Project/Area Number |
23659091
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
General anatomy (including Histology/Embryology)
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Research Institution | Niigata University |
Principal Investigator |
MEGURO Reiko 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 准教授 (30251804)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TOHMI Manabu 新潟大学, 脳研究所, 助教 (10401770)
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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Keywords | 機能解剖学 / フラビン蛋白蛍光イメージング / 視覚系 / 差分イメージング / 二次視覚野 / ビオチン化デキストランアミン / 視床 / 機能的神経回路 |
Research Abstract |
We have established procedures for the exact and efficient injection of the neural tracer into the individual cortical areas, which reacted to speed-up visual stimuli and were visualized by the differential flavoprotein fluorescence imaging in deeply anesthetized mice. We have firstly identified some thalamic areas with processing center of speed-up visual stimuli, and also found cortical areal distinct terminations in the superior colliculus.
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