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Neural basis of sensory-motor transformation in predatory behavior of the mantis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K07488
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Animal physiology/Animal behavior
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

Yamawaki Yoshifumi  九州大学, 理学研究院, 講師 (80325498)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 渡邉 英博  福岡大学, 理学部, 助教 (90535139)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords運動制御 / 感覚運動変換 / 胸部神経節 / 昆虫 / 筋電位 / 捕獲行動 / 神経解剖学 / リーチング / 視覚行動 / 標準脳
Outline of Final Research Achievements

During reaching to an object, motor commands controlling foreleg movements are generated based on visual information about the object location. This process is called sensory-motor transformation, and its neural circuits are unknown. To investigate the neural basis of sensory-motor transformation, we created a standard map of thoracic ganglia that is a motor center in the praying mantis. A standard map is made by averaging images of neural structures and by labelling each region of them. The resulting map is used for integrating morphological data obtained from different individuals. We stained several neurons and integrate their morphological data into the standard map of the thoracic ganglia.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で作成した胸部神経節の標準地図は、感覚運動変換の神経回路を同定するうえで役立つと期待される。昆虫の脳は古くから研究されており、標準地図とともに各部位の機能の同定が進んでいる。一方、胸部神経節は脚の運動を制御する重要な中枢であるにも関わらず、構造や機能の同定はあまり進んでいなかった。今後は感覚運動変換に関わるニューロンを同定していく予定だが、それらを胸部神経節の標準地図に登録することで、形態の比較やニューロン間の接続の推定が可能になる。カマキリにおける感覚運動変換の神経基盤を理解することで、昆虫だけでなく動物一般における運動制御の神経機構の理解が進むと期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Newcastle University(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Three‐dimensional atlas of thoracic ganglia in the praying mantis, Tenodera aridifolia2019

    • Author(s)
      Fujiki Kentaro、Nagase Mihoko、Takaki Keigo、Watanabe Hidehiro、Yamawaki Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Neurology

      Volume: 528 Issue: 9 Pages: 1599-1615

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.24841

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Unravelling the functional organization of lobula complex in the mantis brain by identification of visual interneurons2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamawaki Yoshifumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Neurology

      Volume: 527 Issue: 7 Pages: 1161-1178

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.24603

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Control of foreleg elevation during predatory strike in the mantis: effects of muscle activity on joint movements2019

    • Author(s)
      Sho Ogawa, Takatoshi Ueno, Yoshifumi Yamawaki
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会 第41回東京大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Temporal control of foreleg movements in predatory strike of the mantis2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshifumi Yamawaki
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第40回大会、シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Control of foreleg elevation during predatory strike in the mantis2018

    • Author(s)
      Sho Ogawa, Takatoshi Ueno and Yoshifumi Yamawaki
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第40回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The response properties of visual interneurons in the mantis unravel the functional organization of the lobula complex.2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshifumi Yamawaki
    • Organizer
      The International Congress of Neuroethology
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Standardization of neural structures of thoracic ganglia in the praying mantis2017

    • Author(s)
      Fujiki K, Nagase M and Yamawaki Y
    • Organizer
      The 5th International Entomophagous Insects Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Three-dimensional morphology and standardization of the brain of the praying mantis, Tenodera aridifolia2017

    • Author(s)
      Nagase M, Fujiki K and Yamawaki Y
    • Organizer
      The 5th International Entomophagous Insects Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Standardization of neural structures of thoracic ganglia in the praying mantis2017

    • Author(s)
      Fujiki K, Nagase M and Yamawaki Y
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Three-dimensional morphology and standardization of the brain of the praying mantis, Tenodera aridifolia2017

    • Author(s)
      Nagase M, Fujiki K and Yamawaki Y
    • Organizer
      日本比較生理生化学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] カマキリ胸部神経節の標準マップの公開サイト

    • URL

      https://cns.neuroinf.jp/modules/xoonips/detail.php?item_id=11946

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 九州大学理学研究院生物科学部門 動物生理学研究室

    • URL

      http://www.biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~animphys/

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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