2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Brain circuit for happy emotion
| Project/Area Number |
16K13112
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Basic / Social brain science
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| Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
YAMANAKA Akihiro 名古屋大学, 環境医学研究所, 教授 (60323292)
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| Research Collaborator |
LI Zhi
ISOMICHI Takuto
YAMASHITA Akira
OOTSUKA Youichirou
KASHIWADANI Hideki
MIYATA Kohei
TASHIRO Shogo
YAMAGUCHI Ran
ISHIKAWA Sodemi
SAKURAI Takeshi
KAJIYA Katsuko
KANMURA Yuichi
FUTATSUKI Takahiro
Khairunnisa Novita Ikbar
ARITA Kazunori
KAKIHANA Yasuyuki
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 感性・情動・感情 / オレキシン / 情動脱力発作 / 快情動 / 神経科学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Happy emotion is believed to be beneficial for protection of disease and promotion of health. The aim of this study was to get biological evidence for the empirical knowledge by revealing neural circuit supporting for the phenomenon. We supposed that cataplexy attack in narcolepsy animal might be an objective measure of the subjective happy emotion because cataplexy is triggered by happy emotion at least in humans. Using narcolepsy model mice, we systematically searched for the brain region that was activated during or just after the cataplexy attack. We found that the accumbens nucleus was the most activated brain site. Next step will be the examination of possible relationship between activity of the accumbens nucleus and health promotion.
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| Free Research Field |
脳科学
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