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Neuroanatomy Lab
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A lab that explores how the brain and mind work through the neural circuits of the hippocampus.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding how the brain operates, starting from the construction of hippocampal neural circuits
The Neuroanatomy Lab studies how the brain operates, starting from the construction of neural circuits in the hippocampus, the center of memory and emotion.
In addition to basic research on hippocampal neurons and glia, the lab studies psychiatric and neurological disorders using model mice for depression, drug addiction, schizophrenia, and other conditions.
Centered on an image analysis system it developed in-house, the lab combines experimental techniques such as behavioral pharmacology, molecular biology, and chemogenetics.
On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Jinno Lab."
Key terms
- Hippocampus
- A brain region regarded as the center of memory and emotion. It is the main subject of this lab's research
- Glia
- Cells in the brain that exist alongside neurons (nerve cells). They include microglia and oligodendrocytes
- Chemogenetics
- A method of controlling the activity of specific neural circuits by introducing DREADDs into them
- Adult hippocampal neurogenesis
- The generation of new neurons in the hippocampus even after development
NewsLab news
An undergraduate student won an Outstanding Poster Award at the undergraduate student session of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists
A paper reports that a non-hallucinogenic psychostimulant is effective for cancer-related cognitive impairment
A student won a Junior Researcher Poster Award at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's mission is to understand how the brain operates, starting from the construction of hippocampal neural circuits, and to contribute to elucidating the pathology of psychiatric and neurological disorders. It conducts basic research on hippocampal neurons and glia, as well as research using mouse models of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
*Illustrative imageResearch on mouse models of psychiatric and neurological disorders
Using behavioral pharmacology methods, the lab creates animal models of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, cancer-related cognitive impairment, epilepsy, and other conditions. It aims to gain new understanding of their pathology from the viewpoint of altered function in hippocampal neural circuits.
*Illustrative imageResearch on neuron–glia interactions
The lab aims to clarify how hippocampal glia are involved in regulating synapses, neural circuits, and brain function, and in the pathology of psychiatric disorders.
*Illustrative imageClassifying GABAergic neuron subclasses
Inhibitory GABA neurons in the hippocampus are classified into about 20 subclasses. The lab aims to clarify how each subclass is involved in regulating cognition and emotion.
*Illustrative imageRegulation and significance of adult hippocampal neurogenesis
New neurons continue to be generated in the hippocampus after development. The lab aims to clarify the regulatory mechanisms of these newborn neurons, which are involved in regulating cognition and emotion, and their functional significance.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Neuroanatomy Lab consist of faculty members, technical staff, administrative assistants, doctoral and master's students, research students, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorShozo Jinno
- LecturerJun Yamada
- Assistant ProfessorAkari Nakamura
- Assistant ProfessorMika Soma
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Sagittal brain slice, UB Museum of Neuroanatomy, Buffalo, New York” Caldwbr / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on mouse models of psychiatric and neurological disorders: “Researcher holding a lab mouse - Crimean Federal University - ANDY7392” Andrey Chernogorodov / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on neuron–glia interactions: “Chk-UCH1-GFAP-20X-1” GerryShaw / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Classifying GABAergic neuron subclasses: “Inhibitory Interneurons ( )” NIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA / Public domain (cropped)
- Regulation and significance of adult hippocampal neurogenesis: “Gyrus Dentatus 40x” MethoxyRoxy / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
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