Publications
2025–present
2026
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Kwangjun Lee, Lorenzo Baracco, Cyriel M.A. Pennartz, Mototaka Suzuki, Jorge F. Mejias
A computational architecture incorporating shallow brain networks: integrating parallel cortical and subcortical processing
Curr. Res. Neurobiol. 2026
DOI:10.1016/j.crneur.2026.100155
2025
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Mathis Bassler, Lilian Emming, Christopher J. Whyte, Gerjan Huis In ‘t Veld, Mototaka Suzuki, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz
Continuous Flash Suppression responses in mouse visual cortex: stimulus laterality and anesthesia effects
bioRxiv, 2025.11.05.686768 (2025)
DOI:10.1101/2025.11.05.686768 -
Toon Brouwer, Mathis Bassler, Cyriel M.A. Pennartz, Mototaka Suzuki
Highly correlated activity across higher-order thalamic nuclei in awake and anesthetized states
bioRxiv, 2025.10.03.680235 (2025)
DOI:10.1101/2025.10.03.680235 -
Mototaka Suzuki, Jaan Aru
Do psychic cells generate consciousness?
arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20164 (2025)
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Kwangjun Lee, Lorenzo Baracco, Cyriel M.A. Pennartz, Mototaka Suzuki, Jorge F. Mejias
A computational architecture incorporating shallow brain networks: integrating parallel cortical and subcortical processing
bioRxiv, 2025.02.24.639932 (2025)
DOI:10.1101/2025.02.24.639932 -
Naozumi Araragi, Markus Petermann, Mototaka Suzuki, Matthew Larkum, Valentina Mosienko, Michael Bader, Natalia Alenina, Friederike Klempin
Acute Optogenetic Stimulation of Serotonin Neurons Reduces Cell Proliferation in the Dentate Gyrus of Mice
ACS Chemical Neuroscience 16 (5), 781-789 (2025)
DOI:10.1021/acschemneuro.4c00771
Research Highlights
2023
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Mototaka Suzuki, Cyriel M A Pennartz, Jaan Aru
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis
Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 24(12):778-791 (2023)
DOI:10.1038/s41583-023-00756-zThis paper challenges today's dominance of cortico-centric, hierarchical architectures in deep learning and predictive coding. We further illustrate our shallow brain hypothesis highlighting the massively parallel shallow architecture intertwined with the hierarchical structure in the brain.
2020
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Mototaka Suzuki, Matthew E Larkum
General Anesthesia Decouples Cortical Pyramidal Neurons
Cell 180(4):666-676.e13 (2020)
DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.024We found that general anesthesia decouples the information flow from layer 5 pyramidal neuron dendrites and their cell bodies, providing a cellular mechanism that unifies two theories of consciousness.
2017
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Mototaka Suzuki, Matthew E Larkum
Dendritic calcium spikes are clearly detectable at the cortical surface
Nat. Commun. 8(1):276 (2017)
DOI:10.1038/s41467-017-00282-4Dendritic calcium spikes are fascinating cellular properties that are associated with important brain functions. Using a novel micro-optical probe, we found that dendritic calcium spikes are detectable at the cortical surface.
2013
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Mototaka Suzuki, Jacqueline Gottlieb
Distinct neural mechanisms of distractor suppression in the frontal and parietal lobe
Nat. Neurosci. 16(1):98-104 (2013)
DOI:10.1038/nn.3282We found that the brain has an impressive mechanism that completely distinguishes important information from unimportant information, even when distracting information is as salient as the visual target.
Contact
Mototaka Suzuki (鈴木基高)
Suzuki Lab, Nanobiology Building 5F, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
m.suzuki.fbs@osaka-u.ac.jp
+81-6-6879-4620