RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
Director: Okabe Shigeo (M.D., Ph.D.)
Neuroscience is the study investigating the function of the central and peripheral nervous system, a highly developed organ for information processing. Neuroscience also aims to understand "the mind," the core of human existence. Elucidating the principles of information processing in the brain is closely related to mathematical and information science and is expected to lead to developments in brain-based artificial intelligence. Research on the human mind also contributes to solving problems in social systems through understanding human sociality and group behavior. In the case of nervous system disorders, it is necessary first to understand the complex structure and function of the nervous system and then develop strategies for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
As a hub of neuroscience in Japan, RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) takes a multilevel approach, conducting research that ranges in scale from genes and molecules to neural circuits and the behavior of individuals. To achieve multilevel research, CBS develops innovative technologies for the analysis and manipulation of the nervous system, promotes mathematical science in the quest for how the mind relates to information processing in the brain, and creates experimental models to reproduce the pathophysiology of dementia and other neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Our mission is to elucidate the nature of the nervous system function and apply the acquired knowledge to benefit society. This goal can be achieved only through integrated research that goes beyond medical and biological sciences, involving physics, chemistry, engineering, information and mathematical sciences, psychology, and other academic fields.
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 Ian Schmitt (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 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 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.)
- 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
- Kiyoto Kasai (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
- Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., 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
Jun. 12, 2025
Modeling how the fly brain simplifies odor information
May 15, 2025
How the brain allows us to infer emotions
Jan. 30, 2025
Making a mental map of the decision-making process
Aug. 22, 2024
Navigating the future: brain cells that plan where to go
Aug. 1, 2024
Silencing the silencers in the hippocampus
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Contact Information
Brain Science Central Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan
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