RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)
Director: Yasushi Miyashita (Ph.D.)
Understanding and overcoming neuropsychiatric disorders is a goal for all societies, especially those with aging populations.
The brain is the essence of our minds that makes us human while the brain also serves as a control center for maintaining a healthy body. As Japan’s premier research center for brain science, 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 the levels of single-cells and whole bodies all the way to societal systems—and develop innovative technologies in the process.
Our research also aims to find solutions to the problems that confront contemporary society, as we grapple with the psychological ramifications of our own inventions such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, and as we seek to conquer diseases such as depression and dementia.
Organization
- Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory
- Joshua Johansen (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior
- Kumi Kuroda (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Language Development
- Reiko Mazuka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Cognition Circuit Dynamics
- Yasushi Miyashita (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Circuit Dynamics of Decision Making
- Hitoshi Okamoto (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Cognitive Brain Mapping
- Keiji Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Human Cognition and Learning
- Kazuhisa Shibata (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Systems Neurophysiology
- Shigeyoshi Fujisawa (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Synaptic Plasticity and Connectivity
- Yukiko Goda (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neuron-Glia Circuitry
- Hajime Hirase (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 Synaptic Molecules of Memory Persistence
- Thomas Launey (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 Circuits and Behavior
- Andrea Benucci (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 Neural Coding and Brain Computing
- Tomoki Fukai (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience
- Hiroyuki Nakahara (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation
- Taro Toyoizumi (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders
- Tadafumi Kato (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience
- Takaomi Saido (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Mental Biology
- Toru Takumi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases
- Motomasa Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry
- Takeo Yoshikawa (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry
- Akiko Hayashi-Takagi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Marmoset Neural Architecture
- Hideyuki Okano (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Analysis of Higher Brain Function
- Tetsuo Yamamori (D.Sci.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Biophysics
- Etsuko Muto (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Integrative Neural Systems
- Manabu Tanifuji (D.Eng.)
- Laboratory for Neurogenetics
- Kazuhiro Yamakawa (Ph.D.)
- Neural Circuit of Multisensory Integration RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
- Asuka Takeishi (Ph.D.)
- Cognition and Behavior Joint Research Laboratory
- Kazuo Okanoya (Ph.D.)
- Brain Functional Dynamics Collaboration Laboratory
- Masanori Matsuzaki (Ph.D.)
- Biomedical Neural Dynamics Collaboration Laboratory
- Hirofumi Nakatomi (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Career Development Program
- Yasushi Miyashita (Ph.D.)
- Integrative Computational Brain Science Collaboration Division
- Keiji Tanaka (Ph.D.)
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- Neuroinformatics Unit
- Keiji Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- Mathematical Informatics Collaboration Unit
- Fumiyasu Komaki (Ph.D.)
- Data-driven Brain Science Collaboration Unit
- Keiji Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- Connectome Analysis Unit
- Alexander Woodward (Ph.D.)
- Brain Image Analysis Unit
- Henrik Skibbe (Dr. rer. nat.)
- Brain Medical Science Division
- Shigeo Okabe (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Research Resources Division
- Tadafumi Kato (M.D., Ph.D.)
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- Support Unit for Animal Resources Development
- Yoshihiro Yoshihara (Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Bio-Material Analysis
- Nobuko Mataga (Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Keiji Tanaka (Ph.D.)
- RIKEN CBS-Olympus Collaboration Center
- Atsushi Miyawaki (M.D., Ph.D.)
- RIKEN CBS-Toyota Collaboration Center
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Ph.D.)
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- Rhythm-Based Brain Information Processing Unit
- Keiichi Kitajo (Ph.D.)
- Intelligent Behavior Control Unit
- Shingo Shimoda (Ph.D.)
- Social Value Decision Making Collaboration Unit
- Rei Akaishi (Ph.D.)
- Strategic Collaboration Unit
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Ph.D.)
- RIKEN CBS-KAO Collaboration Center
- Hitoshi Okamoto (M.D., Ph.D.)
Recent Research Results
May 22, 2019
A new window into macaque brain connections
May 16, 2019
Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
Feb. 15, 2019
Brain clock ticks differently in autism
Aug. 3, 2018
Fecal deposits reveal the fruit fly’s pheromone flag
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Contact Information
Brain Science Central Bldg.
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama
351-0198 Japan