Members
7th
Term: Oct. 2016 ～
The following 15 researchers are working at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University.
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:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
● Ken-ichi AMEMORI Associate Professor
Research Interests: Neurophysiology
Research Topic: Controlling anxiety and conflict by monitoring and manipulating the primate brain circuit
Short Introduction
A fundamental goal of psychiatry is the ability to control emotion and anxiety. Despite its importance, basic causal links relating to how the brain’s emotional circuit affects mood and anxiety have yet to be elucidated in primates. To address this, Ken-ichi developed a behavioral paradigm called "approach-avoidance conflict," to quantitatively characterize the role of brain circuit in value judgment, and to understand the internal state related to pessimistic and optimistic decisions. His overarching goal is to identify the causative role of specific brain regions involved in anxiety and emotional conflict by manipulating specific brain circuits in primates and measuring the resulting changes in internal states. He plans to combine physiological and anatomical methods to characterize the anxiety-related network in the cortico-basal ganglia system. These studies will be imperative for establishing a basic understanding of methods for emotional regulation, as well as identifying targets for therapeutic procedures for depression and anxiety disorder in humans.
Latest News
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Jan. 28, 2020
Associate Professor Ken-ichi AMEMORI (Primate Research Institute) published a paper online.(Frontiers in Neuroscience)
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Sep. 10, 2019
Associate Professor Ken-ichi Amemori(Primate Research Institute) published a paper online.(Biological Psychiatry)
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Sep. 10, 2019
Associate Professor Ken-ichi Amemori(Primate Research Institute) published a paper online.(European Journal of Neuroscience)
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Aug. 10, 2018
Ken-ichi Amemori published a paper titled “Striatal Microstimulation Induces Persistent and Repetitive Negative Decision-Making Predicted by Striatal Beta-Band Oscillation” in Neuron.
