Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds)

Basic information

Name OZAWA Hitoshi

Title

Morphofunctional study on inputs of the environmental information, three dimensional interacition and life cycle, of a new system for reproductive regulation.

Offer Organization

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System Name

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Project Year(From)

2014-04-01

Project Year(To)

2017-03-31

Investigator(s)

Hitoshi Ozawa

Member

 

Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Budget Amount(Total)

5070000

Budget Amount(Direct)

3900000

Budget Amount(Indirect)

1170000

Abstract

We investigated about the kisspeptin neurons, which is known as the center of reproductive regulation and integrate the several information in the brain to relay to the HPG axis. Actually, we clearly investigated 1) the subcellular localization of kisspepin, NKB, and dynorphin in the KNDy neuronos, which are coexpressed kisspepin, NKB, and dynorphin in the arcute nucleus by immunoelectron microscopy, 2) the interrelationship between the change of kisspetpin neurons and athe change of reproductive function with aging, 3) the mapping of kisspeptin receptor expression in the rat brain, and 4) the change of expression of kisspepin of certain kind of model animals suc as PCOS an/or hypothyroidism.