Solving the mystery of sleep

Premier institute aiming to elucidate mechanisms of sleep/wake regulation
and the function of the sleep by conducting basic to translational research

The Breakthrough Prize commemoration lecture held in Yokohama

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Dopamine triggers sleep state transitions

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Information on TV Broadcast “Today’s Close-Up” (NHK)

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Professor YANAGISAWA Masashi Receives Clarivate Citation Laureates

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Lessons on how to sleep: what we can learn from worms

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A Simplified Method Assessing the Synchronization Properties of the Body Clock with Internal and External Rhythms

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Two IIIS members received “The Best Presentation Award” at JSSR

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Director, Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa Receives “Breakthrough Prize”

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A novel function of the ventral lateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus in inducing arousal

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Dr. Emi Hasegawa received “The Young Investigator Award” at JSSR

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University of Texas congratulates Director, Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa on his Breakthrough Prize

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Information on TV Broadcast “NHK ACADEMIA”(ETV)

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Director’s Message

We aim to solve one of the biggest black boxes of today’s neuroscience

Director Masashi Yanagisawa

Our discovery of the neuropeptide orexin and its prominent role in sleep/wake regulation has generated a highly active research fields in neurobiology of sleep and metabolism. However, the fundamental governing principle for the regulation of sleep pressure, e.g., (1)the question of what the neural substrate for “sleepiness” is, (2) We have to sleepy remains a mystery. We focus on sleep neurobiology, and aim to solve one of the biggest mysteries in today’s neuroscience.

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[consultation(sleepy mouse)]Q&A:about sleep

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Why do we dream?

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The function of dreaming is still not well underst...

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Are there short sleepers?

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Short sleepers are quite rare, much rarer than peo...

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What is narcolepsy?

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Narcolepsy is also known as the “dozing-off diseas...

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What sort of social majors have been taken for sleep improvement?

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As an example, Professor Mitsuo Hayashi of Hiroshi...

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筑波大学 国際統合睡眠医科学研究機構

INTERNATIONAL

INSTITUTE FOR

INTERGRATIVE

SLEEP MEDICINE