2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Structural-Functional Development of the Olfactory System
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19K16261
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
LEIWE MARCUS 九州大学, 医学研究院, 助教 (80722008)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | Neuroscience / Connectomics / Olfaction |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We were able to set up an awake imaging set up that could deliver odour to neonatal mice. We were also able to measure the breathing of thepup during the imaging period too.
What we discovered was that P2 mice were broadly more tuned than P6 mice meaning that P6 mice should be more able to discriminate between different odours. Additionally, the deltaF/F signals were much stronger at P6 when compared to those at P2. This may have meant that we were able to detect smaller events rather than a change in tuning (or that the tuning is masked by development). fter sharing my findings with a colleague we have now begun to explore the electrohpysical properties of mitral cells at this age. Without this grant such a study would not have been made
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