2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural mechanisms for navigation in large space.
| Project/Area Number |
21300126
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Neuroscience in general
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2011)
Nihon University (2009-2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
TAIRA Masato 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (50179397)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KATSUYAMA Narumi 東京医科歯科大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助教 (00291906)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ニホンザル / 頭頂葉内側面 / 海馬傍回 / 場所ニューロン / 風景情報 / 運動情報 |
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| Research Abstract |
Neural mechanisms for navigation in large space were investigated. We have already found the medial parietal neurons which related to process the scene and motor information for navigation. These navigation neurons may also process the place information and represent whole space by population. Furthermore, activity of those were affected by the context information of navigation route. We also found the navigation related neurons in the parahippocampal gyrus, which may process the scene information rather than motor information.
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