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 | |
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(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.