Course title

Principle and Methodology in Brain ScienceTerm

前期 1st Half

Credit(s)1The main day

The main period

Program/Department

48 Physiological Sciences

Lecturers

Mitsuhiro Tateyama, Akiyuki Nishimura, and others

成績評価区分 Grading Scale A,B,C,Dの4段階評価 Four-grade evaluation
レベル Level

Level 3

力量 Competence

専門力 Academic expertise

Instructor
Full name* IZUMIYASUSHIFUKUNAGAMASAKINISHIJIMA KAZUTOSHIKUBOTAYOSHIYUKI

KOBAYASHI
SOKABEKENTA

TAKAAKITATEYAMAMICHIHIRONARUSHIMA

MADOKA

MURAKOSHIHIDEJIENOKIRYOSUKETOMATSUSAEKA

HASEBE RIENISHIMURACHIKENAKIYUKI

SATOMI

OutlineLearning objectives

This subject focuses on experimental approaches in brain science. 1 methodologies
frequently used in brain science will be introduced to cultivate critical views onscientific data.
Optical microscopy
Electrophysiological methods
Morphological methods
Cell biological methods
Methods for sensory biology
In vivo imaging of the human brain
Molecular physiological methods
Methods for cardio-vasucular functions
Methods for neuroimmunology
Molecular biological methods
Methods for animal experimental modeling

Grading policy

Students must attend at least half of the lectures to get credit.
It is also required to write a short paper on a topic related to one of the lectures.
The paper will be graded by the lecturer, and it will be used to determine pass/fail.
Schedule: May 9 -Lecture Plan

10:00-11:00， 11:00-12:00 on Thursdays

May 9 Optical microscopy 1 (Hideji Murakoshi)
May 9 Optical microscopy 2 (Ryosuke Enoki)
May 16 Electrophysiological methods 1 (Madoka Narushima)
May 16 Electrophysiological methods 2 (Saeka Tomatsu)
May 23 Cell biological methods (Yasushi Izumi)
May 30 Methods for sensory biology (Takaaki Sokabe)
May 30 In vivo imaging of the human brain (Masaki Fukunaga)
Jun 6 Molecular physiological methods (Mitsuhiro Tateyama)Jun 6 Methods for cardio-vasucular functions (Akiyuki Nishimura)Jun 13 Methods for neuroimmunology (Rie Hasebe)Jun 13 Molecular biological methods (Kenta Kobayashi)
Jun 20 Methods for animal experimental modeling (Kazutoshi Nishijima)Jun 20 Electrophysiological methods 3 (Satomi Chiken)
Morphological methods (Yoshiyuki Kubota)

Location

Zoom online

Language

EnglishTextbooks and references“Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience” edited by Matt Carter and Jennifier
Shieh， Academic Press (2010).

Students in courses other than the Physiological Sciences course should contact theNotes for students of other programs following email address before enrolling in the course.
sokendai-adm@nips.ac.jp
Related URL

https://www.nips.ac.jp/graduate/curriculum.html

Explanatory note on above URL

Please keep be updated on the latest schedule from ”Schedule of the classes” on theprogram website.

OthersPre-requisites: No particular background knowledge is required.

Keyword-Contact for Course Inquiries

Hideji Murakoshi <murakosh@nips.ac.jp>; Madoka Narushima <narumado@nips.ac.jp>;
Yoshiyuki Kubota <yoshiy@nips.ac.jp>; Takaaki Sokabe <sokabe@nips.ac.jp>; Mitsuhiro
Tateyama <tateyama@nips.ac.jp>; Rie Hasebe <hasebe@nips.ac.jp>; Kazutoshi Nishijima<kanish@nips.ac.jp>; Ryosuke Enoki <enoki@nips.ac.jp>; Saeka Tomatsu<tomatsu@nips.ac.jp>; Yasushi Izumi <yizumi@nips.ac.jp>; Masaki Fukunaga<fuku@nips.ac.jp>; Akiyuki Nishimura <aki@nips.ac.jp>; Kenta Kobayashi<kobaya@nips.ac.jp>; Satomi Chiken<chiken@nips.ac.jp>