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Neural substrate for compulsive behavioral augmentation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K16373
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Psychiatric science
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

NISHIKAWA HIROMI  金沢大学, 医学系, 研究員 (70534155)

Research Collaborator TODA Shigenobu  
Lin Ziqiao  
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
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習慣 / 目標指向性行動 / 強迫性 / 線条体 / 扁桃体 / 習慣化 / 意欲 / ストレス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To verify the hypothesis that sustained attention may interfere with habit expression during an operant learning under fixed internal schedule, we first provided buzzer sounds that instruct the timing of lever press to rats. As a result, when buzzer sounds were contingent to the timing of lever press, rats' behavior became habitual.
We next tried to verify another hypothesis that while repeated daily training prevent the transfer from goal-directed to habitual, a certain period of training abstinence promotes habit expression. To this aim, we trained rats for 7 days and confirmed that their behaviors were still goal-directed at this point, Then, followed by 2 weeks of abstinence and 3 days of re-training, the second outcome devaluation test revealed that their behaviors became habitual, as we expected.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

習慣とは何か、と言う議論は古くから心理学あるいは神経科学で存在し、複数の有力なモデルが提唱されてきた。それにも関わらず、モデル間には無視できない齟齬が存在し、また神経回路や電気生理学的な新たな知見もモデル間の矛盾に十分な説明を与えることができていなかった。本研究の成果はこれらの問題の解決に新たに道筋を示すことが期待される。また、目標指向性行動と習慣のアンバランスは、依存症、強迫性障害、発達障害、認知症など様々な精神神経疾患の病態生理に関わることから、本研究の成果はこれらの疾患の病態機序の解明と治療法の開発に多大な貢献をすると期待される。

Report

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

    (3 results)

All 2018 2017

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

  • [Journal Article] Identification of an unconventional process of instrumental learning characteristically initiated with outcome devaluation-insensitivity and generalized action selection.2017

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Y, Lin Z, Nishikawa H, Minabe Y, Toda S
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 43307-43307

    • DOI

      10.1038/srep43307

    • NAID

      120005983032

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] HOW IS A HABIT DEVELOPED OR UNDEVELOPED?: IMPLICATIONS FOR A CRITICAL ROLE OF ATTENTION DURING A GOAL-DIRECTED PROCESS OF OPERANT LEARNING IN RATS.2018

    • Author(s)
      S Toda, Z Lin, H Nishikawa, Y Iguchi, A Iwanami, Y Minabe
    • Organizer
      ISBRA2018京都
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Continuous attentional demand may prevent habit formation in rats.2018

    • Author(s)
      Lin Z, Nishikawa H, Iguchi Y, Iwanami, A, Minabe Y, Toda S
    • Organizer
      第41回日本神経科学学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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