Understanding the Brain (Mechanisms of Brain)

Research Supervisor

Masanori Otsuka

Year Started : FY1997

Masumi Ichikawa

Chief Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience

Analysis of Synaptic Mechanism in Pheromonal Memory

Yoshihiro Urade

Head, Osaka Bioscience Institute

Molecular Mechanism of Meninges-neuronal Interaction

Seiji Ozawa

Professor, Gunma University

Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Brain Functions

Tatsuya Haga

Professor, Gakushuin University

Tetiary Structure of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

Fumio Matsuzaki

Group Director, RIKEN

Genetic Programs and Plastic Mechanisms of the Nervous System

Fujio Murakami

Professor, Osaka University

Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Guidance and Neuronal Plasticity

Year Started : FY1996

Yasuo Ihara

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Studies on Neuronal Death in Alzheimer's Disease

Kenji Kawano

Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Neuronal Mechanism for Motor Commands

Keiji Tanaka

Group Director, RIKEN

Imaging Study of Human Cortical Columns Involved in Higher Mental Functions

Masaharu Noda

Professor, National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Molecular Mechanisms of the Neural Network Formation

Hajime Fujisawa

Professor, Nagoya University

Molecular Basis of Neuron Network Formation

Masayoshi Mishina

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Genes for Development and Function of the Brain

Year Started : FY1995

Hideyuki Okano

Professor, Osaka University

Elucidation of Regulatory Mechanisms of Cell Fate Decisions during Neural Development

Motoya Katsuki

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Brain Research by Gene Manipulated Mice

Ichiro Kanazawa

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Analysis of Genes Expressed in a Single Neurons of the Human Brain

Yoshikazu Shinoda

Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Neural Mechanisms of Distributed Hieralchical Systems for Sensori-motor Transformation

Yoshitaka Fukada

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Photoreception in Brain for Circadian Rhythm

Ichiro Fujita

Professor, Osaka University

Across-level Approach to Brain Mechanism of Visual Recognition

Yoshiki Hotta

Director-general, National Institute of Genetics

Molecular Analyses of a Cell Fate Decision Gene, gcm (glial cells missing) of Drosophila, and Its Mammalian Homologues