Faculty and Researchers
Biology and Life Sciences
Physiology
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Physiology.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2025 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2026 academic year.
KAGAWA Nao
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics
Fish Physiology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
How are social behaviors regulated in animals? Focusing on genes expressed in the brain, we are investigating the mechanisms that control social behaviors and emotional responses using fish as a model.
MORIYAMA Ryutaro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Environmental Physiology
Reproductive Biology, Physiology, Neuroendocrinology
Organisms have adopted characteristics suitable to their habitat so that they can survive individually and so that their species can carry on. Research is conducted into the mechanisms of how factors such as changes in nutritional conditions and internal and external stress control reproductive functions.
OTSUKA Airi
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Nutrition and Health science
Nutrition, Food Functional Science, Physiology, Neuroscience
Social stress is a form of mental stress associated with human relationships that underlies the pathogenesis of mental disorders such as depression. We examine the effect of nutritional approach to social stress and explain the mechanism of reducing psychosocial stress by food.