (Kihoku hospital) | Mika Yamaneki | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine |
| Research student | Kumiko Nakatani | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine |
| Research student | Yasuhiro Nagashima | Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Board Certified Neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology |
| Clinical psychotherapist | Naoko Kitano | |
| Research assistant | Ai Suzuki | |
| Professor secretary | Natsuko Endo | |
| Medical office secretary | Noriko Nouda |