Faculty - KATANOSAKA Kimiaki |

KATANOSAKA Kimiaki

Department / Course

College of Life and Health Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences

Office for the Coordination of Clinical Practicums Center for Clinical Examination Practicum Support

Graduate School of Life and Health Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences

Job Associate Professor

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2018/04 ～ 2022/03	Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying muscle adaptation to exercise via neuromuscular crosstalk based on biomedical engineering analysis. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2015/04 ～ 2018/03	Biomedical engineering-based analysis of the molecular mechanisms underlying functional crosstalk between muscle and neurons. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2015/04 ～ 2017/03	Establishment of the way to identify and isolate the heat-sensitive primary sensory neurons for understanding the peripheral mechanisms of heat pain. Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2012/04 ～ 2015/03	Investigation of a role for multifunctional mechanosensor TRPV2 in adult sensory neuron and pain Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2009 ～ 2011	Elucidation of the mechanisms of nociceptor excitation by noxious temperature Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
1999 ～ 2001	Study on the peripheral mechanism of hyperalgesia to mechanical and cold stimulations Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(cold hyperalgesia, cutaneous nociceptor, cutaneous low threshold mechanoreceptor, bradykinin, arthritis model, mRNA, hyperalgesia, rats)
2020/07 ～ 2024/03	Monitoring of the activity of cardiac mechanosensor Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)
2018/06 ～ 2020/03	Identification of mechanical signal from intercalated discs Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
2017/04 ～ 2020/03	Study on the muscular pain in the early phase of inactivity and effects of physical therapy on its development. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2017/04 ～ 2020/03	Mechanotransduction on cardiac physiology Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2014/04 ～ 2017/03	Elucidation of molecular mechanism of mechanotransduction in the heart Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2014/04 ～ 2016/03	The maintenance of cardiac structure and function by mechanical feedback system involving multiple organ systems. Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2013/04 ～ 2016/03	Neural mechanism and treatment of stress-induced myofascial pain Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2012/04 ～ 2015/03	Novel roles of muscle fascia as a nociceptive sensory tissue. Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2011/04 ～ 2014/03	Involvement of neurotrophic factors in muscular pain and mechanisms for their production and action in the muscle Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2008 ～ 2010	Role of nerve growth factor (NGF) in muscular pain Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2006 ～ 2007	Study on the peripheral mechanism of muscular mechanical hyperalgesia using the delayed onset muscle soreness as a model Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(delayed onset muscle soreness, nerve growth factor (NGF), bradykinin, COX2, muscular mechanical hyperalgesia, ATP, lengthening contraction, muscle thin-fiber receptors)
2003 ～ 2005	Analysis of peripheral mechanism for cold-induced aggravation of pain in inflammation and nerve injury models Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(nociceptor, muscle C-fiber receptors, heat response, cold, noradrenaline, mechanical hyperalgesia, ATP, lengthening contraction)