2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural circuit mechanisms of the processing of numbers and sequences
| Project/Area Number |
21700366
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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 | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MORITA Kenji 東京大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助教 (60446531)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 計算論的神経科学 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have studied neural circuit mechanisms of the processing of numbers such as the numerosity of sensory stimuli and the planning/execution of sequential actions through computational modeling, and have proposed specific models on the possibility that detailed properties of individual cortical pyramidal neurons, in particular, nonlinear input integration and cooperative plasticity induction on the dendritic branches, as well as short-term synaptic plasticity, significantly contribute to the processing of numbers and the planning/execution of sequential actions.
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