2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comprehensive analysis of the higher-order auditory circuit in the fruit-fly brain
| Project/Area Number |
21700360
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Neuroscience in general
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University (2011)
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science (2009-2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 神経回路 / 脳 / 聴覚 / ショウジョウバエ |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research project is to clarify the neuronal basis that translate a given sound into meaningful neural signals in a brain. During the period of the project, we screened 3, 939 GAL4 enhancer-trap strains to visualizes the central auditory circuit in a fly brain. 3-dimensional high-resolution analysis of these brain established a map for the neural circuit formed by the 2nd-order auditory neurons. Such neuroanatomical map for auditory Drosophila brain.
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