Gene Expression analysis of Neural stem cells by morphological profiling

• Project/Area Number: 22700345
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Neuroscience in general
• Research Institution: Hoshi University
• Principal Investigator: OCHIAI Wataru 星薬科大学, 薬学部, 講師 (40381008)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: 発生 / 発達 / 再生神経科学 / 器官培養 / 神経幹細胞 / 形態学的 / プロファイリング / ニューロン / 細胞周期 / 神経発生 / 遺伝子発現

Research Abstract

We newly found three types of neural stem cells with different morphological features in organ culture. However, rate of these types of neural stem cells were very low. To characterize of these types of neural stem cells by using cDNA microarray, there were too few sample.