Takei Neural Motor Control Lab

Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University

About us

Our goal is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying skilled motor control and its impairments. Toward this goal, we integrate multidisciplinary approaches, including neurophysiological and behavioral experiments, computational modeling, and neural network modeling. By combining these approaches, we seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of the neural hardware, algorithms, and computations that support motor control and underlie motor disorders.

News & Topics

2026.6.19
Tomohiko contributed an article on the neural mechanisms of dexterous hand movements to Iwanami Kagaku. https://www.iwanami.co.jp/kagaku/

2026.6.12
Tomohiko was invited to give a lecture titled “Neural Mechanisms of Skilled Motor Control” at the Faculty of Letters, Keio University.

2026.5.2
We are excited to announce that Tomohiko was elected to a board member of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) for the 2026-2029 term.
https://ncm-society.org/ncm-leadership/

2026.4.24
We had Matt, Sachi, and Adarsh from Steve Scott's lab visiting our lab after the NCM meeting.

2026.4.23
Dr. Stephen H. Scott, my postdoc mentor at Queen’s University, received the Distinguished Career Award at NCM 2026 in Kobe. I am truly proud to have been part of his journey. Congratulations, Steve!

2026.4.18
We hosted an excursion to Mt. Takao after the Tokyo Hand Meeting II. We enjoyed a lot of nature and science!

2026.4.17
Tomohito and Kohei presented our projects at Tokyo Hand Meeting II at RIKEN CBS. https://sites.google.com/view/tokyohandmeetingii/home

2026.4.2
We have welcomed Kohei and Iori as PhD students to our lab.

2026.3.21
Our collaborative work with Dr. Seki has been published in PNAS. I'm honored to have been part of such a challenging project.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2525051123

2026.3.10
Tomohiko presented our research on neural network modeling of sensorimotor control during reaching at the Systems Neuroscinece Workshop in Matsuyama.

2026.2.23
Our recent work has been featured in The Asahi Shimbun, one of the popular newspapers in Japan. https://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASV2L3RKBV2LUTFL01SM.html

2026.2.12
Our paper is out in Science Advances! What makes primate hands so dexterous? We show that evolutionarily distinct spinal and cortical pathways work together to balance stability and flexibility, supporting remarkable primate hand control. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea1184

2026.2.10
We are delighted to share that Tomohito and Hayato received the Best Presentation Award and the Judges’ Special Award at the Tamagawa Brain Science Workshop. Congratulations to both!

2026.2.5
Tomohiko reported the progress of our research projects supported by JST FOREST at the Goda panel meeting.
https://www.jst.go.jp/souhatsu/research/panel_goda.html

2026.1.30
A book summarizing the latest research on higher brain functions has been published. Tomohiko contributed a chapter entitled "Understanding Mechanisms of Motor Disorders Based on the Optimal Feedback Control Model". https://www.nts-book.net/view/item/000000001664?category_page_id=ct52

2026.1.28
Kohei presented our study on neural network modeling of motor learning and consolidation at Neural Computaion Workshop. https://ken.ieice.org/ken/paper/20260128QcR1/

2026.1.9
We hosted the Motor Control Winter School 2025. Thank you all for joining us and for the fruitful discussions!

2025

2025.12.17
Tomohiko presented our progress report for the AMED project.

2025.11.14
Registration for Motor Control Winter School 2025 is now open! https://sites.google.com/view/mcwinterschool2025/home

2025.09.12
Tomohiko and Akihiro participated in the NHP Neuroscience Workshop and presented our research on fronto-parietal mechanisms underlying flexible feedback motor control.
https://sites.google.com/nips.ac.jp/hokudai-nips2025

2025.08.06
We will be hosting the Open Campus for the Graduate School of Brain Science at Tamagawa University on August 14.
If you’re interested in joining, please register here 👉 https://forms.gle/HN6qeEcXgGZJr76g7

2025.08.01
My long-time colleague Tomomichi has joined our lab! Looking forward to doing exciting science together!

2025.07.01
Kaoru has joined our lab as a technical staff! Welcome to our lab!.

2025.06.21
We successfully hosted the Tamagawa Brain Science Training Course! Participants engaged in a wide range of hands-on sessions, exploring both basic and advanced topics in neuroscience research. We’re already looking forward to next year—we hope to see your application!
👉 Course Info (https://tamagawa.brainsci.net/TrainingCourse/)

2025.05.22
We have an Open Campus and Lab Tour on June 21 (Sat) at the Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University. Don't forget to register from the link. https://www.tamagawa.jp/graduate/brain/

2025.04.01
Kei joined our lab as an office assistant! Welcome to our lab!

2025.03.10
"Brain Science Reviews 2025" will be published on March 26. I have written a chapter entitled "Neural mechanisms for optimal feedback control". I hope it will be read by many students and researchers in neuroscience and motor control. https://www.adthree.com/publish/2025/03/brainsciencereview2025.html

2025.04.23
We are looking for technical staff. Please check the website for details. https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D125041618

2025.02.19
We had Dr. Hagura for our Brain Science Lecture Series. The talk was so exciting! https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_24274.html

2025.02.15
I joined and presented our progress at the Goda panel meeting of JST FOREST grant (Sohatsu). It was great meeting all of the panel members and having stimulating discussions.

2025.02.11
Tomohiko wrote a chapter on "Neural mechanisms for optimal feedback control" in the "Brain Science Reviews 2025". https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784910513225

2025.02.10
Tomohiko got a Junior Laboratory Animal Technician certificate and was awarded "Excellent Grades". We keep refining our laboratory skills. https://www.nichidokyo.or.jp/engineer_examination.html

2024

2024.12.20
Tomohiko will have a special lecture on "history of primary motor cortex research" at the Winter School of the Japanese Society for Motor Control on 10 Jan, 2025. https://sites.google.com/nips.ac.jp/mcwinterschool2024

2024.12.13
We had a great time having Dr. Yuto Makino from CiNet in our lab and discussing utilizing MotorNet in behavioural and neuroscience research. Thanks for visiting.

2024.12.01
We had a bowling competition at our institute. Our lab got the 2nd place! Next year we will be better!!

2024.11.11
We had a wonderful time having Dr. Wolfram Schultz in our lab! We had an exciting discussion about the similarities between his groundbreaking discovery of reward prediction errors and our preliminary results on sensory prediction errors!!

2024.11.05
The results of our international collaboration for developing innovative analytical tools to identify "inhibitory components of muscle synergies" have been published! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39383087/

2024.10.11
We welcome Yuka to join our group!

2024.10.23
We hosted Dr. Sasaki from National Institute for Physiological Sciences for our Brain Science Seminars. https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_23860.html

2024.09.29
Hayato is presenting his poster "PSTR120.06. Electrocorticography reveals rotational dynamics of the frontoparietal cortex during reaching in non-human primates" at NEUROSCIENCE2024 (Chicago). We look forward to discussing the results!

2024.09.15
A new preprint with Dr. Seki and Dr. Oya on the neural basis of primate hand dexterity was posted on bioRxiv. "Spinal and cortical premotor control of primate dexterous hand movements".

2024.09.01
Tomohito joined our group as a research fellow. Welcome to our lab!

2024.08.16
Akihiro and Hayato will present our recent findings at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Motor Control (MC18). We look forward to seeing you all there! https://motorcontrol.jp/mc18/

2024.08.05
We will have an open campus of the Graduate School of Brain Sciences of Tamagawa University on August 14. If interested, please register! https://www.tamagawa.jp/graduate/news/detail_23523.html

2024.07.28
Akihiro gave the first poster presentation on our project at NEURO2024. Thank you to everyone for stopping by and having fruitful discussions. https://neuro2024.jnss.org/en/index.html

2024.07.19
Our research program has been accepted as a part of the Brain/Mind 2.0 program. We're developing a computational and physiological platform to examine neural mechanisms of motor disorders. We will be hiring Post-docs for both computational and physiological experiments. Please contact us if interested. https://www.amed.go.jp/news/release_20240719.html

2024.07.18
Tomohiko joined an interdisciplinary event of the JST FOREST program (FUSION 融合の場).

2024.07.08
Dr. Kentaro Miyamoto of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute visited us for the Tamagawa Brain Science Lecture (the 1st J-Primate Next, Brain Science Seminar Series). We had many fruitful discussions on meta-cognition and motor control. Thank you, Dr. Miyamoto!

2024.07.01
Hayato, a collaborator from Ruten Inc, joined our group as a research fellow. We look forward to doing some cool science!

2024.6.29
The Tamagawa Brain Science Training Course has now finished! My course included lectures and hands-on practice on recording and analyzing the 3Bs (Brain, Body and Behaviour). Thank you to all the participants. https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_22944.html

A textbook for neuroscience courses is published

We have written a new neuroscience textbook based on our lectures at Tamagawa University. It is written for those who are newly learning neuroscience but is also suitable for students majoring in other subjects and interested in neuroscience. Please check it out! https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_23031.html (2024.3.23)

Presentation at Hyper-Adaptability Meeting at Hiroshima

Masaoka and Takei had a presentation on "Neural dynamics of macaque ECoG signals during adaptive feedback motor control". Had good discussions (2024.3.2)

Tamgawa Brain Science Workshop 2023

All members of our insitute get together to had a 3 days retreat in Odawara. We enjoyed in-deep discussions, good food, and hot sping! Was so much fun!! (2024.2.29)

2023

Looking for Graduate Students!

We are looking for motivated graduate students (master/doctor course) who are interested in studying the neural mechanisms of voluntary motor control by using electrophysiological and compubational approaches.
Admission information is here:https://www.tamagawa.jp/gra_admission/examination/test.html

Appointed Associate Editor of Neuroscience Research

Tomohiko has been appointed Associate Editor of Neuroscience Research.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neuroscience-research/about/editorial-board (2023.01.01)

Invited talk at Workshop on Swallowing Simulation

Dr. Takei give a special lecture on "Neural mechanisms for hand muscle synergies and beyond" at the 9th Workshop on Swallowing Simulation on Dec 9, 2023 (2023.12.7)

Akihiro joined our laboratory

Mr. Masaoka, who was a part-time researcher, has joined our laboratory as a full-time research fellow. We look forward to continuing to work with you! (2023.10.1)

Tamagawa Brain Science Institute Special Lecture by Dr. Barbara Feulner

We will have a special lecture by Dr. Feulner Aug 7, 2023 at Human Brain Science Hall, Tamagawa University. You can join us via Zoom as well (please register by August 6th). (2023.8.3)
Date&time: August 7, 2023. 15:00-16:30 (in Japan)
Speaker: Barbara Feulner, Ph.D.
Lecture title: Sensory feedback can drive adaptation in motor cortex and facilitate generalization
Registeration: https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_22104.html

Article published in Clinical Neuroscience

Our review article on "Neural mechanisms for overcoming sensorimotor delay" [in Japanese] has been published in Clinical Neuroscience Vol 41. (2023.8.3) http://www.chugaiigaku.jp/item/detail.php?id=4208

Presented at Japanese Neuroscience Society

Takei presented "Neural dynamics for adaptive feedback motor control" at the symposium "New Horizons of Hyper-adaptability" at the 46th meeting of the Japan Neuroscience society in Sendai, Japan. (2023.8.1) https://neuroscience2023.jnss.org/program.html

Presentation at JNS

Awarded the "Brain Science Foundation" Research Grant

Takei was awarded the "Brain Science Foundation" Research Grant for his research project on "Neural mechanisms for the predictive motor control" (2023.3.23) https://www.bs-f.jp/index.html

Call for applications for "Tamagawa Brain Science Training Course 2023"

Applications are now open for the Tamagawa Brain Science Training Course 2023 (June 22-24 at the Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan). There are courses for rodent, non-human primate, human fMRI, developmental, and social neuroscience courses. All will be held in person. Application will be closed on April 28th. We look forward to your applications. (2023.3.23)
https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_21533.html

Presented at the 8th CiNet Conference

Takei joined and presented our research on "Neural dynamics of motor cortex for flexible feedback motor control" at the 8th CiNet conference "Beyond Motor Control: Bridging the gap between action and perception" which was organized by Dr. Hagura at CiNet. It was so inspiring and exciting meeting with excellent researchers. (2023.03.14) https://cinet.jp/english/event/20230307_0309/

2022

Our lab was featured by the Japanese Society of Motor Control (JSMC)!

We were interviewed by the Japanese Society for Motor Control (link). (2022.2.19)

第5回和光-精神神経懇話会で研究発表を行いました

第5回和光-精神神経懇話会（2022年12月10-11日、天城ホームステッド）に「柔軟なフィードバック運動制御に関わる中枢神経機構」に関する研究発表をおこないました(2022.12.15掲載)

時間生成学国際シンポジウムで研究発表を行いました

時間生成学国際シンポジウム（2022年11月23-24日、沖縄万国津梁館）にて研究発表をおこないました(2022.12.02掲載)

玉川脳研特別講演会（第7回）Brain Knutson先生

玉川大学脳科学研究所特別講演会（第7回）を2022年10月20日（木）にハイブリッドにて開催されます。
講演者 Brian Knutson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Stanford University
講演タイトル Promise and puzzles of neuroforecasting
https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_21045.html

玉川大学中高生脳科学教室2022の参加申し込み受付中！

玉川大学中高生脳科学教室2022を11月6日(日) に開催します。私の研究室も「Ｆ．脳を読み取り脳を活かす―生体信号を使ってロボットを動かしてみようー」というテーマで参加します。興味のある中高生の方は奮ってご参加ください！またお知り合いで脳科学に興味のある中高生がいらっしゃいましたら是非ご周知いただけるとありがたいです。(2022.10.18掲載) https://www.tamagawa.jp/university/news/detail_21005.html

第16回Motor Control研究会(MC16)を無事に閉会しました

3年ぶりのオンサイト開催となりどれほど集まっていただけるか不安でしたが、200名を超える方にご参加頂きました。ご参加頂いた方、協賛いただいた企業の方々、運営に携わっていただいた方々、本当にありがとうございました。(2022.09.24掲載) https://motorcontrol.jp/mc16/

玉川脳研特別講演会（第6回）吉田純一先生

玉川大学脳科学研究所特別講演会（第6回）を2022年9月5日（月）にハイブリッドにて開催されます
講演者吉田純一先生アルバートアインシュタイン医科大学　ポストドクトラルフェロー
講演タイトル小脳の報酬情報とドーパミンニューロンにおける報酬予測誤差の計算
https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_20770.html

新学術領域「超適応」全体会議で発表を行いました

新学術領域「超適応」全体会議（2022年7月19-20日、東北大学川内キャンパス）にて、研究代表を務める研究課題「『超適応』を引き起こす神経回路の生成と解明」について計画内容と進捗について発表をおこないました(2022.07.26掲載)

NEURO2022でシンポジウムを行います

Dr. Takeoka (KU Leuven), Dr. Azim (Salk Institute), Dr. Yifat (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)とともにNEURO2022でシンポジウム"Sensorimotor integration for dexterous forelimb motor control"を行います(2022年6月30日（木）16:10-18:10、沖縄コンベンションセンター)。巧緻な運動の神経制御メカニズムに関して、様々な手法を用いた最新の研究内容をお話いただきますので是非お楽しみにしてください！(2022.04.02掲載) https://neuro2022.jnss.org/program.html

つくばブレインサイエンスセミナーにて講演を行いました

第269回つくばブレインサイエンスセミナーにて『「巧み」な運動制御を司る中枢神経機構』について講演を行いました(Link)。神経科学、臨床、ロボティクスと多様な研究者と学生の皆様からご質問いただき、誠にありがとうございました。（2022.6.28）

創発的研究支援事業「融合の場」第1回公開シンポジウムで発表しました

創発的研究支援事業「融合の場」第1回公開シンポジウム（AP市ヶ谷）にてプロジェクト内容の発表をしました（Link）。このイベントでは創発事業全分野の研究者（500名ほど）が全国14箇所の会場に集まり異分野研究の理解と融合研究を目的とした研究者交流を行うという壮大なイベントました。久しぶりのオンサイトでの交流かつ年代の近い研究者との交流ができ大変刺激をいただきました。（2022.6.30）

玉川大学脳科学トレーニングコース2022が終了しました

玉川大学脳科学トレーニングコース2022（6/9-11 玉川大学脳科学研究所）が無事に終了しました。3日間と短期間でありながら、実験計画、データ取得、解析まで一通りの実験サイクルを経験してもらえたと思います。特に今年度から「行動解析のための神経・筋活動解析」と「脳情報デコーディング」という項目を追加し、実際に目の前で記録したデータから運動意図をデコードすることに挑戦してもらいました。応募者多数のため選考することになり、参加できなかった方大変申し訳ございませんでした。来年も開催できると思いますので、是非ご参加下さい。（2022.6.16）

玉川大学脳科学トレーニングコース2022の募集を開始しました

玉川大学脳科学トレーニングコース2022（6/9-11 玉川大学脳科学研究所）の募集を開始しました。少人数の実習を含む対面で実施します。締め切りは5月末日です。応募多数の場合は文章による選抜を行います。研究所で行っている基礎的な手法が学べるチャンスです。研究室ツアーも行います。是非ご応募下さい。（2022.5.13）https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/news/detail_20419.html

最適フィードバック制御（OFC）の脳内機構に関する総説が「計測と制御」に掲載されました

筑波大学の井澤淳先生と執筆した総説「確率論的最適フィードバック制御の脳内機構」が「計測と制御」 2022年61巻4号に掲載されました（Publications）。生体運動制御研究の歴史から、OFCモデルに関する行動実験と神経生理学的基盤、さらには「ポストOFC」の展望までを網羅した総説になっております。是非、ご一読ください！（2022.4.19掲載）

第16回Motor Control研究会(MC16)を開催します

第16回Motor Control研究会(2022年8月25−27日、早稲田大学国際会議場）の大会長を務めさせていただきます。4月中に公募シンポジウムの募集を開始、6月頃に一般演題募集と参加登録を開始予定ですので、奮ってご参加下さい。(2022.04.02掲載) https://motorcontrol.jp/mc16/

新学術領域「超適応」公募班に採択されました

研究課題「「超適応」を引き起こす神経回路の生成と操作」が新学術領域「超適応」の公募班に採択されました。ブレインマシンインターフェイスを用いた新しい身体への適応メカニズムを明らかにすることを目標としていて、自分にとっても新しい挑戦になります。(2022.04.01掲載)

筋シナジーのニューラルネットワークモデルに関する研究成果がFrontiers in Systems Neuroscienceに掲載されました

複雑な運動の制御を単純化するモデルである「筋シナジー」が脊髄神経回路にどのように実装されているのかを調べるため、複数のニューラルネットワークモデルを比較したところ、均質な結合を持つニューロン集団を仮定するのではなく、多少のばらつきを持つニューロンの集団を仮定することで、これまで報告されてきた1)脳梗塞患者に対する筋シナジーの頑健さや2)サルで記録された脊髄介在ニューロンの生理学特性といった知見を統一的に説明出来ることがわかりました。(2022.04.01掲載) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2022.800628/full

第99回日本生理学学会大会で研究成果を発表しました

第99回日本生理学会大会（2022年3月16-18日東北大学川内北キャンパス）にて我々の研究室から下記2演題を発表しました。
「柔軟な行動選択を支える運動野神経表現」（3月17日ポスター2P03-03）
「最適フィードバック制御に基づく運動適応過程のモデル化」（3月17日ポスター2P03-04）
発表者の黒木君と福井君は二人とも学部生ですが、限られ時間のなか堅実に研究を進めてしっかりと発表してくれました。（2022.04.01掲載）https://www.psj2022.org/

2021

共同研究成果がFrontiers in Systems Neuroscienceに掲載されました

霊長類が行う複雑なつまみ動作中の手指の筋活動を精密な筋骨格モデルによって推定した共同研究成果がFrontiers in Systems Neuroscienceに掲載されました。(2021.11.13掲載) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.774596/abstract

「次世代脳」プロジェクト冬のシンポジウム2021(2021/12/15-19)にて講演します

「次世代脳」プロジェクト冬のシンポジウム2021の「脳情報動態・時間生成学・超適応 ― 若手研究者合同シンポジウムー」にて講演します。他にも興味深い発表ばかりですので興味のある方は是非ご参加下さい(2021.11.11掲載)
https://www.nips.ac.jp/brain-commu/2021/outline2021.html#regist

研究内容をbioRxivに掲載しました

筋シナジーの脊髄神経回路について人工神経ネットワークを用いて検討した研究成果をbioRxivに掲載しました。(2021.10.28掲載) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.27.466061v1

TakeiNeuroLabがスタートしました

玉川大学脳科学研究所にて武井研究室（PI武井准教授）がスタートしました。大学院脳科学研究科にも所属し、修士課程・博士課程も受け入れも可能です。こちらのウェブサイトで情報を随時公開しますので興味のある方はご連絡下さい(2021.9.1)
https://www.tamagawa.jp/research/brain/

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