Although the essence of brain function is the coordination of distributed and autonomous activities in various multiple regions, research has not progressed in measuring the activity of multiple brain regions, nor in hypothesizing (modeling) and verifying that coordination due to the difficulty of integrating and analyzing brain activity. In this study, we consider the coordination of distributed and autonomous brain activity as a jazz session in which multiple autonomous performers work together to compose music, and aim to establish a technology that allows researchers to guide brain function in the desired direction by engaging in a call-and-response with brain activity through research on the nematode C. elegans, which has a simple brain.

Link: New research projects and evaluators for the 2023 Strategic Basic Research Promotion Program (CREST)