Press Releases
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2018/02/09
Deep-brain exploration with nanomaterial
A less invasive way to stimulate the mouse brain with light -
2018/01/31
Running away from carbon dioxide: the terminal connection
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2018/01/12
The brain's GPS has a buddy system
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2017/11/03
Microcolumns: elementary neural processing units that tile the mouse brain
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2017/10/30
Moving neuroscience into the fast lane
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2017/09/19
Learning and unlearning to fear: The two faces of noradrenaline
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2017/09/05
Prenatal lack of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids linked to schizophrenic symptoms in mice
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2017/09/05
Superfly flight simulator helps unravel navigation in the brain
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2017/08/18
No direct flights for memory retrieval
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2017/06/22
Serotonin improves sociability in mouse model of autism
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2017/06/09
The brain's hippocampus can organize memories for events as well as places
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2017/05/12
This nasal receptor mediates the appetizing smell of fish food
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2017/05/08
Stopping the brain's memory circuits from overheating
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2017/05/02
Finding real rewards in a virtual world
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2017/04/18
Atomic structure reveals how cells translate environmental signals
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2017/04/07
Ingredients for lasting memories
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2017/03/23
Diametric brain circuits switch feeding and drinking behaviors on and off in mice
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2017/03/09
NTU Singapore and Japan’s RIKEN collaborate in human biology research to develop innovative healthcare solutions
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2017/02/27
Changes in RNA splicing: a new mechanism for genetic risk in schizophrenia
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2016/12/20
An “IRBIT”uary before cell death
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2016/11/15
The power of expectation can restrain hyper-emotional memories in the brain
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2016/11/02
Schizophrenic stem cells do not differentiate properly into neurons
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2016/10/18
Positive and negative memories and behaviors are split up in the brains of mice
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2016/09/30
Locating social memories in the brain
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2016/06/17
Stinky or fragrant? Predicting changing odor preferences
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2016/05/31
Fish courtship pheromone uses the brain's smell pathway
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2016/05/31
The brain clock that keeps memories ticking
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2016/05/27
Mimicking deep sleep brain activity improves memory
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2016/05/24
The uncertain brain: untangling ambiguity in neural circuits
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2016/05/02
Turn left! How myosin-Va helps direct neuron growth
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2016/04/26
Change in the brain: astrocytes finally getting the recognition they deserve
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2016/04/01
Fights are won and lost in the brain
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2016/03/22
Calcium waves in the brain alleviate depressive behavior in mice
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2016/03/17
Flipping a light switch recovers memories lost to Alzheimer's disease mice
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2016/01/18
Thwarting abnormal neural development with a new mutation
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2015/12/18
How excitatory/inhibitory balance is maintained in the brain
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2015/11/20
New method for imaging marmoset brains
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2015/10/23
New insights into REM sleep crack an enduring mystery
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2015/10/20
First mouse model of spontaneous depression-like episodes
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2015/10/09
Scientists reveal brain network for observed social threat interactions
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2015/10/01
Parenting in the animal world: turning off the infanticide instinct
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2015/09/24
Oceans in the brain: how we remember different contexts
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2015/09/15
Real x-ray vision: see-through brains ready for study
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2015/09/01
How neurons get their branching shapes
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2015/08/28
Glial cells use lipids to direct neuron organization in the spinal cord
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2015/06/30
How your brain knows it’s summer
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2015/06/18
Recalling positive memories reverses stress-induced depression
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2015/05/29
Researchers retrieve “lost” memories
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2015/05/22
Switching off brain circuit renders mice “out of touch” with environment
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2015/04/21
A “cingular” strategy for attack and defense
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2015/04/14
Balanced behavior with IRBIT
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2015/03/13
Cells target giant protein crystals for degradation
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2015/01/29
Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
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2015/01/12
Revealing the inner workings of a molecular motor
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2014/12/09
Shedding new light on the formation of emotional fear memories
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2014/11/21
Out of danger: a neural basis for avoiding threats
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2014/11/13
Elsevier Presents Report on Global Research Landscape of Brain Research
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2014/11/11
Japan Brain/MINDS Project Launches at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute
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2014/10/23
Mathematical model shows how the brain remains stable during learning
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2014/10/21
Scientists unravel the mystery of a rare sweating disorder
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2014/09/12
Predicting mental illness with hair follicles
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2014/09/09
Broken signals lead to neurodegeneration
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2014/08/28
Researchers switch emotion linked to memory
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2014/07/15
Defects in fatty acid transport proteins linked to schizophrenia and autism
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2014/06/06
Cutting edge methods reveal what makes Purkinje neurons unique
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2014/04/24
Oops! Researchers find neural signature for mistake correction
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2014/04/15
Chrono, the last piece of the circadian clock puzzle?
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2014/04/14
New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease
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2014/02/19
A circuit for change
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2014/01/24
Islands in the brain: new circuit shapes memory formation
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2014/01/03
Jumping DNA in the brain may be a cause of schizophrenia
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2013/11/01
Researchers identify molecule that orients neurons for high definition sensing
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2013/10/19
Learning dialects shapes brain areas that process spoken language
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2013/10/17
Mice modeling schizophrenia show key brain network in overdrive
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2013/10/07
What evolved first - a dexterous hand or an agile foot?
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2013/10/04
Key cellular auto-cleaning mechanism mediates the formation of plaques in Alzheimer’s brain
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2013/08/07
Researchers uncover brain molecule regulating human emotion, mood
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2013/07/25
Mice "incepted" with false memories provide insight into neural phenomena
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2013/06/14
New Fluorescent Protein from Eel Revolutionizes Key Clinical Assay
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2013/05/17
Fishing for Memories
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2013/05/15
Getting a grip on sleep
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2013/04/19
Why do babies calm down when they are carried?
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2013/04/08
Retinoic Acid Gradient Visualized for the First Time in an Embryo
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2013/01/29
Japanese Research Organizations Contribute to Human Brain Project
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2013/01/28
Primates too can move in unison
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2012/06/21
How humans predict other's decisions
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2012/04/20
New yeast prion helps cells survive
-Prion proteins may be best known for their role in infectious diseases, but not all of them are destructive, new research shows- -
2011/12/08
How our brains keep us focused
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2011/11/11
Attention and awareness uncoupled
-Brain imaging experiments uncouple two apparently intimately connected mental processes- -
2011/11/08
Collaborative Research Launched to Explore Novel Drug Targets for Alzheimer's Disease
-RIKEN Brain Science Institute and Astellas Pharma Form Strategic Alliance for New Drug Discovery- -
2011/10/21
New study uncovers how brain cells degrade dangerous protein aggregates
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2011/08/30
New chemical reagent turns mouse brain transparent
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2011/07/04
Overlooked peptide reveals clues to causes of Alzheimer's Disease
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2011/06/15
A better way to remember
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2011/05/01
Researchers uncover individual variation in DNA methylation of human neuronal cells
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2011/01/27
Mechanism uncovered explaining why neuronal stem cell mitosis is restricted to only the ventricle side
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2011/01/25
Effects of anti-cancer drugs reassessed using fluorescence imaging technology
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2011/01/21
New study identifies a neural structure for self-other distinction in the motor domain
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2011/01/21
Researchers uncover neural origins of expert intuition
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2011/01/13
The dendritic branch is the preferred integrative unit for protein synthesis-dependent LTP
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2010/12/24
Preplay of future place cell sequences by hippocampal cellular assemblies
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2010/12/21
CAPS2 enhances secretion of neurotrophic factor BDNF and ensures normal development of brain circuit
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2010/12/09
New study uncovers how cellular stress causes brain damage
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2010/10/12
Study shows Japanese infants hear foreign words according to Japanese language rules by 14 months
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2010/10/11
Study identifies neural pathways governing switching of fear responses in the zebrafish
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2010/09/10
Small synaptic impulses key to rapid non-linear information processing in the brain
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2010/08/27
Dr. Hidenori Kimura, Director of RIKEN BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center, wins the Giorgio Quazza Medal.
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2010/08/10
Imaging study sheds light on neural origins of baby talk
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2010/07/12
Optogenetic probes to image brain electrical activity in laboratory mice
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2010/04/29
Marijuana-like substance in the brain identified as important for brain growth
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2010/04/06
Technology developed for long-term stable brain machine interface (BMI)
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2010/03/23
Experimental mouse evolves in its feeding place and reaches maturity early without secreting melatonin
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2010/03/01
New gene therapy technique successfully applied to treatment of Huntington's disease in model mice
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2010/02/02
Front end of brain cell discovered to rotate clockwise
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2010/01/27
Changes in neurons identified even after 'critical period' of brain development
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2010/01/18
Effect of yeast prion protein oligomer formation process on infection efficacy clarified
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2009/12/25
New fluorescent proteins report electrical signals of brain cells
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2009/11/17
Embryogenesis propagation and differentiation patterns of live fish exposed to full view
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2009/11/12
Dynamic change in inhibitory neural network upon visual experience detected for the first time
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2009/11/11
Identification of SLITRK6, a membrane protein that plays key roles in the formation of neuronal circuits of the inner ear
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2009/11/09
Shaping the way we move
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2009/10/06
Signal indicating expansion of cerebral cortex identified in primates following training in tool use
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2009/09/07
Real-time observation of histon acetylation, a process that regulates gene function
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2009/07/10
Substance identified that regulates growth direction of neuron protrusion
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2009/07/03
Mapping the prefrontal cortex
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2009/06/29
Real-time control of wheelchairs with brain waves
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2009/06/12
Cell to cell efficiency in the brain
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2009/06/02
Identifying the olfactory neuronal circuit responsible for appetizing smells; zebra fish are found to have a special fondness for amino acids.
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2009/05/06
Brain protein X11L involved in development of brain fundamentals for processing conflict, suggesting new course of research on nerve mechanisms governing drive and social nature
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2009/04/15
The path to olfaction
Elucidating the existence of bilaterally unsymmetrical neuronal networks in olfactory neurons, suggesting a close relationship between olfaction and emotion exemplified by the like/dislike of odors -
2009/03/04
A mouse deficient in the neuronal adhensive factor DSCAM was found to be attacked by sudden death from central respiratory disorder, suggesting that DSCAM gene transformation might be associated with infant sudden death syndrome.
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2009/01/16
Confirming mouse epilepsy caused by the disorder of gene causative to epilepsy, suggesting the presence of a new disease mechanism
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2008/12/20
Differential silhouetting of the cell cycle specific to either S/G2/M a new visualizing technology of the cellular proliferation process
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2008/11/07
Robots show that brain activity is linked to time as well as space
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2008/10/28
Clarification of the involvement of the activation of GSK-3beta, a tau-protein phosphorylation enzyme, in memory fixation, supporting the previous understanding of the essential need for intellectual stimulation to prevent the memory impairment accompanyi
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2008/10/20
Clarification of the regulatory mechanism of 'amyloid-beta' production system, a cause of Alzheimer's disease, to develop new drugs for the disease.
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2008/10/01
When a bird sings a love song, the brain feels ultimate happiness, suggesting that the brain recognizes love as reward and making a chirp as no reward.
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2008/08/21
Elucidating the involvement of increment of GABA suppression in the memory impairment accompanied by Alzheimer's disease
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2008/08/08
Elucidation of a mechanism involved in cerebral growth accelerated by experience after birth
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2008/07/17
Success in recording brain activity in response to melody and word breaks
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2008/06/24
Elucidating the molecular mechanism of photochromism of a fluorescent protein 'Drompa' with NMR analysis of its dark-structure, instead of X-ray structural analysis
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2008/06/12
Attention to one side increases early response at the visual and auditory gates of the mind
The human mind reacts slower and differently than earlier neurological studies had shown.x -
2008/03/27
MIT's Professor Susumu Tonegawa to be RIKEN BSI's Next Director
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2008/03/27
Without BIG-2, odor maps stink
RIKEN researchers identify a protein that guides the formation of brain circuit networks essential for processing olfactory information. -
2008/03/26
Tool-using rodents rake in rewards
By teaching rodents to use tools, RIKEN researchers can now more easily study the neural and molecular bases for learning. -
2008/03/10
Huntington's disease takes protein prisoners
RIKEN researchers uncover how a protein that controls the expression of genes is hijacked in Huntington's disease. -
2008/02/19
Regulating the chemistry of learning
A new study sheds light on how synaptic nerve signals are regulated in the developing brain. -
2008/02/08
Color-coded mouse genes reveal hidden story on cell cycle
powerful new tool enables a pictorial roadmap of cell transitions from their earliest stage to functional maturity. -
2008/02/04
Illuminating the genetic mechanisms of Lou Gehrig's disease
Recent research improves our understanding of this devastating condition at the genetic level. -
2008/01/25
The technology that intercepts the nerve system and recovers is developed for the first time in the world.- Birth of reformation base technology that solves mechanism of complex nerve system -
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2007/11/16
Untangling Alzheimer's disease
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2007/11/13
A Candidate Gene for a Biological Marker of Schizophrenia in Mice
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2007/10/26
Damage to a specific brain area impairs the decision process
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2007/10/15
High-resolution brain mapping taken to next level
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2007/09/04
The BSI Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics has elucidated an elemental part of the information transmission pathway of the brain in which a pair of two proteins governs the entire neural circuits in the manner of a donor-acceptor relationship.
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2007/08/25
Hopping mad for the nervous system
The Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics of the Advanced Technology Development Group in BSI has elucidated the mechanism which prevents the entanglement of the right and left side neural circuits of the limbs' motions thr -
2007/05/30
Towards a treatment for epilepsy
Neurogenetics of BSI provided evidence for the localized expression of an abnormal protein in the suppressive nerve cell axon of intractable epilepsy. -
2007/05/08
Layering and positioning neurons
The Developmental Neurology Team has discovered an enzyme that plays a critical role in the formation of the layered structure of the cerebral cortex. -
2007/04/25
A very sociable brain
Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development of BSI clarified that intrapariental neuron switch functions are respondent to changes in the social environment. -
2007/02/20
Joint research between Molecular Psychiatry of BSI and the RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center has identified genes causative to schizophrenia
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2007/01/24
Joint research between BSI and the RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center has proven that a reverse neuronal signal pathway exists via a protein named Neuroligin.
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2007/01/09
Timing is everything
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2006/12/11
Steering mechanism for nerve circuit formation revealed
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2006/10/18
Insights into brain architecture
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2006/08/11
Variability in genes outside the nucleus linked to longevity
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2006/06/23
Molecular mimic sets the tone for calcium release
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2006/06/13
More responsibilities for a busy pathway
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2006/06/05
New mechanism responsible for the generation of calcium oscillations: Dynamics associated with slow intra-cellular accumulation of inositol trisphosphate
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2006/05/01
Color and light to illuminate biochemical pathways
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2006/04/18
Mitochondrial dysfunction contribution to bipolar disorder confirmed using model mice
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2006/02/08
Telencephalin, a Molecule Necessary to Keep the Brain Pliable
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2005/11/21
A New Discovery in the Brain Mechanism Visually Recognizing "Objects"
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2005/09/30
Calcium release through IP3 receptors(type 2 and 3) is essential for exocrine function
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2005/06/20
Discovery of a Protein Essential for Growth of Glial Cells which in turn Support Neurons
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2005/03/21
Discovery of a Substance to Decompose a Causative Substance of Alzheimer Disease (Dr. Takaomi Saido, BSI)
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2005/03/14
A window into the aging mind: MRI imaging of Alzheimer's disease
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2005/02/25
Identification of Robo2 as a Crucial Gene for Neural Circuitry Formation in the Zebrafish Olfactory System
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2005/02/01
The trailblazers' guides in olfactory development
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2005/01/20
Mechanisms for Brain Asymmetry
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2005/01/14
Discovery of a Redox Sensor Protein Capable of Recognizing the Oxidation Stress of Organisms and Elucidation of Part of the Stress Control Mechanism
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2003/07/11
Neuronal Correlates of Goal-Based Motor Selection in the Prefrontal Cortex
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2003/05/19
Research on experience-dependent slow-wave sleep development.
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2003/04/24
New vitamin found after half a century (pyrroloquinoline quinone, PQQ) (link to laboratory website)
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2002/12/23
Success in controlling the area in membrane that is related to communication function by using light: Migration of nerve growth cones requires a detergent-resistant membrane in a spatially defined and substance-dependent manner.
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2002/09/24
Discovery of a new fluorescent protein that changes from green to red with ultraviolet light: Development of a reliable basic research tool that can mark cells with light.
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2002/08/27
Explanation for the molecular structure of "cell death" caused by cell stress: Reaching for the general view of cell death by using fruit flies.
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2002/08/02
Discovery of the information transmitting mechanism in cells triggered by local stimulation.
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2002/07/19
Discovery of the resolution mechanism of the abnormal protein that causes Parkinson's Disease: New information for the development of treatment for diseases such as Parkinson's Disease that are caused by neurodegeneration.
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2002/06/17
The "cell death factor", that is believed to have been acquired through evolution, is also found in invertebrate animals: A step towards clarifying the physiological system of cell death factor in the "TNF family molecule".
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2002/05/16
Discovery of the mechanism that divides "ventral" and "dorsal": Target gene for the calcium signal that helps form the vertebrate axis is found.
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2001/12/29
Development of new fluorescent protein that enables the detailed study of live cells: Unknown phenomena inside cells are now visible.
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2001/11/20
Discovery of a new function of the enzyme that causes Alzheimer's Disease: "BACE1" enzyme found to control composition of glycol-chain.
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2001/10/25
First success in achieving high density imaging of human brain activity: Non-invasive observation of the columnar structure of the cerebral cortex.
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2001/09/28
Successful identification of a new inducing factor for cell death: Discovery of a new passage type.
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2001/09/13
Brain formation during ontogeny partly revealed: The moment of ES cell segmentation is witnessed through cultivation of sliced cerebrum.
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2001/07/27
Part of the mechanism enabling the brain to differentiate "objects" clarified: Complicated shape of an object is expressed inside the brain as a combination of figure characteristics.
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2001/06/29
The mechanism that triggers Parkinson's Disease is clarified: One more step towards overcoming Parkinson's Disease.
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2001/05/21
A major step towards determining the cause of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease: One drop of resolving enzyme accelerates amyloid accumulation.
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2001/05/18
New problem gene for epilepsy discovered: Potential for better diagnosis and treatment for epilepsy and fever convulsion.
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2001/03/08
Mechanism in the brain that regulates appetite is partly clarified: Mice lacking M3 muscarinic acetylcoline receptor are hypophagic and lean.
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2001/02/13
Relationship of the untranslated region of a gene to the pain-killing effect of morphine is seen: A new way to develop made-to-order pain killers
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2000/08/17
NMDA receptors are essential for the normal development of the thalamocortical patterns: Partial clarification of the mechanism of the cortex development after birth.
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2000/03/07
Inhibitory stimulation is essential for the growth of brain.
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2000/02/01
Identification of 1-42-degrading catabolic pathway in brain: A potential path to prevention of Alzheimer's Disease.
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1999/11/23
Identification of a new ethanol target channel: Showing how brain function changes under the influence of alcohol.
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1999/04/23
Stress hormones are essential for learning movement: A new understanding of the brain's learning function in the cerebellum.
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1999/01/29
Successful selective visualization of multisynaptic neural pathways: A new way to observe the structure and functions of the brain.