REIKA KUBO

Last Updated :2025/02/07

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences(Medicine), Assistant Professor
E-mail
rkubohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I study neural circuits for the sensory signal transduction in the mammalian brain using electrophysiological techniques and optogenetics.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2019/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
  • 2018/12/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 2014, 2018
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 2012, 2014
  • Hiroshima University, School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, 2008, 2012

Academic Degrees

  • Master of Medical Science, Hiroshima University
  • Doctor of Medical Science, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Medicine : Program of Medicine : Medicine
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Biomedical Science
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Biomedical Science
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Biomedical Sciences : Program of Medicine

Research Fields

  • Biological Sciences;Neuroscience;Neurophysiology / General neuroscience

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Japan Neuroscience Society
  • The Physiological Society of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Cell Science
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Medical Neuroscience II
  3. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar
  4. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar on Neurophysiology
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar on Neurophysiology
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research on Neurophysiology
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research on Neurophysiology

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, The indirect cortico–pontine pathway relays perioral sensory signals to the cerebellum via the mesodiencephalic junction, iScience, 20230711
  2. Spike firing attenuation of serotonin neurons in learned helplessness rats is reversed by ketamine, BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS, 3(4), 20211201
  3. ★, The anatomical pathway from the mesodiencephalic junction to the inferior olive relays perioral sensory signals to the cerebellum in the mouse, The Journal of Physiology, 596(16), 3775-3791, 2018
  4. Serotonin modulates the excitatory synaptic transmission in the dentate granule cells, Journal of Neurophysiology, 115(6), 2997-3007, 20160309

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2022, 2024
  2. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas(A)), 2021, 2022
  3. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2019, 2021