Exploration of relationship between gamma-band activity and memory function in the temporal lobe

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560433
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Brain biometrics
• Research Institution: Kochi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Nakahara Kiyoshi 高知工科大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (50372363)
• Research Collaborator: ADACHI Ken
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 光遺伝学 / 側頭葉 / 皮質脳波 / 連合記憶 / 齧歯類 / 霊長類

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the first project, by combining optogenetics and electrocorticography (ECoG), we found that local-field potential propagates differentially between horizontal and vertical directions in the rodent visual cortex. In the second project, we captured ECoG response patterns in the temporal lobe of monkeys while they performed an associative memory task. We found that the ECoG response patterns can represent associative memory.

Free Research Field

認知神経科学