The INCF National Node of Japan (J-Node) is located at the Neuroinformatics Japan Center (NIJC), Riken Brain Science Institute (BSI). The node was inaugurated in February 2006. The node steering group has a national representation. The Director of the J-Node is Prof. Shiro Usui.

The distributed node platform committees are continuing their development under a portal umbrella.

Platforms operated by NIJC

Visiome platform

Neuron-Glia platform

Brain-Machine Interface platform

Invertebrate Brain platform

Cerebellar Development Transcriptome Database

Integrative Brain Research platform

Cerebellar platform

Neuro-Imaging platform

Neuroinformatics Base-platform:XooNIps

Platforms currently being developed by NIJC

Dynamic Brain Platform: Dynamical models of the brain
Simulation platform: Simulation of models of the brain

J-Node  portal to the platforms of the Japan Node

NIJC  the host of the J-Node portal

RIKEN Brain Science Institute, the host of the J-Node central unit

Director, INCF National Node of Japan

Professor Shiro Usui
Director of NIJC (Neuroinformatics Japan Center)
Head of Laboratory for Neuroinformatics
RIKEN, Brain Science Institute
2-1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama 351-0198
Japan
Email : usuishiro@riken.jp
Tel : +81-48-467-7491
Fax : +81-48-467-7498

Head, Japanese delegation to the INCF Governing Board

Professor Keiji Tanaka
Head of the Laboratory for Cognitive Brain Mapping
RIKEN, Brain Science Institute
2 - 1 Hirosawa
Wako, Saitama 351-0198
Japan
Email: keiji@riken.jp

tel: +81-48-467-9344

fax: +81-48-462-4651