List of research and development topics

: R&D Principal Investigator (PI) unmarked : Co-Investigator

Research Group 1

A comprehensive study involving longitudinal analyses of cerebral images from healthy to pathological states by life stages (developmental, adulthood, and senile stages).

1-1

Identification of the pathogenic mechanism of mental and neurological disorders through acquisition and analysis of cerebral MRI-scan images and clinical data, etc.

 

The mechanism of brain development and disorders in adolescence and young adulthood (AYA) through international MRI collaborations

Kiyoto KASAI

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

Motoaki NAKAMURA

M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University

Kazuo OKANOYA

Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University

Haruto TAKAGISHI

Ph.D., Research Associate, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa

Osamu ABE

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

 

Elucidation of neural circuits of mood disorder in adults and related disorders based on longitudinal MRI data

Yasumasa OKAMOTO

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Medical Sciences, Hiroshima University

Ryota HASHIMOTO

M.D., Ph.D., Director, Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

Eiji SHIMIZU

M.D., Ph.D., Director, Research Center for Child Mental Development, Chiba University

LISI Giuseppe

Research Scientist, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group

 

Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease Neuroimaging Initiative (PADNI) supported by MRI reference panels based on community-based cohort data

Takashi HANAKAWA

M.D., Ph.D., Director, Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

Toshiki MIZUNO

M.D., Ph.D, Professor and chairman of Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Toshiya MURAI

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Makoto SASAKI

MD, PhD, Executive Director, Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University

Masayuki YAMAMOTO

M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University

Yoshikazu UGAWA

MD, PhD, Director and Professor, Department of Neuro-regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University

1-2

Cerebral MRI-scan image data platform

 

Integrative MRI data platform across the lifespan and disorders toward international brain science collaborations

Kiyoto KASAI

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

Kazuo OKANOYA

Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Saori TANAKA

Ph.D., Department Head, Department of Neural Computation for Decision-making, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group

Takashi HANAKAWA

M.D., Ph.D., Director, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry


Research Group 2

Research involving an inter-species comparison of human and non-human primate brains

2

Research involving an inter-species comparison of human and nonhuman primate brains by structural and functional regionalization and homology analysis

 

Study of cross-species comparisons of human and non-human primates using high field MRI

Norihiro SADATO

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Masaki ISODA

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Atsushi NAMBU

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Tadashi ISA

M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

 

Primate Connectomics using Multimodal Standardized Neuroimaging

Takuya HAYASHI

M.D., Ph.D., Team Leader, Laboratory for Brain Connectomics Imaging, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Miho MURAYAMA

Ph.D., Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University

 

Establishing a multiscale platform for the analysis of brain circuit function by an interspecific, bidirectional approach with circuit manipulation and machine learning

Toshiyuki HIRABAYASHI

Ph.D., Principal Researcher, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences

Takafumi MINAMIMOTO

Ph.D., Team Leader, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences

Yuji IKEGAYA

Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Yoichi SAITO

M.D., Ph.D., Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

Noriaki YAHATA

Ph.D., Researcher, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology


Research Group 3

Development and application of technologies such as neuro-feedback through collaboration with artificial intelligence (AI) research projects

3-1

Development research on therapies such as neuro-feedback using AI technologies

 

Study of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology based on Neuroscience and AI

Mitsuo KAWATO

Ph.D., Director, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group

Jun MORIMOTO

Ph.D., Department Head, BRI, CNS, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group

Hiroshi IMAMIZU

Ph.D., Director, CMC, ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group

Ryuichiro HASHIMOTO

Ph.D., Affiliate Professor, Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research. Showa Univeristy

Noriaki YAHATA

Ph.D., Researcher, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

Hidehiko TAKAHASHI

M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Youichi SAITOH

MD, Ph.D.,Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

Go OKADA

M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima

3-2

Surveys on next-generation AI technologies and development of fundamental technologies

 

Research and Development on Next-Generation AI and its Key Technology Based on Nonlinear Dynamics

Kazuyuki AIHARA

Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Hirokazu TAKAHASHI

Ph.D., Lecturer, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Naonori UEDA

Ph.D., Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

Motoaki KAWANABE

Ph.D., Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project


Innovative Research Group

Research and development task advanced individual.

 

Development of neuron-type specific gene manipulation techniques in primates

Ken-ichi Inoue

Department of Neuroscience, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

 

Analysis of somatic mutations in bipolar disorder and methodological development of genomic neuropathology

Masaki Nishioka

Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Study of daily sleepiness as an ensemble of the monoaminergic system and its disorder

Yasutaka Niwa

International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba

 

Study of toxic polypeptides related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Eiichiro Mori

M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor / Chair Department of Future Basic Medicine, Nara Medical University