Local neural networks associated with flexible behaviors: Takaki Komiyama
Janelia Farms Research Campus
March 2, 2010 (Hosted by Osama Ahmed)
Ever wonder why practice makes perfect?
Our guest this weeks has been wondering the same thing. Dr. Takaki Komiyama is a postdoctoral fellow at Janelia Farms, currently working in the Svoboda Lab. He is interested in how the brain codes for flexible behaviors, such as learning to play tennis. With practice, you generally see an improvement in your game. Sooner or later, your swings become smoother and you become better at predicting where the ball will land. But how does your brain code for it all? Listen in to this week’s episode and find out.
More on the Komiyama Lab's research
Keywords: Calcium Imaging, Coupling, Flexible Motor Behaviors, Mice, Two-Photon Microscopy
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