The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists

Chairpersons:Toshiyuki Fujita(Teikyo Univ.), Teruhiro Okuyama(The Univ. of Tokyo)

Recent advances in disease genomics and neuroscience have greatly deepened our understanding of the molecular and neural circuit mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders. However, to fully elucidate the origins of psychiatric disease, it is essential to reconsider these mechanisms from an evolutionary-developmental (Evo-Devo) perspective. In particular, two fundamental questions remain insufficiently explored: (1) how the seeds of psychiatric disorders emerge and unfold during development, and (2) where their evolutionary origins lie across animal species. This symposium aims to foster an integrative discussion on the evolutionary and developmental foundations of neural circuits implicated in psychiatric disorders by synthesizing findings from studies across diverse animal models and a broad spectrum of psychiatric conditions.