Katsushi Kagaya

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Name
Katsushi Kagaya
Nickname
.Katsu
E-mail
katsushi.kagayagmail.com
URL
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/katsushi-kagaya/
Affiliation
Department of Biology, Organismic and Evolutionary Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Job title
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellow for research abroad
Degree
PhD(Hokkaido University)
Twitter ID
katzkagaya

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I am interested in neuronal mechanisms underlying voluntary behavior. I have just started the study of neuronal mechanisms for extremely fast movements in mantis shrimp in the Patek Lab (http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/pateklab/).

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Papers

 
Neural circuit mechanisms for controlling voluntary behavior in crayfish (in Japanese)
Katsushi Kagaya
Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry   29 3-10   2012   [Refereed][Invited]
Katsushi Kagaya, Masakazu Takahata
Science   332(6027) 365-368   Apr 2011   [Refereed]
Ogawa H, Kagaya K, Saito M, Yamaguchi T
Journal of insect physiology   57 326-338   Dec 2010   [Refereed]
Kagaya K, Takahata M
The Journal of neuroscience   30 1348-1362   Jan 2010   [Refereed]
Chikamoto K, Kagaya K, Takahata M
Zoological science   25 783-792   Aug 2008   [Refereed]

Conferences

 
Sequential synaptic activation in the brain for voluntary initiation of walking in the crayfish [Invited]
*Katsushi Kagaya, Masakazu Takahata
International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry   Jun 2011   
Functional roles of brain neurons underlying spontaneously initiated walking in crayfish [Invited]
*Katsushi Kagaya, Masakazu Takahata
SICE Symposium on Decentralized Autonomous Systems   Jan 2011   
Characterization of brain neurons involved in spontaneously initiated walking in crayfish
*Katsushi Kagaya, Masakazu Takahata
SICB Annual Meeting 2011   Jan 2011