Members
14th
Term: Apr. 2024 ～
:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
● GOTO Akihiro Associate Professor
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
Short Introduction
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.
