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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Degree: Ph.D.(Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Sci.M.

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901091708949675
researchmap Member ID: 1000053926

External link: http://www.sci.metro-u.ac.jp/neurobiology/

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science /

Research History

Apr, 2005 - Present

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Apr, 2000

Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1988 - 2000

Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1988 - 2000

Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Assistant Professor

Education

Apr, 1980 - Mar, 1985

Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- 1985

Biology, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Apr, 1976 - Mar, 1980

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- 1980

Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Committee Memberships

Jan, 2016 - Present

評議員, 日本比較生理生化学会
Jan, 2011 - Dec, 2013

編集委員長, 日本比較生理生化学会
2003 - 2004

関東支部委員, 日本動物学会
1991 - 1995

会計担当幹事、庶務幹事、行事委員、将来計画担当幹事, 日本比較生理生化学会

Misc.

Biogenic amines evoke heartbeat reversal in larvae of the sweet potato hornworm, Agrius convolvuli

Comparative Biochemistry and hysiology A, 133, 625-636, 2002
Amino acid-induced reflexes and their neural pathways in an opisthobranch mollusc ┣DBPleurobranchaea(/)-┫DB ┣DBjaponica(/)-┫DB

Satomi Chiken, Kiyoaki Kuwasawa, Makoto Kurokawa, Kenji Ohsuga

Zoological Science, 18(4) 465-473, 2001
Mosaic arrangement of SCP_B-, FMRF amide-, and histamine-like immunoreactive sensory hair cells in the statocyst of the gastropod mollusc ┣DBPleurobranchaea(/)-┫DB ┣DBjaponica(/)-┫DB

Cell Tissue Res, 300 165-172, 2000
Serotonergic control of the heart and pericardium in the chiton ┣DBAcanthopleura(/)-┫DB ┣DBjaponica(/)-┫DB

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 124A 561-567, 1999
Identification of an abdominal ganglion neuron anfagonizing L7-driven gill contraction in ┣DBAplysia.(/)-┫DB

Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 18 11-19, 1999
A reexamination of the synaptic connection between neuron L7 of the abdominal ganglion and neurons of the branchial ganglion in Aplysia californica, A-kurodai and A-juliana

M Kurokawa, K Ohsuga, K Kuwasawa

NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, 241(1) 49-52, Jan, 1998
Functional role of peptidergic anterior lobe neurons in male sexual behavior of the snail Lymnaea stagnalis

PACM De Boer, A Ter Maat, AW Pieneman, RP Croll, M Kurokawa, RF Jansen

JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 78(6) 2823-2833, Dec, 1997
A physiological saline for larvae lepidapterous insects : effects of ionic composition on heart beat and neuromuscalar transmission.

Journal of Insect Physiology, 411, 571-580, 1995
Neurally evoked potensiation of tonic contraction in the guinea-pig vas deferens involves adenosine receptors.

J. Physiol., 433, 163-181, 1991
AMINERGIC CELLULAR-ORGANIZATION IN THE GILLS OF APLYSIA SPECIES

M KUROKAWA, K KUWASAWA, M OTOKAWA, C YAMADA, H KOBAYASHI

JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY, 20(8) 731-745, Dec, 1989
PARASYMPATHETIC DEPRESSION OF VAS-DEFERENS CONTRACTION IN THE GUINEA-PIG INVOLVES ADENOSINE RECEPTORS

M KUROKAWA, A TSUNOO

JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, 407(9) 135-153, Dec, 1988
MULTIMODAL INHIBITORY INNERVATION OF THE GILL OF APLYSIA-JULIANA

M KUROKAWA, K KUWASAWA

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY, 162(4) 533-541, 1988
Inhibitory neural control of the myocardium in opisthobranch mulluscs.

Experientia, 43, 986-990, 1987
Electrophysiological studies on the branchial ganglion in the opisthobranch mulluscs (Aplysia and Dolabella).

J. Comp. Physiol. A, 156(1) 35-44, 1985
Multimodal motor-innervation of the gill of the Aplysiids gastropods, Aplysia kurodai and Aplysia juliana.

J> Comp. Physiol. A, 157(4) 483-489, 1985

Books and Other Publications

研究者が教える動物実験第２巻神経・筋

黒川信 (Role: Joint author, 動物はみんな時々、ドキドキ・ドッキン（ホンドオニヤドカリ、アメフラシ）)

共立出版, 2015
研究者が教える動物飼育１-ゾウリムシ・ヒドラ・貝・エビなど

黒川信 (Role: Joint author, 「ヤドカリ」「ミミズ」)

共立出版, 2012
動物の多様な生き方第５巻

黒川信 (Role: Joint author, 様々な神経系を持つ動物たち；アメフラシ類の神経系と行動能力)

共立出版, 2009
Neuronal control of cardiac output in the isopod crustacean ┣DBBathynomus(/)-┫DB ┣DBdoederleini(/)-┫DB.

Basic Neuroscience in Invertebrates. Bussiness Center for Academic Societies, 1996
Neuronal control of cardiac output in the isopod crustacean ┣DBBathynomus(/)-┫DB ┣DBdoederleini(/)-┫DB.

Basic Neuroscience in Invertebrates. Bussiness Center for Academic Societies, 1996
Immunocytochemical and physiological studies of FMRFamide, catch-relaxing peptide and GWamide in the heart of molluscs

Karger, Basel Phylogenetic models in functional coupling of the CNS and the cardiovascular system, 1992
Immunocytochemical and physiological studies of FMRFamide, catch-relaxing peptide and GWamide in the heart of molluscs

Karger, Basel Phylogenetic models in functional coupling of the CNS and the cardiovascular system, 1992

Presentations

13th Symposium on Invertebrate Neurobiology (Tihany, Hungary) Neuronal mechanism of regulation of the labial palps in suspension feeding of the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis.

M. Okutani, K. Kurokawa

13th Symposium on Invertebrate Neurobiology (Tihany, Hungary), Sep, 2015
Comparative aspects of rhythmic movements of the gastrointestinal tract induced by the enteric nervous system in some gastropods, mollusks.

M. Kurokawa, K. Tanaka

13th Symposium on Invertebrate Neurobiology (Tihany, Hungary), Sep, 2015
Comparative physiology of rhythmic movements of the gastrointestinal tract regulated by the enteric nervous system in gastropods (Mollusca)

黒川信

The 9th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry(Kraków, Poland), Aug, 2015
Comparative physiology of the autonomous movements of the gastrointestinal tract in mollusks.

M. Kurokawa, M. Okutani, K. Tanaka

11th International Congress of Neuroethology (2014 ICN/JSCPB), Jul, 2014
アメフラシ消化管の神経原性及び筋原性自律運動に対する神経伝達物質の効果

山田沙佳, 黒川信

日本動物学会第84回大会（岡山）, Sep, 2013
Comparative physiology of the autonomous movements of the gastrointestinal tract in mollusks.

M. Kurokawa, S. Yamada, K. Tanaka

The 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry., Jun, 2013

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Works

豊かな東京の海の復活に向けた取り組み

2004 - 2015

Research Projects

消化管系の連動運動の中枢および末梢神経機構

科学研究費補助金：基盤研究C, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

黒川信
消化管神経系の構造と機能の比較生理学的研究

科学研究費補助金基盤研究C, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2013

黒川信
Neural control of copulation behavior in mollusk

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 1995
Comparative neurophysiology of enteric nervous system

Social Activities

海の砂漠化〜なぜ問題なの？どう問題なの？なぜ起こるの？〜

Lecturer

都立小山台高等学校, 「社会を知り、考える」キックオフ講演会, 2014 - Nov, 2015
アメフラシの脳科学〜脳・神経は何のためにあるのか〜

Lecturer

八丈島民大学, Sep, 2014