RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
Director: Ryoichiro Kageyama (M.D., Ph.D.)
As we rapidly enter an unprecedented aging society, mental disorders such as dementia are becoming a major problem. In addition, due to the COVID-19 pandemic/outbreak, our social life is restricted, causing mental health problems not only in aged people but in young people as well. These are the urgent issues that our society faces and thus should solve.
The brain is the basis for our minds integral to living human lives, and its dysfunction leads to mental illness. CBS takes a multi-disciplinary approach involving medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematical sciences, and psychology, to advance basic research on the functions of the brain and the mind–from genetic and cellular levels to whole body and social systems–and develop innovative technologies in the process. Through these activities, we aim to elucidate the network of brain functions and overcome mental disorders, thereby addressing critical societal problems.
Organization
- Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory
- Joshua Johansen (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Human Cognition and Learning
- Kazuhisa Shibata (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Distributed Cognitive Processing
- Lukas Schmitt (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Consciousness
- Hakwan Lau (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Imagination and Executive Functions
- Kentaro Miyamoto (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Systems Neurophysiology
- Shigeyoshi Fujisawa (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Cell Dynamics
- Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Circuit Mechanisms of Sensory Perception
- Hokto Kazama (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology
- Thomas John Mchugh (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neurodiversity
- Adrian Walton Moore (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development
- Tomomi Shimogori (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Systems Molecular Ethology
- Yoshihiro Yoshihara (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Stem Cell Research
- Ryoichiro Kageyama (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity
- Aya Takeoka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics
- Atsushi Miyawaki (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology
- Masanori Murayama (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience
- Hiroyuki Nakahara (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation
- Taro Toyoizumi (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Sensorimotor Integration
- Fumi Kubo (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience
- Takaomi Saido (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases
- Motomasa Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry
- Akiko Hayashi-Takagi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Pathology of Psychiatric Disorders
- Atsushi Takata (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Glia-Neuron Circuit Dynamics
- Jun Nagai (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Brain Development and Disorders
- Aya Ishida (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Marmoset Models of Brain Diseases
- Hideyuki Okano (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Brain Intelligence Theory Unit
- Takuya Isomura (Ph.D.)
- Neural Circuits and Computations Unit
- Louis Kang (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Social Value Decision Making Unit
- Rei Akaishi (Ph.D.)
- Neural Circuit of Multisensory Integration RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
- Asuka Takeishi (Ph.D.)
- Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
- Masako Tamaki (Ph.D)
- Adaptive Motor Control RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
- Terufumi Fujiwara (Ph.D.)
- Hierarchical Neural Computation RIKEN ECL Research Unit
- Toshitake Asabuki (Ph.D.)
- Cognition and Behavior Joint Research Laboratory
- Dai Yanagihara (Ph.D.)
- Brain Functional Dynamics Collaboration Laboratory
- Masanori Matsuzaki (Ph.D.)
- Biomedical Neural Dynamics Collaboration Laboratory
- Hirofumi Nakatomi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Neurodegenerative Disorders Collaboration Laboratory
- Nobutaka Hattori (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Dementia Pathophysiology Collaboration Unit
- Hiroki Sasaguri (M.D., Ph.D)
- Integrative Computational Brain Science Collaboration Division
- Taro Toyoizumi (Ph.D.)
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- Neuroinformatics Unit
- Tomomi Shimogori (Ph.D.)
- Mathematical Informatics Collaboration Unit
- Fumiyasu Komaki (Ph.D.)
- Brain Image Analysis Unit
- Henrik Skibbe (Dr. rer. nat.)
- Statistical Mathematics Collaboration Unit
- Takeru Matsuda (Ph.D.)
- Brain Medical Science Collaboration Division
- Shigeo Okabe (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Research Resources Division
- Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., Ph.D.)
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- Support Unit for Animal Resources Development
- Kimie Niimi (D.V.M, Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Bio-Material Analysis
- Nobuhiko Miyasaka (Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Tomohisa Okada (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Electron Microscopy Techniques
- Yoshiyuki Kubota (Ph.D.)
- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit
- Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- RIKEN CBS-EVIDENT Open Collaboration Center
- Atsushi Miyawaki (M.D., Ph.D.)
- RIKEN CBS-TOYOTA Collaboration Center
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Ph.D.)
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- Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit
- Wataru Toyokawa (Ph.D.)
- Inter-Individual Brain Dynamics Collaboration Unit
- Takahiko Koike (Ph.D.)
- Social Cognition and Behavior Collaboration Unit
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Ph.D.)
- Strategic Collaboration Unit
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Ph.D.)
Recent Research Results
Aug. 22, 2024
Navigating the future: brain cells that plan where to go
Aug. 1, 2024
Silencing the silencers in the hippocampus
Jul. 25, 2024
Deciphering the journey from stem cells to neurons
Jul. 4, 2024
How the hippocampus records memories in stereo
Publications
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Contact Information
Brain Science Central Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
Email: pr-cbs [at] ml.riken.jp