2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural basis for tongue dexterity: Multiple units recording from the somatosensory cortex of awake animals.
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22592058
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Functional basic dentistry
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
TODA Takashi 東北大学, 大学院・歯学研究科, 准教授 (40250790)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 舌運動 / 体性感覚野 |
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| Research Abstract |
Somesthetic information arising from orofacial structures is processed in the lateral part of the postcentral somatosensory cortex and itsneighboring association cortex. There, nearby pairs of neurons responded to a natural stimulus, or were activated during successive tongue movements, with varying degrees of temporal correlation. The temporal diversity of neuronal activity within a small region might help the brain to monitor the time course of sustained tactile stimulation, or successive orofacial movements.
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