| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this study was elucidating the pathophysiological mechanism of neuropathic pain. We revealed dysfunction of their visuospatial and body-midline representation and internal space representation; and also these deviations were split. Further, movement dysfunction of the affected upper-limb was observed in the light condition. Using a humanoid robot, we created the sensori-motor incongruence model of an upper limb and thereby the model could suggest representative movement is critical for the dysfunction. Brain regions involved in the sensori-motor congruency were not related with experimentally-noxious stimuli.
Dysfunction of movement representations would have a causative link with neuropathic pain.
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