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About LoRRe
The mission of the Laboratory of Research Resources (LoRRe) is to conduct multidisciplinary basic research studies that increase understanding of the causes and mechanisms leading to brain dysfunction and degeneration in Spinocerebellar Degeneration (SCD) which includes hereditary and non-hereditary types.
We also manage a brain bank in which we store samples of post-mortem brain tissues and samples of cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs), largely from patients with neurodegenerative disorders. Neurodegenerative disorders are unique to human beings, and brains from other animal disease models are of limited value for research. Human brain donation is very important. Donating disease brain will greatly contribute to the progress towards understanding the causes and mechanism of the diseases.
Our final goal to research is to establish the treatment of the neurodegenerative diseases.
Ikuru Yazawa, MD, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Research Resources (LoRRe)

Research
Overviews of our research
Disease Oriented Overviews
1) Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
2) Polyglutamine diseases
Scientific Oriented Overviews
1) Biochemical analysis of human post-mortem brain tissues
2) Oligodendrocytes induce neuronal degeneration

Scientific Publications

Staff
Chief　Ikuru Yazawa, MD, PhD :
Research Fellow　Kimiko Nakayama, PhD:
Research Fellow　Yasuyo Suzuki, PhD:
Research Fellow　Chenghua Jin, PhD:

In the News
Please help to support the LoRRe.
This is a wonderful way to support research conducted by the LoRRe. Caring individuals, through their support, make possible the scientific advances necessary for establishing a treatment for Spinocerebellar degeneration and other neurodegenerative diseases.

How to contact us
Phone: 0562-46-2311
Fax: 0562-46-8319


Address: 36-3 Gengo, Morioka-cho, Obu-shi,
Aichi-ken 474-8522, Japan