2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Evolution of the cerebral cortex in mammals, birds, reptiles
Project/Area Number |
24580423
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Basic veterinary science/Basic zootechnical science
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Research Institution | Gifu University |
Principal Investigator |
ATOJI Yasuro 岐阜大学, 応用生物科学部, 教授 (90151084)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAITO Shouichiro 岐阜大学, 応用生物科学部, 准教授 (60325371)
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Research Collaborator |
KARIM Mohammad Rabiul
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | グルタミン酸神経細胞 / 鳥 / 比較神経解剖学 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this fiscal year, the aim is carried out to examine neuronal circuits of glutamatergic neurons in the pigeon brain. VGluT2, a marker gene for glutamatergic neurons, is expressed in the auditory ganglion and three types of glutamatergic receptor (AMPA, kainate, NMDA) are also expressed. The cochlear nucleus expresses three glutamatergic receptor subunits as well. These findings suggest that neurons in the auditory ganglion are glutamatergic. VGluT3 is expressed in the raphe nucleus of the brain and amacrine cells of the retina in the pigeon. Together with these results, it appears that vGluT2 and vGluT3 exist in the nervous system of birds.
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Free Research Field |
神経解剖学
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