Section: Rotations

Motojiro Yoshihara, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Neurobiology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Program in Neuroscience

Rotation Projects

My lab is studying all aspects of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity as a basis of memory formation.  Thus, the followings are potential rotation projects;

1) Observing activity-dependent plastic change in synaptic currents by whole cell patch clamping.

2) Observing activity-dependent plastic change in synaptic structure by live imaging (time-lapse movie using confocal microscopy)

3) Observing activity-dependent plastic change in behavior as a result of synaptic plasticity

4) Genetic screening for mutants of synaptic transmission

Office: 705
Phone: 508-856-6691
E-mail: Motojiro.Yoshihara@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Neurobiology, Synapses, Electrophysiology, Neural Plasticity, Organisms - Drosophila

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