Past Events
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Heiko Schütt : Reward prediction error neurons implement an efficient code for reward
2024-11-14Professor. Heiko Schütt : Reward prediction error neurons implement an efficient code for reward
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Kara Marshall: Under Pressure: the role of PIEZO ion channels in interoception
2024-10-11Abstract: Our internal organs are often moving during their normal functions: hearts beat, lungs expand, and bladders fill. The mechanical forces generated by these movements are actively detected by the nervous system to drive physiology. Force detection in mammals is accomplished through mechanosensory PIEZO ion channels, which are critical for several internal sensory processes, including baroreception and the detection of bladder filling. We use PIEZO ion channels as molecular handles to understand how mechanosensory information is detected, and how it influences important physiological processes in the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts.
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[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Masaaki Ogawa: Neural mechanisms for persistent pursuit of reward
2024-06-13Rewards are often subject to chance, resulting in situations where animals might not receive them despite taking appropriate actions. Consequently, to maximize the acquisition of specific probabilistic rewards, animals need to develop strategies for coping with their absence, continuing their pursuit of rewards despite the disappointing outcomes. However, the neural mechanisms for developing such coping strategies are poorly understood. I will introduce our recent studies that reveal the distinct roles of dopamine circuits (Ishino et al., Science Advances, 2023) and basal forebrain acetylcholine circuits (Unpublished) for persistent pursuit of rewards.Rewards are often subject to chance, resulting in situations where animals might not receive them despite taking appropriate actions. Consequently, to maximize the acquisition of specific probabilistic rewards, animals need to develop strategies for coping with their absence, continuing their pursuit of rewards despite the disappointing outcomes. However, the neural mechanisms for developing such coping strategies are poorly understood. I will introduce our recent studies that reveal the distinct roles of dopamine circuaits (Ishino et al., Science Advances, 2023) and basal forebrain acetylcholine circuits (Unpublished) for persistent pursuit of rewards.
https://sites.google.com/view/ogawagroup/english/masaaki-ogawa
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri : Dopamine and causal learning
2024-04-18Dopamine and causal learning
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Alexander Mathis: Modeling sensorimotor circuits with task-driven & reinforcement learning
2023-11-09Modeling sensorimotor circuits with task-driven & reinforcement learning
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael Economo: Linking transcriptomics, connectomics, and circuit function in the mouse motor system
2023-09-14[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael Economo: Linking transcriptomics, connectomics, and circuit function in the mouse motor system
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Shoi Shi: Deciphering the Mystery of Sleep: the insights from comparative neuroscience
2023-07-21Deciphering the Mystery of Sleep: the insights from comparative neuroscience
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael A. Long: Neural mechanisms of interactive communication
2023-06-15[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Michael A. Long
Title: Neural mechanisms of interactive communication
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[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Andrew Miri : Firing dynamics organization of motor cortical influence
2023-05-18Firing dynamics organization of motor cortical influence
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor Jimmy Dooley : How movements during sleep teach infant brains how their bodies move
2023-04-20OIST Neuroscience Club is excited to host Prof. Jimmy Dooley from the department of biological sciences, Purdue University, USA. If you are interested in knowing how slight twitchy movements during your sleep in your infancy shape your brain, make sure to join the seminar!