Rate My Professor Yoshihide Satoh

Satoh's research centers on the neuroscience of oral functions, with key interests in swallowing, mastication, and jaw movements. He has led several JSPS KAKENHI grants, such as projects from 2023-2026 on mechanisms of swallowing disorders in basal ganglia diseases and new treatments, 2020-2023 on swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease, and earlier works on central control of swallowing during mastication and regeneration of the inferior alveolar nerve. Notable publications include "Suppressive effect of the swallowing reflex by stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus" (Neurosci. Res., 2021), "Stimulation of the center of the lateral reticular nucleus suppresses the swallowing reflex in rats" (Neurosci. Lett., 2022), "Modulation of the swallowing reflex by stimulation of the gigantocellular reticular nucleus in the rat" (2023), and books like "Basic Dental Physiology, 7th Edition" (2020), "Dental Physiology Practice, 2nd Edition" (2022), and "Oral Anatomy, Histology, and Physiology" (2022). In 1999, he received the 7th Niigata Dental University Dental Society Academic Research Encouragement Award. Satoh serves as a councilor for the Dental Basic Medicine Society and Niigata Dental University Dental Society since 2014 and 2017, respectively, and on committees for national dental hygienist and dentist examinations. He is also on the editorial board of Odontology and teaches courses on physiology of mastication and salivation, principles of oral sciences, and related seminars.