Takaki Komiyama, Ph.D.
- Title
- Assistant professor
- Department
- Section of Neurobiology
- Institution
- University of California, San Diego
- Address
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9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0634
CNCB Rm304 - City, State, ZIP
- La Jolla, CA 92093-0634
- Phone
- (858) 534-4654
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://labs.biology.ucsd.edu/komiyama/
- Research field
- Neuroscience
- Award year
- 2011
Research
Behavior is generated by the activity of a large ensemble of individual neurons. However, little is known about the dynamics of neuronal ensembles during behavior or how they change while new memories are formed. Combining in vivo two-photon calcium imaging with behavioral experiments, we are visualizing the activity of hundreds of neurons simultaneously, while mice acquire and perform motor learning tasks over many days. This novel approach is revealing learning-related changes in the motor cortex. We are examining the time course and mechanisms of these learning-related changes in the ensemble activity of motor cortex neurons.
Scholar Keywords
2011 Search Pew Scholars
- Christine M. Dunham, Ph.D.
- Thomas G. Fazzio, Ph.D.
- Max L. Fletcher, Ph.D.
- Hunter B. Fraser, Ph.D.
- Melissa K. Gardner, Ph.D.
- Mary Gehring, Ph.D.
- Jeff Gore, Ph.D.
- Takaki Komiyama, Ph.D.
- Mei Kong, Ph.D.
- Michael S. Kuhns, Ph.D.
- Erica Larschan, Ph.D.
- Eros Lazzerini Denchi, Ph.D.
- Ann C. Morris, Ph.D.
- James B. Moseley, Ph.D.
- Suzanne M. Noble, M.D., Ph.D.
- Brad J. Nolen, Ph.D.
- Chad G. Pearson, Ph.D.
- Sharad Ramanathan, Ph.D.
- Anthony R. Richardson, Ph.D.
- Niels Ringstad, Ph.D.
- Georgios Skiniotis, Ph.D.
- Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.