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Neural Control Engineering Lab
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A neuroengineering lab that works to understand how the brain functions and to compensate for lost functions with electronic devices.
AboutAbout the lab
Compensating for brain information with electronic devices
The Neural Control Engineering Lab is developing technology that aims to understand how the brain works and, by sending lost brain information from electronic devices, to supplement the brain's original function.
The lab also works on neurostimulation devices used to treat brain disorders, as well as effective ways of using them.
Its research rests on three pillars: recording activity from the level of cells to the whole brain, building microdevices through microfabrication, and making devices that compensate for hearing.
In the future, the lab aims to bring technological innovation to fields such as restoring sound information processing function for medicine and welfare, and treating brain disorders.
Key terms
- Microfabrication
- A technology used in semiconductor manufacturing and elsewhere to make shapes and parts finer than a human hair
- Neuromodulation
- Changing the function of nerves by adjusting neural activity with stimulation such as electricity, light, or ultrasound
- Microdevice
- A very small device or component made by microfabrication
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the IEEJ Electronics, Information and Systems Society Conference
A master's student received the Outstanding Poster Award at the IEEJ Electronics, Information and Systems Society Conference
A paper was accepted to Hearing Research
A paper was accepted to an IEEJ journal
A master's student received the Best Student Paper Award at BIODEVICES 2026
ResearchResearch themes
The lab is developing technology that aims to understand how the brain works and, by delivering lost brain information from electronic devices, to supplement the brain's original function. It also studies neurostimulation devices used to treat brain disorders and effective ways of using them.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring brain activity at multiple levels
To understand the structure and function of the brain, the lab records brain activity at multiple levels: single cells, cell tissue, and the whole brain.
*Illustrative imageMicrodevices for recording from and stimulating the brain
Using microfabrication, the lab develops high-performance microdevices for recording from and stimulating the brain. It also builds neuromodulation devices that are useful for treating ear disorders such as tinnitus.
*Illustrative imageHearing-assist devices and treatment of the brain
Using the technologies it has developed, the lab builds devices that compensate for hearing, and explores how electronic devices could extend the function of nerves through sound information processing. It is also developing effective neuromodulation methods that are useful for treating brain disorders.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Neural Control Engineering Lab consist of faculty, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi Tateno
- Associate ProfessorJun Nishikiwa
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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: “Auditory Cortex Frequency Mapping” Chittka L, Brockmann / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Measuring brain activity at multiple levels: “Cajal actx inter” Santiago Ramón y Cajal / Public domain (cropped)
- Microdevices for recording from and stimulating the brain: “Utah array pat5215088” Richard A. Normann / Public domain (cropped)
- Hearing-assist devices and treatment of the brain: “Blausen 0244 CochlearImplant 01” BruceBlaus. When using this image in external sources it can be cited as: Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN . / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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