表題番号:2018B-058 日付:2019/04/04
研究課題意欲の根源を制御する新しい分子メカニズムの解明
研究者所属(当時) 資格 氏名
(代表者) 教育・総合科学学術院 教育学部 教授 筒井 和義
研究成果概要

Title : Novel molecular mechanisum regulating behavioral motivation

Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

 

The brain synthesizes steroids de novo from cholesterol, which are called neurosteroids. Tsutsui discovered 7α-hydroxypregnenolone (7α-OH PREG) as a novel neurosteroid in vertebrates. This study demonstrated that 7α-OH PREG is involved in the increase of behavioral motivation and activity in vertebrates.