2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
System Analysis for Higher Brain Function
| Project/Area Number |
08279101
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANJI Jun Tohoku Univ.Sch.Med.Dept.Physiol., Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (10001885)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1999
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| Keywords | Brain function / System analysis / experimental neuroscience / computational approach / imaging / cognition / motor behavior / memory |
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| Research Abstract |
To understand higher function of the brain, we have organized a group of researchers belonging to three broad categories : neuroscientists working on brain function of living animals experimentally, computational neuroscientists, and neuroscientists working on human subjects with noninvasive brain imaging techniques. Researchers of these multidisciplinary fields have worked not only individually in each fields of their own, but also have worked together to reach understanding of brain function from different aspects. Most importantly, with intensive workshops and seminars, cooperative works by researchers of different discipline have also been advanced.
New findings of interest have already evolved as the outcome of this research project. They include (1) understanding of cerebral cortical mechanisms for organizing sequencing of multiple movements, (2) visualization of functional organization in the primate inferetemporal cortex by the optical imaging technique, (3) discoverv of parietal neurons related to memory-guidance of hand movements, (4) visualization of enthorhinal-hippocampal interactions revealed by real-time imaging, and (5) discovery of neuronal activity in prefrontal cortex coding reward expectancy, among others. They have been published in major international scientific journals.
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