KANA OKADA
Last Updated :2025/06/16
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
- Self-introduction
- I am aiming at the elucidation of neuronal mechanisms on the flexibility in memory and behavior.
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2021/06/01, 2022/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
- 2019/04/01, 2021/05/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Researcher
- 2016/04/01, 2019/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Restart Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2015/04/17, 2016/03/31, Hiroshima University, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Researcher
- 2011/04/01, 2015/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
- 2008/08/01, 2011/03/31, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Post Doctoral Fellowship
- 2008/05/01, 2012/03, Fukushima Medical University, .
- 2008/04/01, 2009/03, Doshisha University, Doctoral Course Students
- 2006/04/01, 2008/03/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Postdoctoral Researcher(DC2)
Educational Backgrounds
- Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Psychology, 1998/04, 2002/03
- Doshisha University, Graduate School of Letters, Department of Psychology, 2002/04, 2004/03
- Doshisha University, Graduate School of Letters, Department of Psychology, 2005/04, 2008/03
Academic Degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Doshisha University
- Master of Psychology, Doshisha University
Research Fields
- Social sciences;Psychology;Experimental psychology
Research Keywords
Affiliated Academic Societies
- American Psycological Association
- Society for Neuroscience
- Japan Society for Dementia Research
- Japan Neuroscience Society
- The Japanese Society for Animal Psychology
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar on Neurophysiology
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar on Neurophysiology
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research on Neurophysiology
- 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research on Neurophysiology
- 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Medical Neuroscience II
- 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar
- 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar
- 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- Cholinergic regulation of object recognition memory, FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 16, 20220929
- Spike firing attenuation of serotonin neurons in learned helplessness rats is reversed by ketamine, BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS, 3(4), 20211001
- Different cholinergic cell groups in the basal forebrain regulate social interaction and social recognition memory, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210630
- Action Selection and Flexible Switching Controlled by the Intralaminar Thalamic Neurons., Cell Rep ., 22(9), 2370-2382, 20180227
- Distinct roles of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in spatial and object recognition memory, 5, 13158-13158, 20150806
- Striatal Indirect Pathway Contributes to Selection Accuracy of Learned Motor Actions., J Neurosci ., 32(39), 13421-13432, 20120926
- Selective neural pathway targeting reveals key roles of thalamostriatal projection in the control of visual discrimination, J Neurosci ., 31, 17169-17179, 20111123
- Functional cooperation between the hippocampal subregions and the medial septum in unreinforced and reinforced spatial memory tasks., Behav. Brain Res., 209, 295-304, 20100619
- Functional differentiation and cooperation among the hippocampal subregions in rats to effect spatial memory processes, Behav. Brain Res, 200(1), 181-191, 20090608
- The functional cooperation of the hippocampus and anterior thalamus via the fimbria-fornix in spatial memory in rats, The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 77(3), 261-270, 20060825
- Effects of ibotenic acid lesions to rat's hippocampus CA1 on place and cue learning in Morris water maze, The Japanese Journal of Psychology, 76, 352-358, 20051025
- ★, Task-dependent function of striatal cholinergic interneurons in behavioural flexibility., Eur J Neurosci ., 47(10), 1174-1183, 201803
- ★, Enhanced flexibility of place discrimination learning by targeting striatal cholinergic interneurons, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 5, 201405
- Methylglyoxal (MG) and Cerebro-Renal Interaction: Does Long-Term Orally Administered MG Cause Cognitive Impairment in Normal Sprague-Dawley Rats?, TOXINS, 6(1), 254-269, 201401
- Hippocampal theta wave activity during configural and non-configural tasks in rats, EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 225(2), 177-185, 201303
- Striatal direct pathway modulates response time in execution of visual discrimination, Eur J Neurosci ., 35(5), 784-797, 201203
- Spatial memory and the Hippocampus, Japanese Psychological Review, 56(2), 251-261, 2018
- Neural activity in the hippocampus during conflict resolution, BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 237, 1-6, 2013
- Transient decline in rats' hippocampal theta power relates to inhibitory stimulus-reward association, BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 246(1), 132-138, 2013
- Transient Decline in Hippocampal Theta Activity during the Acquisition Process of the Negative Patterning Task, PLOS ONE, 8(7), 2013
Publications such as books
- chapter 10 Functional circuitry analysis in rodents using neurotoxins/immunotoxins, Neuromethods, Controlled Genetic Manipulations, Humana Press Inc., 2012, Joint work, Kobayashi, K., Okada, K., and Kai, N., pp. 193-205
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The neural network of the hippocampus and related regions on the formation of spatial memory system., 2006/04/01, 2008/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Psycho physiological study for the cholinergic input involved the formational, maintainable and mnemonic function of the hippocampal related networks., 2010/04/01, 2012/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2013/04/01, 2015/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2013/04/01, 2014/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2015/04/01, 2017/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2016/04/01, 2019/03/31
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2018/04/01, 2021/03/31
- ., 2019/04/01, 2023/09/30
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ., 2021/04/01, 2024/03/31