| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Oxytocin-oxytocin receptor systems play important roles in the control of social behaviors. Oxytocin-synthesizing neurons are localized not only in the hypothalamus but also in the bed nucleus of stria termninalis. However, it is not clear which oxytocin-synthesizing neurons are involved in social behaviors. On the other hand, oxytocin receptors can be activated by oxytocin and vasopressin. We tried to establish a method for destroying local oxytocin- or vasopressin-synthesizing neurons. We successfully destroyed vasopressin-synthesizing neurons in the olfactory bulb.
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