2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Sex differences in learning and its mechanism
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23590286
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Environmental physiology (including Physical medicine and Nutritional physiology)
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| Research Institution | St. Marianna University School of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAGATANI Miyako 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (20450611)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 性的二型性 / 海馬 / 学習 / LTP / Y迷路 / Morris Water 迷路 / エストロゲン |
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| Research Abstract |
It has been shown that there is a sex difference in learning process in animals. Even in human, men are superior in mathematic ability and women are better in words communication process. The present study was undertaken to proof the concept that there is a sex difference in the learning process in rats. Since the hippocampus plays a central role in this process, we analyzed the changes in hippocampal functions by behavioral, electrophysiological and biochemical methods. As the results, we revealed that estrogen plays a role for learning process by changes AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 function, which is critical for hippocampal learning ability.
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