Okihide Hikosaka, M.D., Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

History:

• 1978 Completed the graduate course at University of Tokyo
• 1978 Lecturer at Toho University School of Medicine
• 1979 Assistant professor at Toho University School of Medicine
• 1979-1982 Visiting Scientist at National Eye Institute
• 1983 Associate professor at Toho University School of Medicine
• 1988 Professor at National Institute of Physiological Sciences in Okazaki
• 1993-2002 Professor at Juntendo University School of Medicine
• 2002- Senior Researcher at Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, NEI, NIH

Awards:

• 1989 Tsukahara Memorial Award
• 1999 Tokizane Toshihiko Memorial Award

Research areas:

• Control of eye movements
• Functions of the basal ganglia
• Neural mechanisms of motivation
• Neural mechanisms of procedural learning
• Mechanisms of spatial attention