Planned Research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
How spatio-temporal patterns of neural activity are generated by the central circuits is a fundamental question in neuroscience. In this study, we used larval Drosophila as a model and obtained the following results. 1) We showed that local activity of motor neurons regulates, via gap junctions, the frequency of larval locomotion. 2) We identified interneurons that regulate the speed of locomotion and turning behavior. 3) We developed statistical methods that allow automated acquisition of the activity of a neural population from 4D calcium imaging data.
神経科学