Elucidation of local neural networks for supporting while limiting cognitive functions
| Project/Area Number |
25890001
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2014)
Hokkaido University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUSHIMA Ayano 東京大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 特任助教 (10706740)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 高次機能 / ワーキングメモリ / 選択的注意 / DNA組み替え / アデノ関連ウイルス |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Humans can remember or attend to multiple moving objects at the same time. The number of objects that can be held in memory or attention is known to be larger when visual stimuli are presented bilaterally rather than presented unilaterally. To elucidate the underlying neuronal mechanism, we trained monkeys with two cognitive tasks; multiple memory-guided saccade task and multiple object tracking task. We found that neurons in the lateral prefrontal cortex exhibited greater activity for bilateral than for unilateral stimuli. Considering the inherent, anatomical separation of contralateral and ipsilateral visual processing, our data might reflect the stronger interaction of mnemonic and attentional signals for multiple objects presented unilaterally than those presented bilaterally.
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