Division of Basic Medical Research Strategic Research Program for Brain Sciences (SRPBS) / Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for Disease Studies (Brain/MINDS)

Research on brain sciences will be promoted strategically to establish “social contribution through brain sciences." While European and U.S. researchers have launched large-scale brain science research projects, we Japanese researchers set the goal of “brain mapping by integrated neurotechnologies for disease studies" beside the “strategic research program for brain sciences," and take an all-Japan approach to accelerate the research on brain sciences. In this manner, we will establish a basis to enable the conquering of neuropsychiatric diseases and sophistication of the information processing theory ahead of the rest of the world. Concerning how nerve cells form the neural circuit and how they process information to enable realization of the brain functions with greater wholeness, we will make efforts to exploit our advantageous technologies to clarify the whole picture and establish a basis for clarification of the higher brain functions in humans leading to the conquering of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for Disease Studies (Brain / MINDS)

PS (Program Supervisor)

• Shigeo OKABE, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

PO (Program Officer)

• Toshihisa OHTSUKA, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi
• Tetsuya MATSUDA, Ph.D., Professor, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University
• Masahiko WATANABE M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University

Strategic Research Program for Brain Sciences (SRPBS)

Integrative Research on Depression, Dementia and Development disorders (IR3D)

PS (Program Supervisor)

• Tadafumi KATO, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director / Senior Team Leader, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
• Michisuke YUZAKI, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

PO (Program Officer)

• Kazutaka IKEDA, Ph.D., Department Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
• Tsutomu TANABE Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Megumi MARUYAMA, Ph.D., Project Associate Professor, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

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PS (Program Supervisor)

• Masayoshi MISHINA, Ph.D., Professor, Ritsumeikan University

PO (Program Officer)

• Chihiro AKAZAWA M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Health Care Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Tsutomu TANABE, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University