Neural mechanisms regulating the habituation levels in the fly brain

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K18362
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Morimoto Nao 名古屋大学, 創薬科学研究科, 助教 (30762249)
• Research Collaborator: KAMIKOUCHI Azusa 名古屋大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 ; OSAKADA Fumitaka 名古屋大学, 大学院創薬科学研究科, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ショウジョウバエ / 聴覚 / 慣れ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Animals decrease response to stimuli when they are exposed to the useless stimuli for a long time. This is habituation. However, as the stimuli are valuable, animals have to respond to them. Such neural mechanisms of regulating the habituation levels depending on the stimulus relevance are unknown. In this study, using fruit fly’s typical auditory behavior related to courtship behavior, I identified subset of neurons which are contributed to the neural mechanisms of regulating the habituation levels depending on the relevance.

Free Research Field

神経行動学