Biography

Kagaku Azuma is Professor in Department of Anatomy in university of occupational and Environmental Health.

Research Intrest

1. Morphological analysis of the bone remodeling and osteoporosis 2. Active mastication, stress-related disorders, and brain function 3. Computational anatomy and three-dimensional model construction

List of Publications
1.Azuma K, Ogura M, Kondo H, Suzuki A, Hayashi S, Iinuma M, Onozuka M, Kubo KY. Maternal Active Mastication during Prenatal Stress Ameliorates Prenatal Stress-Induced Lower Bone Mass in Adult Mouse Offspring. International journal of medical sciences. 2017;14(4):348. 2.Kubo KY, Murabayashi C, Kotachi M, Suzuki A, Mori D, Sato Y, Onozuka M, Azuma K, Iinuma M. Tooth loss early in life suppresses neurogenesis and synaptophysin expression in the hippocampus and impairs learning in mice. Archives of oral biology. 2017 Feb 28;74:21-7. 3.Suzuki A, Iinuma M, Hayashi S, Sato Y, Azuma K, Kubo KY. Maternal chewing during prenatal stress ameliorates stress-induced hypomyelination, synaptic alterations, and learning impairment in mouse offspring. Brain research. 2016 Nov 15;1651:36-43. 4.4Kondo H, Kurahashi M, Mori D, Iinuma M, Tamura Y, Mizutani K, Shimpo K, Sonoda S, Azuma K, Kubo KY. Hippocampus-dependent spatial memory impairment due to molar tooth loss is ameliorated by an enriched environment. Archives of oral biology. 2016 Jan 31;61:1-7.