| Budget Amount *help |
¥24,570,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,670,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥14,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,450,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Myelination increases conduction velocity and promotes brain functions. Myelin dysregulation is frequently associated with learning and cognition deficits, ultimately causing neurological and psychiatric disorders. However, it has not been revealed what perturbation of neural activity induced by myelin dysregulation impairs learning. Here, we measured neural activity in the motor cortex during motor learning in transgenic mice with a subtle impairment of their myelin regulation.This myelin dysregulation impaired motor learning and was accompanied by a decrease in the amplitude of movement-related activity, an increase in the frequency of spontaneous activity, and a widening in the timing of cortical responses to thalamic stimulation. Repetitive pairing of forelimb movements with optogenetic stimulation of thalamocortical axon terminals partially restored learning.
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