Noriaki Shimokawa
Professor
Endocrine
Gunma University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Noriaki Shimokawa is an associate professor in Department of Integrative Physiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (2004-Present). He was born and brought up in Tokyo, Japan, and he obtained his Ph.D. in molecular endocrinology from Institute of Endocrinology, Gunma University (1990). 
He became a Visiting Researcher at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden while working under the supervision of Ivan Dikic (2000-2002).
Research Interest
His scientific interests are focused on how endocrine systems regulate behaviors and more recently on molecular basis of behavioral disorder.