Outline
The cerebral cortex acquires complex response selectivity by processing information received from the outside world. It is still unclear what kind of neural circuitry is responsible for this information processing. Recent advances in imaging technology (two-photon imaging) have made it possible to measure the activity of thousands of neurons simultaneously (Ohki et al., 2005 and 2006). Other techniques for studying neural circuits are being developed one after another, and neuroscience research is undergoing a transformation. We are using these new techniques to investigate how the neural circuits of the mammalian visual cortex process information.
Research Themes
(1) Functional organization in the visual cortex
(2) Development of neural circuits in the visual cortex
(3) Information representation in the visual cortex
(4) Roles of each cell-type in the processing of visual information