| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Our main purpose of this study is to elucidate olfactory systems regulating an instinctive behaviour called the flehmen response" observed in the domestic cat. When a cat encounters urine marks deposited by other cats, the cat sniffs the urine marks with considerable interest, and then shows an instinctively fixed action pattern; the cat raises the head and holds the mouth partially open with an enraptured" expression for a few seconds. This study demonstrated that chemical properties of flehmen inducing pheromones, key steps for purification of the pheromones, and olfactory systems detecting the pheromones by both analytical and behavior approaches.
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