Naoya Takahashi

Department: Institute for Biology
Start Year: 2018
Starting Institution: Humboldt University of Berlin
Current Institution: Humboldt University of Berlin
Project Title: Visualizing top-down signals in space and time in behaving mice.
Abstract:

Emerging evidence suggests the central importance of top-down influence in cognitive processing. Despite our detailed understanding of the anatomy of long-range top-down projections, the operation of top-down signals for perception remains unclear. At the Grass Laboratory, I will perform a topographical mapping of top-down projections in a mouse whole-brain, as well as in vivo wide-field calcium imaging of long-range axonal projections to the primary sensory cortex while a mouse performs a perceptual task. These experiments will provide new insights into how top-down modulation is regulated in space and time in the cortex during dynamic perceptual behaviors. 


Roles

Fellow