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Kouzaki Lab (Motoki Kouzaki)
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The lab studies how the nervous system controls movement to produce diverse actions.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding human movement through simplification in the nervous system
The Kouzaki Lab studies how humans produce diverse movements, in terms of the activity of muscles and the central nervous system.
The central nervous system is thought to simplify an enormous amount of information to generate optimal movements.
The lab investigates this seemingly contradictory motor control using physiological experiments, behavioral control experiments, and mathematical methods such as simulation.
Experiments and journal clubs are conducted together with the Motor Control Lab.
Key terms
- Central nervous system
- The central part of the nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord. It receives information from various parts of the body and sends commands to muscles and other tissues
- Motor control
- The control of body movement, in which the central nervous system decides which muscles to activate and by how much
- Journal club
- A study meeting in which lab members bring papers, read them, and present their content to one another
ResearchResearch themes
This lab studies the seemingly contradictory mechanism of motor control in which the nervous system is simplified in order to generate diverse human movements. In addition to physiological experiments and behavioral control experiments, it also uses mathematical methods such as simulation.
Motor Control That Produces Diverse Movements
Using physiological experiments, behavioral control experiments, and simulations, the lab investigates how the many muscles that produce joint movements and the central nervous system that governs them simplify an enormous amount of information to generate optimal movements.
Movement of Astronauts After Returning to Earth
The lab also conducts experimental research at NASA (Johnson Space Center) on unstable motor control in astronauts after they return to Earth.
MembersFaculty
The Kouzaki Lab consists of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorMotoki Kouzaki
- Assistant ProfessorMai Moriyama
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