GOTO Akihiro Associate Professor
  • Period
    14th(Term: from Apr. 2024)
    グローバル型
  • Research Interests
    Neuroscience
  • Research Topic
    Understanding and applying long-term memory storage mechanisms
  • Host Department
    Graduate School of Medicine
  • Previous Affiliation
    Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

I study memory in the field of neuroscience. I study when and how memories are formed in neurons in the brain, using a biological approach in mice. For example, I capture the moment when memories are formed on microstructures called neuronal spines using two-photon microscopy, I record hundreds of neuronal activities in real time in the brain of a learning mouse to analyse the neuronal activity responsible for memory, and I investigate the time frame in which memories are induced by manipulating memories with light.