Brain Science

This sector focuses on investigating the biological operating principles of the formation and functions of brain-nervous systems and, based on this, developing application technologies. It includes basic research related to our understanding of general brain functions by observing brain-nervous systems at the molecular level for the development of application technologies

Brain Science

Department	Core Reseach Area	Major Method
Brain Science (Basic research on the structure and function of brain)	Generation and regeneration of nervous system	Understanding the division, differentiation and movement of nervous system cells, and related application technologies
		Research on the features and differentiation of stem cells of the nervous system
		Understanding regeneration in the nervous system and application technologies
	Brain function control molecular/cellular neurobiology	Interpretation of proteins associated with the nervous system and application technologies
		Understanding of cell signal transfer bodies in the nervous system and application technologies
		Understanding the interaction among nervous system cells and utilization technologies
	Neural Apoptosis and Control	Understanding neural apoptosis and control technologies
	Synaptic Plasticity and Stimulation of Nerves	Understanding of neural-transmitters and receptors, and application technologies
		Understanding of ion channels and application technologies
		Understanding the formation of synaptic and plasticity, and application technologies

* The above research fields are examples

Medical and Pharmacological Brain Science

Examination of the causes of physical and mental diseases and disorders attributable to brain structures or functions, and research on their diagnosis, treatment and prevention

Brain Pharmacology

Department	Core Reseach Area	Major Method
Medical and Pharmacological Brain Science (Prevention, diagnosis, and therapeutical intervention)	Etiology of each brain disease	Research on brain disease etiology
		Brain marker gene control technology
	Brain disease prediction / diagnosis	Brain disease diagnosis acupuncture technology
		Brain disease bio-marker determination technologies
		Brain disease drug dielectric technologies
	Brain disease prevention / treatment	Neural stem cell utilization technologies
		Development of new bio-materials to promote neural regeneration
		Neural rehabilitation technologies based on convergence technologies
		Development of brain disease treatment drugs

* The above research fields are examples

Brain Engineering

Academic discipline to understand the structures and functions involved in high-level of intellectual information processing by the brain, and theories and technologies for engineering applications in this area

Brain Engineering

Department	Core Reseach Area	Major Method
Brain Engineering (Information processing and its engineering applications)	Brain structure/function image and modeling	High-resolution neuro-imaging technologies
		Mathematical, biological and engineering conversion modeling technologies of brain structures/functions
	Brain artificial matter, brain bio-information interface	Network-based brain information, measurement, transformation and analysis technologies of bio-signals
		Brain-artificial matter interface and mutual control technologies
	Imitation/artificial intelligence of brain functions	Imitation and artificial intelligence technologies of brain functions

* The above research fields are examples

Brain and Cognition

This investigates the biological operating principles of the formation and functions of nervous systems and develops application technologies based on this. It includes basic research to assist our understanding of the overall brain functions through molecular-level observations of the brain-nervous system as well as the development of application technology from this.

Brain Cognition

Department	Core Reseach Area	Major Method
Brain and Cognition (Characterizing cognitive processes and developing application technologies)	Possibility of comprehensively adjusting/improveing the nervous system	Research to assess the possibility of comprehensively adjusting and improveing the nervous system
	Sense / Perception / Motion	Sensory system adjustment technology
		Technologies for understanding the perception decision-making system
		Motion system adjustment technologies
	Research on conscience / sentiment / attention	Research on the conscience and sub-conscience
		Understanding and adjustment technologies pertaining to sentiment and motivation
		Research to understand attention and concentration and technologies for improvements
		Research to understand social cognition and its improvement
	Memory / Thought / Decision-making	Learning/memory mechanisms and adjustment technologies
		Research on language, thought, and decision-making mechanisms

* The above research fields are examples