Vol.53 No.4 April 2000

　　Reconsidering Prenatal and Infant Education

Y. Harada

Special Feature:Higher Brain Functions

　　Introduction―Higher Brain Functions:Work Conduced Under the "Resaerch for the Future"Program

S. Nakanishi

　　Functions of the Basal Ganglia in Behavioral Learning and Memory

M. Kimura

　　Visual Information Processing in the Cerebral Cortex

H. Komatsu

　　Brain Cytokines and Growth Factors: Brain Vitamines For Its Development and Abnormality

H. Nawa

　　Neural Mechanisms of Procedural Memory

O. Hikosaka

　　The Molecular Mechanism of Central Synaptic Modulation Underlyling the Memory Formation

T. Takahashi

　　Search for Dynamic Neuronal Assemblies Encoding Information of Memory

Y. Sakurai

　　Roles of Ca²⁺ in Neural Signaling and Integration

K. Imoto

　　Brain Mechanisms of Symbol Manipulation―Neurobiology of the Intelligence

A. Iriki

　　Integration Neuroimaging Studies on Brain Function and Its Pathophysiology

H. Shibasaki, H. Saji, H. Fukuyama

　　Neural Mechanisms Underlying Memory in Humans

A. Yamadori, R. Kawashima, T. Fujii

　　Studies on Piasticity of Higher Function in Human Brain Using PET and Functional MRI

Y. Yonekura, N. Sadato

　　Neural Correlates of Language Function: Investigation with Functional MRI

M. Sugishita, S. Naruse

　　Studies on the Brain Functions by Optical Imaging and Magnetoencephalography

M. Tamura, R. Kakigi

　　Molecular Dynamics Imaging by Use of PET

Y. Watanabe

　　Study on Climate and Environment Changes in Arctic

K. Kato

　　Prof. Shiro Ogawa and His Laboratory

S. Ino

　　Research, Like Art, Is a Relentless Pursuit of Creativity

S. Torii