CV: Masanori Murayama

Curriculum Vitae

Masanori Murayama
Team Leader

RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS)Work Address: Laboratory for Haptic Perception
and Cognitive Physiology,
RIKEN Center for Brain Science,
2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan. Email: masanori.murayama[at]riken.jp

Research Interest

Neural mechanisms of sensory processing

Education
Ph.D.

March 2006, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science(2005-2006, Prof. Hiroyoshi Miyakawa; 2001-2005, Prof. Yoshihisa Kudo).
B.S.

March 2001, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science(1997-2001, Prof. Yoshihisa Kudo).

Scientific Employment
Present Appointments
Apr. 2018-present

Team Leader, Laboratory for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology,

Center for Brain Science, RIKEN, Japan.
Apr. 2017-present

Adjunct Associate Professor, Brain and Body System Science Institute,

Saitama University, Japan.
Mar. 2016 – present

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and ElectronicEngineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
Previous Appointments
Feb. 2017 – Mar. 2018 Senior team leader at BSI, RIKEN.
Mar. 2010 – Jan. 2017

Team leader, Laboratory for Behavioral Neurophysiology, Brain Science

Institute (BSI), RIKEN, Japan.
Apr. 2012-Mar. 2016

Adjunct Associate Professor, School and Graduate school of Bioscienceand Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Apr. 2006 - Feb. 2010

Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Bern,

Switzerland.

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Scientific Training
Summer 2010

Transcranial

flavoprotein

fluorescenceimaging,

Department

ofNeurophysiology (Prof. Shibuki), Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan.
Winter 2005

Two-photon microscope for in vivo experiments, immunofluorescent andimmunochemistry staining techniques, Hirase Research Unit (Dr. Hirase), BSI RIKEN,
Japan.
Winter 2003

In vivo whole-cell patch-clamp recording from anaesthetized rats, Center for

Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, (Prof. Buzsáki), Rutgers University, USA.
Summer 2003

Unitrecordings

frommonkeyandrats.

DepartmentofSystem

Neurophysiology (Prof. Nanbu), National Institute for Physiological Science (NIPS),
Japan.
Summer 2002

Two-photon Ca2+ imaging from spines of CA1 pyramidal cells using rat

hippocampal slices. Department of Cell Physiology (Prof. Kasai), NIPS, Japan.
Summer 2001

Awards2016

Making amplifiers for electrophysiology, Technical Division, NIPS, Japan.

The Young Scientists’ Prize, the Commendation for Science and Technology by theMinister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

2016

Young Investigator Award, Physiological Society of Japan.

2015

Encouragement Award, the 8th Japanese Association for the Study of Musculoskeletal
Pain.

2010

Young Investigator Award, Japan Neuroscience Society.

2010

Himura-Wagner Award, the 13th Conference of Peace through Mind/Brain Science.

2009

Travel Fellowship, Swiss Society for Neuroscience.

2007

Second prize for poster presentation, the 3rd annual meeting of Clinical Neurosciencein Bern.

Certification
2000

Advanced biotechnological engineer, Japan Association of Biotechnology Education.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (* corresponding author)
1.

The Roles of Cortical Slow Waves in Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Consolidation.
*Miyamoto D, Hirai D, *Murayama M. Front Neural Circuits 11, 92, 2017 (perspectivearticle).

2.

Dendritic spikes in sensory perception.*Manita M, Miyakawa M, Kitamura K and *Murayama
M. Front Cell Neurosci. 15;11:29 (2017) (review article).

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3.

Top-down cortical input during NREM sleep consolidates perceptual memory. Miyamoto D,Hirai D, Fung CCA, Inutsuka A, Odagawa M, Suzuki T, Boehringer R, Adaikkan C, Matsubara C,Matsuki N, Fukai T, McHugh TJ, Yamanaka A, *Murayama M. Science 352(6291) 1315-1318
Jun 2016.

4.

Brief hind paw stimulation is sufficient to induce delayed somatosensory discrimination
learning in C57BL/6 mice. Hirasawa N, Yamada K, *Murayama M. Behavioural Brain
Research 301 102-109 Mar 2016.

5.

Craniotomy for cortical voltage-sensitive dye imaging in mice. Suzuki T, *Murayama M.
Bio-protocol, 6, 3, Feb 2016.

6.

The fiber-optic imaging and manipulation of neural activity during animal behavior.
Miyamoto D, *Murayama M. Neuroscience Research 103 1-9 Feb 2016 (review article).

7.

Manita S, Suzuki T, Homma C, Matsumoto T, Odagawa M, Yamada K, Ota K, Matsubara C,Inutsuka A, Sato M, Ohkura M, Yamanaka A, Yanagawa Y, Nakai J, Hayashi Y, Larkum ME,*Murayama M. A top-down cortical circuit for accurate sensory perception. Neuron
86(5):1304-16 (2015).
Highly Cited Paper according to the Thomson Reuters Web of Science: As of July/August 2017, thishighly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Neuroscience &Behavior based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.

8.

Spike detection from noisy neural data in linear-probe recordings. *Takekawa T, Ota K,Murayama M, *Fukai T. Eur J Neuroscience 39(11) 1943-1950 Jun 2014.

9.

Fiber-optic calcium monitoring of dendritic activity in vivo. Murayama M, *Larkum ME. ColdSpring Harbor Protocols 2012 218-225 Feb 2012.

10. The cellular basis of GABA(B)-mediated interhemispheric inhibition. Palmer LM, Schulz JM,Murphy SC, Ledergerber D, Murayama M, *Larkum ME. Science 335 (6071) 989-993 Feb2012.
11. Inhibitory regulation of dendritic activity in vivo. Palmer L, Murayama M, *Larkum ME. Front
Neural Circuits 6, 26, 2012 (review article).
12. Optical recording of neuronal activity with a genetically-encoded calcium indicator inanesthetized and freely moving mice. Lütcke H†, Murayama M†, Hahn T, Margolis DJ, Astori
S, Zum Alten Borgloh SM, Göbel W, Yang Y, Tang W, Kügler S, Sprengel R, Nagai T, Miyawaki
A, Larkum ME, *Helmchen F, *Hasan MT. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 4, 9 Apr 2010. †co-first author.
13. Enhanced dendritic activity in awake rats. Murayama M, *Larkum ME. PNAS 106(48)20482-20486 Dec 2009.
14. In vivo dendritic calcium imaging with a fiberoptic periscope system. Murayama M, *Larkum
ME. Nature Protocols 4(10) 1551-1559 2009.

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15. Dendritic encoding of sensory stimuli controlled by deep cortical interneurons. Murayama M,Pérez-Garci E, Nevian T, Bock T, Senn W, *Larkum ME. Nature 457(7233) 1137-1141 Feb2009.
16. Fiberoptic system for recording dendritic calcium signals in layer 5 neocortical pyramidalcells in freely moving rats. Murayama M, Pérez-Garci E, Lüscher HR, *Larkum ME. Journal of
Neurophysiology 98 1791-1805 Sep 2007.
17. Optical monitoring of progressive synchronization in dentate granule cells during
population burst activities. Murayama M, Miyazaki K, Kudo Y, Miyakawa H, *Inoue M. Eur J
Neuroscience 21 3349-3360 Jun 2005.

Book Chapters (in English)
1.

Chapter 13. Dendritic integration in vivo, Palmer L, Murayama M, Larkum ME. Dendrites (3rdedition), Oxford University Press, Edited by Greg Stuart, Nelson Spruston, and Michael
Häusser (2016).

2.

Chapter 82. Fiber-Optic Calcium Monitoring of Dendritic Activity. Murayama M, Larkum ME.
Imaging in Neuroscience: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
Edited By Fritjof Helmchen & Arthur Konnerth (2011).

Invited Talks abroad
1.

Murayama M (2018). Circuit and cellular mechanisms of perceptual memory consolidation.
The UK-Japan Spring Neuroscience Symposium, UK.

2.

Murayama M (2018). Cortical mechanisms of sensory perception and memory consolidation.
The 2nd NCC-Synapsy Conference on The Neurobiology of Mental Health, Switzerland.

3.

Murayama M (2017). Cortical mechanisms of sensory perception and memory consolidation.
The IBS Conference on East Asian Neuroscience Cooperation, Korea.

4.

Murayama M (2017). Cortical top-down circuit for sensory perception and memory
consolidation. The Feed-forward and feedback processing meeting. France.

5.

Murayama M (2016). Cortical top-down circuit for sensory perception and memory
consolidation. Animal Consciousness Meeting, WA.

6.

Murayama M (2016). When and where does sensory perception occur? The Japan-UK FoSsymposium, UK.

7.

Murayama M (2016). Cortical top-down circuit for sensory perception and memory
consolidation. The 3rd Annual Meeting of Mongolian Neuroscience Society, Mongolia.

8.

Murayama M (2016). A top-down cortical circuit for perception and memory consolidation.
Uppsala University, Sweden.

9.

Murayama M (2016). A top-down cortical circuit for perceptual memory consolidation
during NREM sleep. The U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program: Current Trends

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and Future Directions of Synaptic Plasticity Research, MD.
10. Murayama M (2016). Top-Down Input for Perception and Memory Consolidation. Seminar at
New York University-Shang-hai, China.
11. Murayama M (2015). Reverberating cortical circuit for accurate sensory perception. Brain
Conference 2015, Korea.
12. Murayama M (2015). Optogenetic control of cortical circuit and sensory perception.
Multidisciplinary Brain Science 2015, Mongolia.
13. Murayama M (2015). Top-down input is required for accurate sensory perception. Gordon
Research Conference: Dendrites, CA.
14. Murayama M (2014). Top-down input is required for accurate sensory perception. 79th Cold
Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology Cognition, NY.
15. Murayama M (2013). Cortical Architecture of a Sensory-Motor Circuit. Chinese Neuroscience
Meeting, China.

Other academic activities<Manuscript Reviewer>
Science, Nature Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neural Circuits and etc.
<Committee out of RIKEN>
Homepage Committee of Japan Neuroscience Society (2013-present).

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