YUKI NARIMATSU

Last Updated :2025/06/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
ynarimatsuhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research aims to uncover the principles between the hypothalamus and obesity or metabolic diseases.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2022/04/01, 2023/09/30, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellowship for Young Scientists

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Japan, 2015/04/01, 2019/03/31
  • Hiroshima University, Japan, 2019/04/01, 2021/03/31
  • Hiroshima University, 2021/04/01, 2023/09/30
  • Hiroshima University, 2021/04/01, 2023/09/30

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Basic medicine;Environmental physiology (including physical medicine and nutritional physiology)
  • Biological Sciences;Neuroscience;Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
  • Biology;Basic biology;Animal physiology / Animal behavior

Research Keywords

  • neuroendocrinology, neuropeptide, obesity, appetite, lipid metabolism

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Society for the Study of Obesity
  • Zoological Society of Japan
  • The Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Biology II
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Biology II
  3. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Biology II
  4. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Biology II
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Life Sciences
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Laboratory Work in Biology
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Methodology in Biology

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Expression of mRNAs Encoding Hypothalamic Small Proteins, Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM, in the Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 41(1), 50-59, 202402
  2. Neurosecretory protein GM–expressing neurons participate in lipid storage and inflammation in newly developed Cre driver male mice, Biomedicines, 11, 3230, 2023
  3. Hypothalamic overexpression of neurosecretory protein GL leads to obesity in male C57BL/6J mice, Neuroendocrinology, 112, 606-620, 2022
  4. Neurosecretory protein GL promotes normotopic fat accumulation in male ICR mice, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23, 6488, 2022
  5. Neurosecretory protein GL accelerates liver steatosis in mice fed medium-fat/medium-fructose diet, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23, 2071, 2022
  6. Immunohistochemical analysis of neurotransmitters in neurosecretory protein GL-producing neurons of the mouse hypothalamus, Biomedicines, 10, 454, 2022
  7. Effect of stressors on the mRNA expressions of neurosecretory protein GL and neurosecretory protein GM in chicks, Front. Physiol., 13, 860912, 2022
  8. Effects of irregular feeding on the daily fluctuations in mRNA expression of the neurosecretory protein GL and neurosecretory protein GM genes in the mouse hypothalamus, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22, 2109, 2021
  9. Effects of overexpression of neurosecretory protein GL-precursor gene on glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity in mice., Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22, 4681, 2021
  10. Effects of neurosecretory protein GL on food intake and fat accumulation under different dietary nutrient compositions in rats., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 85, 1514-1520, 2021
  11. Subcutaneous infusion of neurosecretory protein GL promotes fat accumulation in mice., Heliyon, 7, e07502, 2021
  12. Overexpression of the gene encoding neurosecretory protein GL precursor prevents excessive fat accumulation in the adipose tissue of mice fed a long-term high-fat diet., Molecules, 26, 6006, 2021
  13. Neurosecretory protein GL induces fat accumulation in mice, J. Endocrinol., 244, 1-12, 2020
  14. Effects of chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of RFamide-related peptide-3 on energy metabolism in male mice, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 21, 8606, 2020

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2024/07/31, 2026/03/31
  2. 2022/04/01, 2024/03/31