I first came across olfactory system research while researching neuronal regeneration. Olfactory research has excellent model systems for studying the brain’s universal mechanisms such as neural plasticity, learning memory, and emotional development. There is no doubt that this field of research will lead the world of neuroscience and we hope to contribute as much as we can to this development.

I am interested in chemical senses and their related behaviors. One of my research interests has been in the sensory mechanisms of taste, a key determinant for feeding behavior. Since I moved to this lab, my research interests have also included the mechanisms of olfactory memory that affects social and emotional behavior.

Before I moved to the Nursing Course, my research was focused on synaptic plasticity in the main olfactory bulb underlying aversive olfactory learning in young rats. Now I am interested in human olfaction. Through clinical study on olfactory impairment, I would like to develop olfactory rehabilitation as the latest treatment.

Our lab focuses on neural circuit mechanism includes neural plasticity, memory learning and emotional development. Olfactory learning (the ability to learn through smell) plays a crucial role in how humans and animals perceive and interact with their environment, determining the behaviors like food selection, social interactions, memory formation and danger detection. I am focusing on the neural mechanism regulating odor guided appetitive behavior by neuromodulatory signaling molecules.