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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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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...
News
- 2025.05.21 Seminar
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2025.05.21
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Developing a New Analysis Method for Capturing Long-Term Brain Activity in Freely Moving Mice
- 2025.05.01 Seminar
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2025.04.23
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Gamified Sleep-Tracking App Improves Sleep and Reduces Body Mass Index in Some Users
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2025.04.23
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Information on TV Broadcast: Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa etc., will appear on “Mibyo Sokusai” (NHK)
- 2025.04.18 News Releases
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2025.04.23
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Information on TV Broadcast: Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa etc., will appear on “Mibyo Sokusai” (NHK)
- 2025.04.18 News Releases
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2025.04.14
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Information on Radio Broadcast: Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa will be hear on “My asa” (NHK radio)
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2025.04.10
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Information on TV Broadcast: Dr. Masao Iwagami will appear on “Netadori” (NHK)
- 2025.04.09 News Releases
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2025.04.09
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Dr. Shun Nakajima will appear in the “SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PRE EVENT 2025”
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2025.05.21
Research News
Developing a New Analysis Method for Capturing Long-Term Brain Activity in Freely Moving Mice
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2025.04.23
Research News
Gamified Sleep-Tracking App Improves Sleep and Reduces Body Mass Index in Some Users
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2025.04.02
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Multitasking Exercise Enhances Objective Sleep Quality in Older Women
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2025.03.19
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Identifying the Neural Mechanisms Regulating Sequential Behaviors in Male Sexual Activity
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2025.02.14
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Relationship Between Sleep and Nutrition with App Data: A Large-scale Study
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2025.01.24
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Identifying the Neural Mechanism that Regulates Social Behavior with Strangers
