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Integrated Brain Imaging Lab
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A lab that uses MRI and EEG to capture brain connectivity from the cellular level to the whole brain.
AboutAbout the lab
Linking brain structure and function, from cells to the whole brain.
The Integrated Brain Imaging Lab uses noninvasive methods of measuring the brain, such as MRI, to study how information networks in the brain work and what goes wrong in them in psychiatric and neurological disorders.
There is still a gap to be bridged between what can be learned by measuring the brain from the outside and existing knowledge from neuroanatomy and neuropathology.
The lab aims to develop technologies that capture brain structure and function seamlessly, from the cellular level to the level of the whole brain.
It is also developing neuroengineering technologies that act on brain activity, connecting knowledge toward overcoming psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Key terms
- MRI
- A device that uses a strong magnet and radio waves to create images of the inside of the body. It can examine the shape and function of the brain from the outside.
- Neuroplasticity
- The property by which connections and structure in the brain change through experience and learning.
- Brain-machine interface
- A system that reads signals from the brain to directly control a computer or machine.
NewsLab news
Paper accepted by Human Brain Mapping
Paper accepted by Annals of Neurology
Paper accepted by Science Advances
ResearchResearch themes
Information processing in the human brain takes place in networks formed by synapses, said to number in the hundreds of trillions. Understanding this complex system requires both a detailed understanding at the cellular level and a broad understanding of the brain as a whole. The lab aims to develop technologies that measure brain function and structure seamlessly, from cells to the whole brain.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring brain activity by combining MRI and EEG
Centered on MRI, the lab studies brain functions such as movement, sensation, cognition, and emotion. It also develops technologies that lead to treatments, such as brain-machine interfaces that read the intention to move from brain signals.
*Illustrative imageHow learning changes the shape of the brain
To understand the cellular mechanisms behind neuroplasticity, in which learning increases the volume of gray matter in the brain, the lab is developing techniques to explain MRI signals in terms of information about cells and tissue.
*Illustrative imageExploring sensory-motor coordination in marmosets
The sensory system and the motor system work in coordination with each other. In marmosets, a small monkey species, the lab combines multi-site recording of neural activity, optogenetic manipulation, and fMRI to uncover how bodily sensation and movement are linked.
MembersFaculty
The Integrated Brain Imaging Lab is made up of faculty, project researchers, part-time researchers, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi Hanakawa
- Assistant ProfessorKenji Yoshinaga
- Assistant ProfessorHiroki Togo
- Assistant ProfessorKenji Yamaguchi
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorKeiko Ochi
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorSatoko Ueno
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorAsako Mitsuto
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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: “Geoffroy's marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)” Oleg Yunakov / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring brain activity by combining MRI and EEG: “Child undergoing an EEG test with electrodes on the head while lying on a bed in a clinic setting (cropped)” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- How learning changes the shape of the brain: “Major gray and white matter limbic structures” Mori S and Aggarwal M / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring sensory-motor coordination in marmosets: “Callithrix geoffroyi” The original uploader was Brian.gratwicke at English Wikipedia. / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Psychiatry Lab): “CSIRO ScienceImage 3488 Patient undergoing MRI scan in Westmead Hospital Sydney” Westmead Hospital, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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