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Molecular Neuroscience Lab
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The lab aims to repair and regenerate damaged neural circuits.
AboutAbout the lab
Developing therapies to repair lost neural circuits
The Molecular Neuroscience Lab conducts basic and translational research to overcome the lasting impairments that follow damage to the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord.
In the brain and spinal cord, neurons function by forming networks with one another, and once these networks are damaged, recovery is extremely rare.
The lab believes that if lost networks can be repaired, central nervous system disorders can be treated, and it aims to establish new nerve regeneration therapies.
In addition, it seeks to take an integrated approach to the question of dynamics in the repair process of neural circuits.
Note that the lab's approach described here is based on the professor's greeting page (written around 2018).
Key terms
- Central nervous system
- The central part of the nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord
- Neural circuit
- A network of interconnected neurons that transmits information
- Dynamics
- How a state changes over time
NewsLab news
A doctoral student's paper reports the role of astrocytes in rehabilitation after stroke
Ken Matoba joins as Project Assistant Professor in the Joint Research Division of Neuroscience for Drug Discovery
A Project Lecturer reports in a paper that coordination among immune cells in the brain accelerates Parkinson's disease-like pathology
An Assistant Professor receives an Excellence Presentation Award at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts basic and translational research aimed at overcoming the lasting impairments of the nervous system caused by cerebrovascular disease and by injuries to the brain and spinal cord. As the mechanisms that prevent lost networks from regenerating have become partly understood, the lab aims to establish new nerve regeneration therapies.
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The Molecular Neuroscience Lab's members consist of faculty, project faculty, technical staff, joint researchers, secretaries, visiting professors, visiting faculty and visiting researchers, research students, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorToshihide Yamashita
- Associate ProfessorNao Shibuya
- Project LecturerYosuke Otake
- Assistant ProfessorYoriyo Yorifuji
- Project Assistant ProfessorKen Matoba
- Project Assistant ProfessorTeruyuki Ishikura
- Project Assistant ProfessorSaki Minoda
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