Professor NISHIMURA Akiyoshi

 In department forensic medicine, we are working on the following researches.

1. The research for evaluating cerebral function on forensic autopsied brains.
   1. The research for lectins positive spherical deposits detected in the molecular layer of the hippocampus.
   2. The research for morphological change of D-neurons and expression of TAAR1 on schizophrenia.
   3. The research for evaluating functions of cerebral cortex including dementia symptoms on forensic autopsied brains.
2. The research for the influence on living organism of the abuse medicine.
   1. The research for the renal functional damage on the methamphetamine-treated rats.
   2. The research for the atrophic change of testes on forensic autopsied cases addicted methamphetamine.
3. The research for mass-disaster.
   1. The research for human casualties on mass-disasters.
   2. The development of countermeasure for mitigation of human casualties on mass-disaster.
   3. The development on the efficient method to restore and preserve a large number of corpses even on mass-disasters.
   4. The research for the effect of number of suicide victims on mass-disaster.
   5. The research for the training method of response for victims and their families on mass-disaster.

 We collaborate with several departments and institutes, e.g. Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University, Department of Neuropsychiatry Fukushima Medical University, Department of Psychiatry Gifu University School of Medicine and Department of Legal Medicine Kinki University School of Medicine, etc., to perform above-described research topics.