Studying the neural networks controlling higher brain functions in the marmoset, to gain new insights into information processing and diseases of the human brain.
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The research team led by Assistant Professor Yusuke Sudo and Professor Yoshiyuki Hirano of Chiba University, and Dr. Atsushi Sekiguchi of the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, in collaboration with Tohoku University, Kyoto University, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, and Kyushu University, identified abnormalities in brain connectivity in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN), focusing on the insular cortex.
The research group led by Yuri Ito, Sadao Otsuka, Toshiya Murai, and their colleagues (Kyoto University) conducted a study of adult patients with depression. They reported that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for depression works to improve symptoms and quality of life by affecting the complex relationship between positive affect and these outcomes in this population.
Yuzuki Ishikawa, Naoya Oishi, Taro Suwa, Toshiya Murai and their colleagues at Kyoto University segmented the amygdala, a brain structure deeply involved in the pathophysiology of depression, into subdivisions and examined baseline volume and their changes at post-treatment and 6-month follow-up. They found that the baseline volume of the subdivision correlated with improvement in anxiety after treatment.
The research team led by Project Researcher Tomomi Nagano, Professor Yoshiyuki Hirano, and Professor Eiji Shimizu (Chiba University), analyzed the resting-state brain networks in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). They found that the two disorders can be distinguished based on networks involving the right nucleus accumbens and the right thalamus.
A symposium hosted by the International Brain Initiative (IBI) Data Standards and Sharing WG will be held on Monday evening, November 14, 2022 near the conference venue.
The 4th Brain/MINDS Beyond MRI & Clinical Analysis Tutorial will take place on September 26 and October 3, 2022.
An online international symposium titled "International Symposium of Brain Projects, Brain/MINDS and Brain/MINDS Beyond: Brain Circuits, Dynamics, and Functions/Dysfunctions" will take place on June 24. The program is all in English. This symposium targets the participation of the scientific community.
The 3rd Brain/MINDS Beyond MRI & Clinical Analysis Tutorial will take place online on March 12, 2022.
An online symposium will take place on September 21 with the theme of "Next-Generation AI and Fundamental Technologies Based on Nonlinear Dynamics". The program is all in Japanese.
The 2nd Brain/MINDS Beyond MRI & Clinical Analysis Tutorial will take place online on September 27, 2020.
Japan Brain/MINDS and Brain/MINDS Beyond are pleased to host the International Brain Initiative (IBI) Data Standards and Sharing Roundtable in Tokyo, Japan.
The Brain/MINDS Beyond is co-hosting an event in the Winter Symposium 2019 of JISEDAI-NOU Project on 19 December 2019 at Hitotsubashi University. The program is all in Japanese.
“ASUKA Symposium 2019 (Advanced Science for fUture in KAshihara)” will take place on 13 June 2019 at Nara Medical University, focusing on a theme of “A New Phase of Regenerative Medicine”. The program is all in English.