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Our brains are all similar. In a given location, there are a specific class of neurons, which make synapses with the particular targets. How can the 100 billion neurons settle down in their correct positions and find their right synaptic targets? This is the question that we would like to address.

 

Welcome to DBF (Division of Brain function)

(left) Lateral olfactory tract in a mouse brain

(upper right) Mt. Fuji photographed from our institute

(lower middle) Iden-zaka (NIG) slope leading to the institute with blooming cherry trees

(lower left) Thalamopallial axons in a chick brain