2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Application of the differential flavoprotein fluorescence imaging for analysis of the functional neural circuits
| Project/Area Number |
23659091
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General anatomy (including Histology/Embryology)
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
MEGURO Reiko 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 准教授 (30251804)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TOHMI Manabu 新潟大学, 脳研究所, 助教 (10401770)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 機能解剖学 / フラビン蛋白蛍光イメージング / 視覚系 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have established procedures for the exact and efficient injection of the neural tracer into the individual cortical areas, which reacted to speed-up visual stimuli and were visualized by the differential flavoprotein fluorescence imaging in deeply anesthetized mice. We have firstly identified some thalamic areas with processing center of speed-up visual stimuli, and also found cortical areal distinct terminations in the superior colliculus.
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