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Kyoto University Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior (Masayuki Matsumoto) Lab
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The lab investigates the mechanisms of brain networks in primates.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding higher brain functions through primate brain circuits.
The Division of Integrative Brain Mechanisms (Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior) explores the structure and function of the complex, finely organized neural circuits that make up the primate brain, and aims to understand, as a system, the diverse brain functions that arise from them.
The lab combines methods from neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroethology, molecular biology, and informatics.
By clarifying the operating principles and roles of the networks that run through the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum, the lab seeks to shed light on higher brain functions such as movement, cognition, and sociality, as well as the mechanisms of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Key terms
- Basal ganglia
- A cluster of neurons deep in the brain, involved in movement and in the selection of actions
- Viral vector
- A virus made harmless and used to carry genes into cells
- Genetically modified monkey model
- A monkey in which genetic manipulation has been applied to specific neurons or other cells, used to study how the brain works and how diseases arise
ResearchResearch themes
The lab explores the structure and function of the neural circuits that make up the primate brain, and aims to understand, as a system, the diverse brain functions acquired on that basis.
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- ProfessorMasayuki Matsumoto
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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: “PSM V27 D081 Upper aspect of monkey brain” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Brain networks and genetically modified monkeys: “Macaca fuscata juvenile yawning” Daisuke Tashiro / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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