Kenkichi Baba, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Location: Research Wing 303
Phone: 404-756-8978
E-mail: bkenkichi@msm.edu
Education
GRADUATE:Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Jacksonville State University
Degree: Master of Science
UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Research Interests
- Circadian biology
- Ocular physiology
- Melatonin/melatonin receptor
- Neural degeneration
Publications
- Baba, K., Pozdeyev, N., Mazzoni, F., Contreras-Alcantara, S., Liu, C., et al., 2009. Melatonin modulates visual function and cell viability in the mouse retina via the MT1 melatonin receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 15043-15048. PMCID: 2736407
- Baba K., Benleulmi-Chaachoua, A., Journe, A.S., Kamal, M., Guillaume J.L., et al., 2013. Heteromeric MT1/MT2 Melatonin receptor modulate photoreceptor function. Sci. Signal. 6: ra89. PMCID: 3867265
- Baba K., Davidson A.J., Tosini G., 2015. Melatonin Entrains PER2::LUC Bioluminescence Circadian Rhythm in the Mouse Cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56: 4753-8. PMCID: PMC4516012
- Baba K., DeBruyne J.P., Tosini G., 2017. Dopamine 2 Receptor Activation Entrains Circadian Clocks in Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Sci Rep 7:5103. PMCID: PMC5505969
- Baba K., Piano I., Lyuboslavsky P., Chrenek M.A., Sellers J.T., et al., 2018. Removal of clock gene Bmal1 from the retina affects retinal development and accelerates cone photoreceptor degeneration during aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115:13099-13104. PMID: 30498030