Susumu Jitsuki

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University *Profile is at the time of the award.

2022Inamori Research GrantsBiology & Life sciences

Research topics
The mechanism of functional remapping of cortical function by synaptic plasticity
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Neural circuits in the brain have a property of adaptation in response to environmental change. In the case of brain injury, the functional map of the brain is reorganized by changing neural circuit of unaffected brain regions to compensate loss of function. It is not clear what kind of changes were induced in neurons that had previously assumed different function for exerting new output.
The aim of this study is clarifying the mechanism of reorganization in matured functional brain map by using light-dependent molecular inactivation method,

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