{"id":93,"date":"2018-06-13T09:23:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T00:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2024-06-28T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T07:11:20","slug":"en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-93-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/examining_the_brain_mechanisms_underlying_wandering_thoughts_and_related_cognition-1080p.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/examining_the_brain_mechanisms_underlying_wandering_thoughts_and_related_cognition-1080p.mp4\">https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/examining_the_brain_mechanisms_underlying_wandering_thoughts_and_related_cognition-1080p.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">We are developing novel methods to diagnose and cure neurological diseases using artificial intelligence with big data from EEG\/MEG\/ECoG signals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Our efforts have so far allowed the creation of a robotic hand, the movements of which are controlled by human intention using Brain?Machine Interface (BMI) technology with ECoG and MEG. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">A severely paralyzed patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) used our BMI robot and succeeded in controlling the robotic hand and PC speller through his intentions to move his paralyzed hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"> Moreover, we have also demonstrated that undergoing training to use a BMI robotic hand induced plastic changes in the cortical activities of patients with phantom limb pain and modulated their pain based on the cortical alterations. In a similar fashion, we are developing a novel method to diagnose neurological diseases using machine-learning techniques with brain signals. We aim to improve medicine through the creation of novel technologies in collaboration with various researchers in informatics, engineering and neuroscience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Our main topics:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">1) Development and clinical application of BMI using ECoG\/MEG<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">2) BMI neurofeedback to understand and treat neurological diseases<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">3) Computer-aided diagnosis of neurological diseases using MEG\/EEG<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Funding:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">We are supported by JST, AMED, KAKENHI and other various funding agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We are developing novel methods to diagnose and cure neurological diseases using artificial inte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1400,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp\/pub\/nsurg\/yanagisawa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}