Elucidation of the cortical-subcortical brain dynamics that cause depressive symptoms and cognitive dysfunction using human multidimensional longitudinal data and verification in a primate model

Principal Investigator

Go Okada
Professor (Special Recognition), Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
We will longitudinally collect MRI brain images (structural and functional images) and clinical and cognitive behavioral data from patients with mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder) and healthy volunteers, and analyze them using the latest AI technology to clarify the macroscopic brain circuit mechanisms of depression-related symptoms and cognitive dysfunction. In addition, we will verify the causal relationship between abnormalities in brain circuit dynamics highlighted through these investigations and the pathology of depression or cognitive dysfunction through behavioral experiments and neuroimaging measurements under neural circuit manipulation in monkeys, focusing particularly on cortical-subcortical connections.

Co-Investigator

Ayumu Yamashita
Visiting Researcher, Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institutes International
Yuki Sakai
Director, Vice President・Chief Medical Officer, XNef, Inc.
Takafumi Minamimoto
Deputy Director, Advanced Neuroimaging Center, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology