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

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

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Dr. Luis Alfredo Moctezuma (Abe laboratory) received the “Best Poster Presentation Award” at the Asian Society of Sleep Medicine Interim Meeting 2024, held in Tokyo, Japan on October 18-19, 2024.

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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 “Kazu to manabu”(Nippon TV)

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Information on TV Broadcast “NHK ACADEMIA”(ETV)

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Information on TV Broadcast “The Hatori Shinichi Morning Show”(TV Asahi)

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Dr. Asuka Ishihara received “Best Postdoc Presentation Award” at the Conference of RACMEM

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Information on TV Broadcast “Junior ukagau”(BS Yoshimoto)

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Transformative Research Areas (A) Hibernation Biology 2.0 has launched

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R&D Project on sleep and hibernation has been selected as AMED Moonshot R&D Program

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Information on TV Broadcast “Science ZERO”(NHK Educational TV)

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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

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INTERGRATIVE

SLEEP MEDICINE