The 1996 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Neuroscience
• Achievement:
  Elucidation of the functional principles and neural mechanisms of the cerebellum
• Lecture:
  Functional principles and neural mechanisms of the brain studied in the cerebellum

Major Honors

1986	Honorary member of American Physiological Society
1989	Professor Emeritus,The University of Tokyo
1989	Member of the Japan Academy
1989	Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science
1990	Foreign member of the American Academy of Science
1992	Foreign member of the Royal Society
1994	Barany Society

Membership

	Japanese Physiological Society
	Japan Neuroscience Society
	Japanese Biophysics Society
	Japan ME Society
	Japanese Society of Equilibrium Study Society for Neuroscience
	Barany Society

Academic Degrees

1953	Graduated from the Medical School.The University of Tokyo

Professional Career

1954-57	Assistant Professor at Kumamoto University
1958-63	Assistant professor at The University of Tokyo
1963-70	Assoclate professor at The University of Tokyo
1970-Present	Professor at The University of Tokyo
1986-88	Dean of Faculty of Medicine,The University of Tokyo
1989	Emeritus Professor of The University of Tokyo
1989	Frontier Research Program.The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN),Team Leader
1991	Diretor-General of Frontier Research of Program,RIKEN
1994	President of the Science Council of Japan
1959-62	Leave to Sir John Eccles' Laboratory at the Australian National University,Canberra

Title

• Director-General, Frontier Research Program, The Insti tute of Physical and Chemical Research President, Science Council of Japan

Major Books

• Ecclec,J.C., Ito,M. and Szentagothai,J., The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine. Springer-Veriag, 1967.
• Ito,M., Noh no Sekkeizu (Blueprints of the Brain), CHUOKORON-SHA.INC. Tokyo, 1984.
• Ito,M., The Cerebellum and Neural Control., Raven Press, New York, 1984.

Academic Papers

• M.Ito, The electrical activity of spinal ganglion cells investigated with intracellular microelectrodes, Jpn.J.Physiol., 7,297-323, 1957.
• M.Ito, P.G.Kostyuk and T.Oshima, Further study on anion permeability of inhibitory post-synaptic membrane of cat motoneurones., J.Physiol. (Lond.), 164, 150-156, 1962.
• M.Ito and T.Oshima, Electrical behavior of the motoneurone membrane during intracellularly applied current steps., J.Physiol (Lond.), 180, 607-635, 1965.
• Ito,M. and Yoshida,M., The Origin of cerebellar-induced inhibition of Deiters neurons., Exp.Brain.Res. 2,330-349,1966.
• Obata,K., Ito,M., Ochi,R. and Sato,N., Pharmacological properties of the postsynaptic Inhibition by Purkinje cell axons and the action of γ -aminobutyric add on Details neurons., Exp. Brain Res., 4, 43-57, 1967.
• Ito,M., Neural design of the cerebellar motor control system., Brain Res., 40, 81-84, 1972.
• Dufosse,M., Ito,M., Jastreboff,P.J. and Miyashita,Y., A neuronal correlate of rabbit's cerebellum to adaptive modification of the vestibuloocular refex., Brain Res., 150, 611-616, 1978.
• Ito,M., Cerebellar control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex-around the flocculus hypothesis., Annu.Rev.Neurosci., 5.275-296, 1982.
• Ito,M., Sakurai,M. and Tongroach.P., Climbing fibre-induced depression of both mossy fibre responsiveness and glutamate sensitivity of cerebellar Purkinje cells.,J.Physiol. (Lond.), 342, 113-134, 1982.
• Ito,M., Long-term depression., Annu.Rav.Neurosci., 12, 85-102, 1989.
• Nagao,S. and Ito,M., Subdural application of hemoglobin to the cerebellum blocks vestibuloocular reflex adaptation., Neuro Report 2, 193-198, 1991.
• Ito,M., Movement and thought: Identical control mechanisms by the cerebellum., Trends in Neuroscl., 16, 448-450, 1993.
• Nakazawa,K., Mikawa,S., Hashikawa,T. and Ito,M., Transient and persistent phosphorylation of AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunits in cerebellar Purkinje cells., Neuron 15, 697-709, 1995.