2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cortical laminar units for associative memory in primates: a combinational approach with MRI, electrophysiology and histology.
| Project/Area Number |
23800017
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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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 |
KOYANO Kenji 東京大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 特任助教 (90613315)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | MRI / 皮質層構造 / 電気生理 / 連合記憶 / 高次認知機能 / 霊長類 / エルジロイ / 微小電極 |
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| Research Abstract |
The cerebral cortices were highly developed tissue in primates and important for higher cognitive functions such as associative memory. Although characteristic six-layered structures of the cortices were well known by classical anatomical studies, functional significance of the laminar structure, especially in the processing of higher cognitive functions, remains to be elucidated. In this study, I took a new combinational approach with MRI, electrophysiology and histology, and found functional laminar differences of the primate cerebral cortices in the associative memory processing.
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