the functions of serotonin

• Project/Area Number: 26560049
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Advanced Sclene, Technology & Management Research Institute of Kyoto
• Principal Investigator: Fukumoto Takahiro 公益財団法人京都高度技術研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (50433024)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: セロトニン / ひまわり / 生体内代謝

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We are trying to find a new functions of serotonin. In this project, we found the relationship with growth factors we already know and internal serotonin into the plants. We are planing to more details about these results.