2023 – present
Systems Neuroscience
Inokuchi Laboratory · University of Toyama, Japan
Memory integration, transitive inference and offline prefrontal processing
- Developed a new head-fixed olfactory paradigm for transitive inference, in which mice learn overlapping odor pairs and are then tested on novel relational choices (first-author manuscript submitted to Molecular Brain).
- Used post-session chemogenetic inhibition of the medial prefrontal cortex and sleep deprivation to test how offline processing after learning contributes to subsequent inference.
- Recorded prefrontal populations with Neuropixels 2.0 during behavior and subsequent sleep, and analyzed task-related representations across learning and inference.