| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In the present study, we evaluated the motivational effects of drugs using the novel experimental apparatus in order to accumulate the basal data for elucidating the basal data of neural mechanisms of motivation. The results revealed that dopamine, which was used for neurotransmission in the brain and involved in mood and rewards, played an important role. Furthermore, when the effects in the novel motivational model were compared with that of experimental models related to depressed mood and drug dependence, it was showed the possibility that different neural mechanisms are involved in depression, drug dependence and motivation.
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