2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Morphological analysis of afferent neurons of galanin-like peptide (GALP) using transgenic mice expressing retrogradely transpoted tracer under the control of GALP promoter with Cre-loxP system.
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24590241
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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 |
General anatomy (including Histology/Embryology)
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| Research Institution | Kiryu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIODA Seiji 昭和大学, 医学部, 教授 (80102375)
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| Research Collaborator |
HASEGAWA Fumio 昭和大学, 医学部
HIROSE Sachi 昭和大学, 医学部
ITO Kazuo 昭和大学, 医学部
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 神経回路網 / 遺伝子改変動物 / 摂食調節 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Galanin-like peptide (GALP) plays an important role of feeding regulation and energy metabolism. We have reported on neuronal circuits involving GALP in the hypothalamus. To identify afferent neurons of GALP neurons, we used transgenic mice co-expressing retrogradely transpoted tracer and beta-galactosidase under the control of GALP gene regulatory region using Cre-loxP recombination. Afferent neurons are present in the medial septal, medial habenular nucleus, anterodosal thalamic nucleus, medial preoptic nucleus, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, hypothalamic arcuate nucleus and Purkinje cells. These results suggest that GALP neurons function as a regulator of not only feeding and energy metabolism but also several physiological actions such as male-typical sexual behavior and reward system.
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| Free Research Field |
免疫組織学
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