RIKEN Center for Brain Science Adaptive Motor Control RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
RIKEN Hakubi Team Leader: Terufumi Fujiwara (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
Imagine how effortlessly we reach an arm to grab a cup. Because the cup’s shape/location and our body’s condition are never identical, this seemingly simple motor task requires a sophisticated brain computation. Fine motor control is necessary even for small insects to survive in a complex environment. Recent works in the fruit fly, a genetic insect model, have made it possible to mechanistically dissect the single-cell level brain circuit map and function. By leveraging these advanced tools in flies and original behavioral paradigms, we will reveal neural mechanisms of adaptive motor control.
Main Research Fields
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
Related Research Fields
- Engineering
- Informatics
- Biology
- Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
- Intelligent informatics
- Nerve anatomy/ Neuropathology
Keywords
- Motor control
- Multisensory integration
- Sensorimotor integration
- Neurophysiology
- Drosophila melanogaster
Selected Publications
Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.
- 1.
*Fujiwara, T., Brotas, M. and Chiappe, M.E.
"Walking strides direct rapid and flexible recruitment of visual circuits for course control in Drosophila."
Neuron 110, 2124–2138. (2022) - 2.
*Fujiwara, T., Cruz, T.L., Bohnslav, J.P. and Chiappe, M.E.
"A faithful internal representation of walking movements in the Drosophila visual system."
Nature Neurosci 20, 72–81. (2017) - 3.
*Fujiwara, T., Kazawa, T., Sakurai, T., Fukushima, R., Uchino, K., Yamagata, T., Namiki, S., Haupt, S.S. and Kanzaki, R.
"Odorant concentration differentiator for intermittent olfactory signals."
J Neurosci 34, 16581–16593. (2014) - 4.
*Fujiwara, T., Kazawa, T., Haupt, S.S., and Kanzaki, R.
"Postsynaptic odorant concentration dependent inhibition controls temporal properties of spike responses of projection neurons in the moth antennal lobe."
Plos One 9, e89132. (2014) - 5.
*Fujiwara, T., Kazawa, T., Haupt, S.S., and Kanzaki, R.
"Ca2+ imaging of identifiable neurons labeled by electroporation in insect brains."
Neuroreport 20, 1061–1065. (2009)
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Terufumi Fujiwara
- RIKEN Hakubi Team Leader
Contact Information
Main Research Building (Bldg. No. C01 in Wako Campus) Room 102
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)50-3502-3559
Email: terufumi.fujiwara [at] riken.jp