| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To investigate mechanisms of active touch, we need to integrate multiple research approaches which cover broad fields including motor control and sensory processing. This project exploits rodent vibrissal system which is the very excellent tactile apparatus. Because rats actively move their vibrissae and touch objects by the vibrissae, this system is a good model for active touch system. Here, we performed three subprojects.
<Subproject 1>: We revealed correlations between structures and activities of motor control circuits in the cortex and superior colliculus. <Subproject 2>: We revealed coding and transduction properties of identified primary tactile afferents. <Subproject 3>: We revealed the influence of the corticothalamic pathways on the firing mode and sensory gain of thalamic neurons.
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