| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Neurogenesis is occurring not only in the developing fetal brain but also in the adult brain. However, the activity of neurogenesis declines with aging, and many of the neural stem cells present in the adult brain are in the quiescent state. Successful activation of quiescent neural stem cells in the hippocampus is likely to induce neurogenesis associated with memory formation. Therefore, we are studying to activate quiescent state neural stem cells in the hippocampus to induce neurogenesis. As a recent result, we found a combination of gene expressions capable of activating dormant neural stem cell in culture. Currently, we are attempting to show whether these results can be reproduced in the real adult mouse brain.
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