Symposium 9
Sociability, Motivation and Pleasure in mental disorders: From molecular understanding to therapeutic strategies.

[IS9-3] New therapeutic approach for treatment of refractory psychiatric disorders: Recoveries of behavior/GABAergic interneuron genetic function using drugs and stem cells

*Wataru Ukai¹, Kenta Deriha^1,4, Emi Nishimura¹, Eri Hashimoto¹, Shoma Hirose^1,4, Hanako Hashiguchi¹, Marina Mochizuki^1,5, Kengo Furuse^1,5, Takao Ishii^1,2, Kanna Nagaishi³, Masaru Tateno^1,6, Marco A. Riva⁷, Chiaki Kawanishi¹ (1. Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Sapporo Med. Univ., Sapporo, Japan , 2. Dept. of Occup. Ther., Sapporo Med. Univ., Sapporo, Japan, 3. Dept. of Anatomy II, Sapporo Med. Univ., Sapporo Japan , 4. Dept. of Psychiatry, Sunagawa City Hospi., Sunagawa, Japan, 5. Dept. of Psychiatry, Obihirokosei Hospi., Obihiro, Japan, 6. Tokiwa Child Development Center, Tokiwa Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. , 7. Dept. of Pharmacol. Biomol. Sci., Univ. of Milan, Milan, Italy)

Keywords:Stem cell therapy, Social dysfunction, Refractory psychiatric disorder, GABAergic interneuron, Japanese kampo medicine kamikihito