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Development and Function of Neural Networks
※ Affiliations and titles are as of the end of the research activity.
Strategic Objective
Clarification of the Control Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Operation and its Formation
Research Supervisor
Fujio Murakami（Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University）
Overview
This Research Area will include research aimed at comprehensive understanding of how brain works via elucidation of the principles of the formation and functions of neural networks, as well as the control mechanism from a novel viewpoint.
Specifically, this Research Area includes research on the formation of neuronal networks, nuclei and layer structures that constitute the functional units of the brain; regionalization/arealization of the brain and specification of neurons; information processing by a single neuron; communication between neurons and synaptic plasticity; development and plasticity of neural network functions; the principles of information processing by complex network assemblies; and controls mechanisms. This Research Area also includes research on the role of glial cells and other non-neuronal cells as well as the mechanism of maintenance of the number of neurons. Furthermore, this Research Area includes creation of innovative platform technology that contributes to dramatic progress in the elucidation of the formation of neural networks and the principle of information processing.
Specifically, this Research Area includes research on the formation of neuronal networks, nuclei and layer structures that constitute the functional units of the brain; regionalization/arealization of the brain and specification of neurons; information processing by a single neuron; communication between neurons and synaptic plasticity; development and plasticity of neural network functions; the principles of information processing by complex network assemblies; and controls mechanisms. This Research Area also includes research on the role of glial cells and other non-neuronal cells as well as the mechanism of maintenance of the number of neurons. Furthermore, this Research Area includes creation of innovative platform technology that contributes to dramatic progress in the elucidation of the formation of neural networks and the principle of information processing.
Research Area Advisors
| Tadashi Uemura |
| Hitoshi Okamoto |
| Kozo Kaibuchi |
| Ryoichiro Kageyama |
| Masanobu Kano |
| Yasuo Kawaguchi |
| Toshio Kosaka |
| Masao Tachibana |
| Akinao Nose |
| Tatsumi Hirata |
| Ichiro Fujita |
| Hajime Mushiake |
| Michisuke Yuzaki |
