Updated : August 20, 2024

Department of Anatomy Ⅱ

Members

Akio Wanaka (Professor)
Kouko Tatsumi (Associate Professor)
Tatsuhide Tanaka (Lecturer)
Ayami Isonishi (Assistant Professor)

Overview

Major research themes of our department are “mechanisms of tactile and pain conduction” and “clarification of physiological functions of brain glial cells and their involvement in pathological conditions”. Glial cells, microglia, and microphages have not necessarily been major players in conventional brain science, but the significance of their existence has been attracting increasing attention in recent years. To cut into these themes, we are adopting a variety of techniques including morphological analysis, gene cloning and expression analysis, protein isolation and identification, cell culturing, preparation and analysis of transgenic mice and knockout mice, and behavioral analysis of mice.

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