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 Affiliative Social Behavior
- Kumi Kuroda (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Language Development
- Reiko Mazuka (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Circuit Dynamics of Decision Making
- Hitoshi Okamoto (M.D., 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 Synaptic Plasticity and Connectivity
- Yukiko Goda (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 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 Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience
- Hiroyuki Nakahara (Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation
- Taro Toyoizumi (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 Neural Architecture
- Hideyuki Okano (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Laboratory for Molecular Analysis of Higher Brain Function
- Tetsuo Yamamori (D.Sci.)
- Brain Intelligence Theory Unit
- Takuya Isomura (Ph.D.)
- Statistical Mathematics Unit
- Takeru Matsuda (Ph.D.)
- Neural Circuits and Computations Unit
- Louis Kang (M.D., 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)
- 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.)
- Neurodegenerative Disorders Collaboration Laboratory
- Nobutaka Hattori (M.D., Ph.D.)
- Career Development Program
- Thomas John McHugh (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.)
- Connectome Analysis Unit
- Alexander Woodward (Ph.D.)
- Brain Image Analysis Unit
- Henrik Skibbe (Dr. rer. nat.)
- 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
- Yoshihiro Yoshihara (Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Bio-Material Analysis
- Nobuko Mataga (Ph.D.)
- Support Unit for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., 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
Jan. 14, 2022
The free-energy principle explains the brain
Dec. 27, 2021
How the hippocampus orchestrates memory consolidation
Dec. 23, 2021
Building a better future for the brain
Sep. 29, 2021
Zebrafish predict the future to avoid virtual danger
Sep. 28, 2021
Moms risk life and limb for their young. WHY?
Jun. 2, 2021
Why moms take risks to protect their infants
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