GOTO Akihiro Associate Professor

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Period14th(Term: from Apr. 2024)
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Research InterestsNeuroscience
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Research TopicUnderstanding and applying long-term memory storage mechanisms
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Host DepartmentGraduate School of Medicine
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Previous AffiliationGraduate 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.