Division of Neurological, Psychiatric and Brain Research

• 02/25/20
  Brain system involved in concern over others’ gain: neuronal mechanism to process and integrate information on reward obtained by self and others
• 02/19/20
  Elucidation of the mechanism of impaired predictability of the brain in schizophrenia
• 02/07/20
  Determining the risk of Parkinson’s disease and dementia during annual checkups―A step forward in prevention and early detection
• 01/24/20
  Viral encephalitis caused by autophagy suppression - New findings of the pathogenesis of the West Nile virus -
• 01/21/20
  Visualization of the AMPA receptor responsible for brain functions in the living human brain
• 01/15/20
  Development of an educational support program for the family members of “hikikomori” (socially withdrawn) people - Advances in addressing long-term social withdrawal -
• 12/10/19
  An animal model for prodromal Parkinson’s disease, expected to contribute to development of new therapies to prevent the onset and progression of the disease
• 11/29/19
  Study finds common abnormalities in the white matter across multiple psychiatric disorders―schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share similar abnormalities
• 11/20/19
  Identification of genetic mutations of kinesin molecular motor KIF3B in schizophrenia
• 10/31/19
  A project (J-TRC) to recruit 20,000 healthy individuals aged 50-85 in the preclinical and prodromal stages of dementia for the largest domestic online study for the development of future therapeutic and prophylactic agents