Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders

Biography

Kohji Fukunaga first discovered calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) from brain. He received his PhD degrees from Kumamoto University School of Medicine in 1985. During 1988 to 1990, he worked as research fellow in Vanderbilt University (HHMI) under Professor TR Soderling. In 2002, he was appointed a Professor and Chairman in the faculty of graduate school of pharmaceutical sciences. He was Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Pharmacological Sciences (Elsevier) since 2012. He is interested in disease-modifying drug development for neurodegenerative disorders and psychiatry diseases such as autism and mental retardation.

Abstract

Abstract : Imparment of synaptic activity through reduced CaMKII activity in Parkinson’s disease model mice