Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology
·
2012 - Present
Neurobiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Studying signal transduction in single dendritic spines.
Journal Article Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol · October 1, 2012 Many forms of synaptic plasticity are triggered by biochemical signaling that occurs in small postsynaptic compartments called dendritic spines, each of which typically houses the postsynaptic terminal associated with a single glutamatergic synapse. Recent ... Full text Link to item CiteThe mechanisms underlying the spatial spreading of signaling activity.
Journal Article Curr Opin Neurobiol · April 2011 During the induction of plasticity of dendritic spines, many intracellular signaling pathways are spatially and temporally regulated to co-ordinate downstream cellular processes in different dendritic micron-domains. Recent advent of imaging technology bas ... Full text Link to item CiteOptogenetic probes.
Journal Article Brain Cell Biol · August 2008 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Testing if and how 3-factor learning rules operate at cortico-basal ganglia synapses to drive motor skill learning
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027TrkB receptor activation
FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015Derivation of Functional Neurons from Human Adult Cells by Nonviral Gene Delivery
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Keio University (Japan) ·
1998
Ph.D.
Keio University (Japan) ·
1996
M.S.
Keio University (Japan) ·
1994
B.S.