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RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology

Laboratory Head: Masanori Murayama (Ph.D.)

Research Summary

Masanori  Murayama(Ph.D.)

Little is known about how neurons integrate feedback and feed forward information for animal behavior. To understand it, we focus on the causal relationship between behavior and neural activity at the single-cell, micro-circuit and network levels. We use multidisciplinary techniques including 2-photon microscopy, fiberoptic imaging, macro-brain imaging, optogenetic techniques and electrophysiological recordings, in awake and anesthetized animals. We are also interested in developing new techniques to discover novel neural activities that can be used for understanding brain functions and animal behavior.

Main Research Fields

  • Complex Systems

Related Research Fields

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Consciousness
  • Perception
  • Mouse
  • Neocortex
  • Dendrite

Selected Publications

  • 1.Miyamoto D, Hirai D, Fung CC, Inutsuka A, Odagawa M, Suzuki T, Boehringer R, Adaikkan C, Matsubara C, Matsuki N, Fukai T, McHugh TJ, Yamanaka A, Murayama M.:
    "Top-down cortical input during NREM sleep consolidates perceptual memory"
    Science, 352(6291):1315-8. (2016).
  • 2.Hirasawa N., Yamada K., and Murayama M.:
    "Brief hind paw stimulation is sufficient to induce delayed somatosensory discrimination learning in C57BL/6 mice."
    Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 301, 15 March 2016, Pages 102–109
  • 3.Suzuki T., and Murayama M.:
    "Craniotomy for cortical voltage-sensitive dye imaging in mice"
    Bio-protocol, Vol 6, Iss 3, Feb 05, 2016
  • 4.Miyamoto D, Murayama M.:
    "The fiber-optic imaging and manipulation of neural activity during animal behavior."
    Neurosci Res. 2015 Sep 30. pii: S0168-0102(15)00228-X.
  • 5.Manita S, Suzuki T, Homma C, Matsumoto T, Odagawa M, Yamada K, Ota K, Matsubara C, Inutsuka A, Sato M, Ohkura M, Yamanaka A, Yanagawa Y, Nakai J, Hayashi Y, Larkum ME, Murayama M.:
    "A Top-Down Cortical Circuit for Accurate Sensory Perception."
    Neuron. 2015 Jun 3;86(5):1304-16.
  • 6.Takekawa T, Ota K, Murayama M, Fukai T.:
    "Spike detection from noisy neural data in linear-probe recordings."
    Eur J Neurosci. 2014 Jun;39(11):1943-50.
  • 7.Lucy M.Palmer, Masanori Murayama, Matthew E. Larkum.:
    "Inhibitory Regulation of Dendritic Activity in vivo."
    Front Neural Circuits. 2012;6:26, 2012
  • 8.Lucy M.Palmer, Jan M.Schulz, Sean C.Murphy, Debora Ledergerber, Masanori Murayama, Matthew E. Larkum.:
    "The Cellular Basis of GABAb-Mediated Interhemispheric Inhibition"
    Science 24;335(6071):989-93, 2012
  • 9.Masanori Murayama and Matthew Larkum.:
    "Fiber-Optic Calcium Monitoring of Dendritic Activity In Vivo"
    Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 1;2012(2):218-25, 2012
  • 10.H. Lütcke*, M. Murayama*, T. Hahn, D.J. Margolis, S. Astori, S.M.A. Borgloh, W. Göbel, Y. Yang, W. Tang, S.: Kügler, R. Sprengel, T. Nagai, A. Miyawaki, M.E. Larkum, F. Helmchen, M.T. Hasan (* Equal contribution).:
    "Optical recording of neuronal activity with a genetically-encoded calcium indicator in anesthetized and freely moving mice"
    Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 4;9

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Masanori Murayama
Laboratory Head

Core members

Keisuke Ota
Research Scientist
Daichi Hirai
Research Associate
Yusuke Atsumi
Junior Research Associate
Maya Odagawa
Technical Staff I
Chihiro Honma
Technical Staff I
Yasuhiro Oisi
Technical Staff I
Chie Matsubara
Technical Staff I
Rinako Endo
Technical Staff II
Mami Suzuki
Assistant

Contact Information

2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Email: masanori.murayama [at] riken.jp

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