| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
When animals are confronted with animals showing negative emotional responses, these animals show similar negative emotional responses. Transmission of negative emotional states has been considered to play an important role in warning other individuals of the same group against the danger. Oxytocin has been reported to facilitate social behavior possibly by increasing the salience of sociosensory cues. However, neural mechanisms remain unclear. The present study suggests that oxytocin receptor-expressing cells within the cortex were activated during exposure to socially-defeated animals.
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