| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Animal's searching behavior consists of information processing mechanisms and strategic regulation of behavioral components; the neural basis to regulate searching behavior remains unclear. To understand information processing mechanisms of the neural circuit for searching behavior, we used thermotaxis behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system. Neural activity of freely moving worm is acquired by our tracking/calcium imaging system, and mathematical analysis identified the response function of a specific type of neuron. Reconstruction of neural activity using the identified response function and input stimulus showed relationship between the neural activity and thermotaxis behavior.
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