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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The mechanisms of information processing for reward and aversion in the insular cortex of monkeys and rats.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14580768
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Neuroscience in general
Research InstitutionToyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University

Principal Investigator

TAMURA Ryoi  Toyama Med.& Pharmaceu.Univ., Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (60227296)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) UWANO Teruko  Toyama Med.& Pharmaceu.Univ., Medicine, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 助手 (80242486)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Keywordsmonkeys / rats / insular cortex / behavior / single unit recording / taste responses / emotion / learning
Research Abstract

The aim of this study was to elucidate, at neuronal level, the role of the insular cortex for the expression of emotional behaviors in monkeys and rats. In the first fiscal year (2002), single neuron activity was recorded from the monkey insular cortex during performance of a delayed-response delayed-reward go/nogo task ; and responsiveness to the task was analyzed. As a result, we found that there are neurons related to attention, reward anticipation or behavioral decision making in the insular cortex ; we also found that there are functional topography in the insula. In the second fiscal year (2003), we recorded single neuron activity in the gustatory insular cortex of alert rats, and analyzed responses to rewarding or aversive taste stimuli. As a result, we found that some insular neurons responded differentially to the 4 standard taste stimuli (sweet, salty, sour and bitter). In addition to these taste cells, we found some neurons specifically responding to water or rinse. The cells best responding to salty or bitter tended not to respond to other taste stimuli but their own best stimulus, while for the sweet-best cells, the responses to sweet were almost similar to those to sour ; for the sour-best cells, the responses to sweet, sour and bitter were considerably similar. When considering the fact that sweet has innately hedonic while sour or bitter has an aversive property, the present results suggested that the insular neurons play an important role in the coding of taste quality. In the final fiscal year (2004), neural activity was recorded from the rat insular cortex during performance of a stimulus-reward/aversion association task, and responsiveness to the task was analyzed. As a result, we found that some insular neurons specifically code tones with biological significance.

  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002 Other

All Journal Article (17 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Dopamine D1 receptors involved in locomotor activity and accumbens neural responses to prediction of reward associated with place.2005

    • Author(s)
      Tran A.H., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Kobayashi, T., Katsuki, M., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 102

      Pages: 2117-2122

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differential characteristics of face neuron responses within the anterior superior temporal sulcus of macaques.2005

    • Author(s)
      De Souza W.C., Eifuku, S., Tamura.R., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.De Souza W.C., Eifuku, S., Tamura, R., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurophysiol. (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Neuronal correlates of face identification in the monkey anterior temporal cortical areas.2004

    • Author(s)
      Eifuku, S., De Souza, W.C., Tamura, R., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurophysiol. 91

      Pages: 358-371

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Representation of place by monkey hippocampal neurons in real and virtual translocation.2003

    • Author(s)
      Hori, E., Tabuchi, E., Matsumura, N., Tamura, R., Eifuku, S., Endo, S., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Hippocampus 13

      Pages: 190-196

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Dopamine D2 receptor-knockout changed accumbens neural response to prediction of reward associated with place in mice.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tran, A.H., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Kobayashi, T., Katsuki, M., Matsumoto, G., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      In : Cognition and Emotion in the Brain. (T.Ono, G.Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.))(Elsevier)

      Pages: 493-508

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Transmodal coding for reward prediction in the audiovisual thalamus.2003

    • Author(s)
      Komura, Y., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Nishijo H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      In : Cognition and Emotion in the Brain. (T.Ono, G.Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.))(Elsevier)

      Pages: 383-396

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] On the organization of face memory.2003

    • Author(s)
      Eifuku, S., de Souza, W.C., Tamura, R., Nishij o, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      In : Cognition and Emotion in the Brain. (T.Ono, G.Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.))(Elsevier)

      Pages: 73-86

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Intracranial renin alters gustatory neural responses in the nucleus of the solitary tract of rats.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tamura, R., Norgren, R.
    • Journal Title

      Am.J.Physiol. 284

      Pages: R1108-R1118

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A method for accurate determination of stereotaxic coordinates in single-unit recording studies in monkeys by high-resolution 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging.2003

    • Author(s)
      Asahi, T., Tamura, R., Eifuku, S., Hayashi, N., Endo, S., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Neurosci.Res. 47

      Pages: 255-260

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Dopamine D2 receptor-knockout changed accumbens neural response to prediction of reward associated with place in mice.2003

    • Author(s)
      Tran, A.H., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Kobayashi, T., Katsuki, M., Matsumoto, G, Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cognition and Emotion in the Brain (T.Ono, G Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.)) (Elsevier)

      Pages: 493-508

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Transmodal coding for reward prediction in the audiovisual thalamus.2003

    • Author(s)
      Komura, Y, Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cognition and Emotion in the Brain (T.Ono, G Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.)) (Elsevier)

      Pages: 383-396

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] On the organization of face memory.2003

    • Author(s)
      Eifuku, S., De Souza, WC., Tamura, R., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cognition and Emotion in the Brain (T.Ono, G Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura (Eds.)) (Elsevier)

      Pages: 73-86

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effects of a novel arginine-vasopressin derivative, NC-1900, on the spatial memory impairment of rats with transient forebrain ischemia.2002

    • Author(s)
      Hori, E., Uwano, T., Tamura, R., Miyake, N., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Brain Res. 13

      Pages: 1-15

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Altered accumbens neural response to prediction of reward associated with place in dopamine D2 receptor knockout mice.2002

    • Author(s)
      Tran A.H., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Kobayashi, T., Katsuki, M., Matsumoto, G., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 99

      Pages: 8986-8991

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Generators of visual evoked potentials for faces and eyes in the human brain as determined by dipole localization.2002

    • Author(s)
      Shibata, T., Nishijo, H., Tamura, R., Miyamoto, K., Eifuku, S., Endo, S., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Brain Topogr. 15

      Pages: 51-63

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Altered accumbens neural response to prediction of reward associated with place in dopamine D2 receptor knockout mice.2002

    • Author(s)
      Tran A.H., Tamura, R., Uwano, T., Kobayashi, T., Katsuki, M., Matsumoto, G., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 99

      Pages: 8986-8991

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Differential characteristics of face neuron responses within the anterior superior temporal sulcus of macaques.

    • Author(s)
      De Souza W.C., Eifuku, S., Tamura, R., Nishijo, H., Ono, T.
    • Journal Title

      J.Neurophysiol. (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Cognition and Emotion in the Brain2003

    • Author(s)
      T.Ono, G.Matsumoto, R.R.Llinas, A.Berthoz, R.Norgren, H.Nishijo, R.Tamura
    • Total Pages
      595
    • Publisher
      Elsevier
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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