Lab for Cell Calcium Signaling, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai, 201210, China.
Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
Neurochem Res. 2022 Sep;47(9):2446-2453. doi: 10.1007/s11064-022-03705-x. Epub 2022 Aug 20.
"Neurochemistry" in Japan was established by intensive cooperation between psychiatrists and their collaborators, biochemists, who have sought to investigate the etiology of mental illness to establish treatments. It was a completely different direction from the flow of modern biochemistry that was born using microorganisms or eukaryotic cells as research materials. Neurochemists aimed to elucidate the physiological or pathological functions of the brain through chemical analysis of the morphologically and functionally unique complexity and characteristics of brain. I here describe some of the origin and history of neurochemistry in Japan how researchers estabIished Japanese Society for Neurochemistry in1958 Yasuzo Tsukada as a president in collaboration with Isamu Sano, Genkichiro Takagaki and Masanori Kurokawa. The formation of research groups with the support of MEXT played a major role in promoting neurochemistry. Many international conferences held in Japan promoted the activity of neurochemistry: The International Society of Physiology (Tokyo) in 1965, and the Japan-US Neurochemistry Conference (Oiso) in 1965, and in 1967 the International Conference on Biochemistry (Tokyo). These meetings offered excitements to younger researchers by close interaction with the world top class researchers. Government established Brain Research Institutes in several national universities. The Asia-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) was established in 1991 subsequent to an initiative by JSN. APSN presidents: Yasuzo Tsukada, Kazuhiro Ikenaka, and Akio Wanaka contributed to promote neurochemistry. The 4th ISN meeting was organized at Tokyo (Yasuzo Tsukada, president) in 1973 and the 15th ISN meeting at Kyoto (Kinya Kuriyama, president) in 1995. Kunihiko Suzuki and Kazuhiro Ikenaka as ISN Presidents greatly contributed in promoting the activity of ISN.
日本的神经化学是由精神病学家及其合作者、生物化学家密切合作建立的，他们试图研究精神疾病的病因，以建立治疗方法。这与以微生物或真核细胞为研究材料的现代生物化学的发展方向完全不同。神经化学家的目标是通过对大脑形态和功能独特的复杂性和特征进行化学分析，阐明大脑的生理或病理功能。在这里，我将描述一些日本神经化学的起源和历史，以及研究人员如何在 1958 年由安田寿作（Yasuzo Tsukada）担任主席，与佐野诚（Isamu Sano）、高垣源一郎（Genkichiro Takagaki）和黑川雅之（Masanori Kurokawa）合作，建立日本神经化学学会。在文部科学省的支持下，研究小组的形成在促进神经化学方面发挥了重要作用。在日本举行的许多国际会议也促进了神经化学的发展：1965 年的国际生理学学会（东京）、1965 年的日美神经化学会议（大矶）以及 1967 年的国际生物化学会议（东京）。这些会议通过与世界顶级研究人员的密切互动，为年轻研究人员带来了兴奋。政府在几所国立大学设立了脑研究所。亚太神经化学学会（APSN）是在 JSN 的倡议下于 1991 年成立的。APSN 主席：安田寿作（Yasuzo Tsukada）、池永和彦（Kazuhiro Ikenaka）和若狭邦和（Akio Wanaka）为促进神经化学做出了贡献。第四次 ISN 会议于 1973 年在东京（安田寿作，主席）举行，第十五次 ISN 会议于 1995 年在京都（栗山进，主席）举行。铃木邦彦（Kunihiko Suzuki）和池永和彦（Kazuhiro Ikenaka）作为 ISN 主席，为促进 ISN 的活动做出了巨大贡献。
