| Budget Amount *help |
¥122,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥94,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥28,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥23,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥17,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,370,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥24,570,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,670,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥17,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥38,610,000 (Direct Cost: ¥29,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,910,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this project, attempts were made to elucidate neuronal mechanisms of adaptive posture-gait strategy using animal experimentation and human examination. Major findings are 1) the basic mechanisms which generate and coordinate posture-gait muscle synergies are located in the brain-stem and spinal cord, 2) cognitive information of the self-body and environment which is generated at the parietal cortex is sent to the motor areas at frontal cortex so that motor programs that induce "anticipatory postural adjustment" and "precise gait limb movements” are constructed, 3) these motor programs may achieve adaptive posture and gait control against the changes in environment through the activation of the brain-stem and spinal cord neural networks. These findings suggest that the higher order cortical function that is specifically inherent in the fronto-parietal cortical networks plays a crucial role in the execution of adaptive posture-gait behaviors.
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