| Project/Area Number |
07304056
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 総合 |
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| Research Field |
動物生理・代謝
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAGUCHI Tsuneo Okayama University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (60000816)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOIZUMI Osamu Fukuoka Women's University, Department of Environmental Science, Professor, 人間環境学部, 教授 (50094777)
TOMINAGA Tomoya Fukuoka University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (70078591)
MUNEOKA Yojiro Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (40031330)
KUWASAWA Kiyoaki Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (10015589)
MIZUNAMI Makoto Hokkaido University, Research Institute of Electronic Science, Associate Profess, 電子科学研究所, 助教授 (30174030)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥10,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥4,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥6,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000)
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| Keywords | Central nervous system / Brain / Basic design / Comparative study / Animal diversity |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) In the crayfish, compensatory movements for mediating the eyestalk in a constant position with reference to space are mediated in a redundant fashion by nonspiking giant interneurons which receive proprioceptive inputs as well as visual and geotactic inputs (Yamaguchi). (2) It was found that the structural characteristics of the mushroom body in insects is similar to those of modular structure found in the cerebral cortex of vertebrates (Mizunami). (3) The flip-flopping activity generated in the brain is correlated with the instruction of the zigzag turning during the pheromone-mediated walking of Bombyx mori (Kanzaki). (4) In Japanese quail chicks, the chick crowing changed to the distress call by application of testosterone to the dorso-medial tegmental area in the brain (Aoki). (5) In the chiton and side-gilled slug, the structural changes of CNS during development were analyzed (Kuwasawa). (6) Long-term potentiation was found in the synapses between mitral cells and granule cel
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ls in the olfactory bulb of salmon (Satou). (7) About 80 bioactive peptides were isolated from various animals (coelenterates, annelids, molluscs, etc.) and their structure and action were analyzed and discussed in the comparative aspects (Muneoka). (8) Relating to the neural mechanism of feature detection in the optic tectum of frog, the spatio-temporal receptive fields of synaptic potentials and the neuronal organization in the optic tectum were elucidated by analyzing the field potentials evoked by electrical stimulation to the optic nerve (Matsunoto). (9) Learning experiments showed that the wasp memorizes easily the total geography and spatial characters of feeding area in detail, and orients the feeding area by using a predicted navigation (Toh). (10) Various types of sensilla including hygroreceptive sensilla on the antenna of the adult firefly, Lucicola cruciata were identified and characterized (Tominaga). (11) It was found that in Hydra magnipopillata, the nerve ring is not essential not for mediating the feeding behavior, but rather for inhibiting the feeding behavior as a result of the plenitude (Koizumi). Less
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