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Overview

Tomoki Fukai is affiliated with the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and intersections with artificial intelligence and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their scientific contributions span the following fields of study:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Neurology

The main topics addressed in Fukai's work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Fukai has published extensively with frequent appearances in specific scientific venues. These publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • eLife
  • Nature Communications

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Toshitake Asabuki, Tatsuya Haga, Chi Chung Alan Fung, Takashi Handa, and Masaaki Sato.

Recent publications by Tomoki Fukai illustrate a focus on neural mechanisms and brain function. Selected works include:

  • "Distinct Mechanisms of Over-Representation of Landmarks and Rewards in the Hippocampus," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Zebrafish capable of generating future state prediction error show improved active avoidance behavior in virtual reality," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Astrocyte GluN2C NMDA receptors control basal synaptic strengths of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in the stratum radiatum," 2021, eLife
  • "Somatodendritic consistency check for temporal feature segmentation," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A microcircuit model involving parvalbumin, somatostatin, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide inhibitory interneurons for the modulation of neuronal oscillation during visual processing," 2022, Cerebral Cortex

Best Publications

  • Molecular characterization of the subnuclei in rat habenula

    Hidenori Aizawa;Megumi Kobayashi;Sayaka Tanaka;Tomoki Fukai

  • Microcircuitry coordination of cortical motor information in self-initiation of voluntary movements

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Rie Harukuni;Takashi Takekawa;Hidenori Aizawa

  • A simple neural network exhibiting selective activation of neuronal ensembles: from winner-take-all to winners-share-all

    Tomoki Fukai;Shigeru Tanaka

  • The Habenulo-Raphe Serotonergic Circuit Encodes an Aversive Expectation Value Essential for Adaptive Active Avoidance of Danger

    Ryunosuke Amo;Ryunosuke Amo;Felipe Fredes;Masae Kinoshita;Ryo Aoki;Ryo Aoki

  • Bidirectional plasticity in fast-spiking GABA circuits by visual experience

    Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama;Siu Kang;Hideyuki Câteau;Tomoki Fukai

  • Reward-Modulated Motor Information in Identified Striatum Neurons

    Yoshikazu Isomura;Takashi Takekawa;Rie Harukuni;Takashi Handa

  • Orchestrated ensemble activities constitute a hippocampal memory engram.

    Khaled Ghandour;Noriaki Ohkawa;Chi Chung Alan Fung;Hirotaka Asai

  • Accurate spike sorting for multi-unit recordings

    Takashi Takekawa;Yoshikazu Isomura;Tomoki Fukai;Tomoki Fukai

  • Optimal spike-based communication in excitable networks with strong-sparse and weak-dense links

    Jun-nosuke Teramae;Jun-nosuke Teramae;Yasuhiro Tsubo;Tomoki Fukai

  • Top-down cortical input during NREM sleep consolidates perceptual memory

    D. Miyamoto;D. Hirai;C. C. A. Fung;A. Inutsuka

  • Self-consistent signal-to-noise analysis and its application to analogue neural networks with asymmetric connections

    M Shiino;T Fukai

  • Spiking network simulation code for petascale computers.

    Susanne Kunkel;Maximilian Schmidt;Jochen Martin Eppler;Hans Ekkehard Plesser

  • Self-consistent signal-to-noise analysis of the statistical behavior of analog neural networks and enhancement of the storage capacity.

    Masatoshi Shiino;Tomoki Fukai

  • Synchrony of fast-spiking interneurons interconnected by GABAergic and electrical synapses

    M. Nomura;T. Fukai;T. Aoyagi

  • Stability versus Neuronal Specialization for STDP: Long-Tail Weight Distributions Solve the Dilemma

    Matthieu Gilson;Tomoki Fukai

  • Fokker-Planck approach to the pulse packet propagation in synfire chain.

    Hideyuki Câteau;Tomoki Fukai

  • Layer and frequency dependencies of phase response properties of pyramidal neurons in rat motor cortex

    Yasuhiro Tsubo;Masahiko Takada;Alex D. Reyes;Tomoki Fukai

  • A θ-γ oscillation code for neuronal coordination during motor behavior.

    Jun Igarashi;Yoshikazu Isomura;Kensuke Arai;Rie Harukuni

  • Prototypic Seizure Activity Driven by Mature Hippocampal Fast-Spiking Interneurons

    Yoko Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Yoshikazu Isomura;Michiko Imanishi;Taihei Ninomiya

  • The synchronous activity of lateral habenular neurons is essential for regulating hippocampal theta oscillation.

    Hidenori Aizawa;Shin Yanagihara;Megumi Kobayashi;Kazue Niisato

  • Distinct types of ionic modulation of GABA actions in pyramidal cells and interneurons during electrical induction of hippocampal seizure-like network activity

    Yoko Fujiwara-Tsukamoto;Yoshikazu Isomura;Michiko Imanishi;Tomoki Fukai

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshikazu Isomura
Yoshikazu Isomura Tamagawa University
Masahiko Takada
Masahiko Takada Kyoto University
Yuji Ikegaya
Yuji Ikegaya University of Tokyo
Atsushi Nambu
Atsushi Nambu The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Kaoru Inokuchi
Kaoru Inokuchi University of Toyama
Kenji Mizuseki
Kenji Mizuseki Osaka Metropolitan University
Takao K. Hensch
Takao K. Hensch Harvard University
Alex D. Reyes
Alex D. Reyes New York University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University

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