2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Ionic channel mechanisms in oscillatory cellular bursting underlying respiratory rhythm
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22592214
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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 |
Surgical dentistry
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMANISHI Tadashi 大阪大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 招へい教員 (20397780)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYA Shigenori 大阪大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 助教 (00397762)
TANIGUCHI Yoshitaka 大阪大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 招へい教員 (10551468)
IHSIBASHI Miki 大阪大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 招へい教員 (40412051)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 口腔外科学一般 |
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| Research Abstract |
The brainstem pre-Botzinger complex (pre-BotC), the essential excitatory circuit for respiratory rhythm generation, contains a subset of neurons that exhibit intrinsic rhythmic bursting. The burst initiation is considered to rely on the persistent Na+current (INaP), but cellular mechanisms that regulate burst frequency and duration are unknown. Using whole-cell patch-clamp, computational modeling, and dynamic-clamp, we provide evidence that INaP regulates all the essential features of rhythmic burst generation. The results show how the kinetic properties of INaPorchestrate neuronal oscillatory bursting.
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