TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic microscope system for studying the basic principles of brain function
AU - Kimura, Koutarou D.
AU - Hashimoto, Koichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (KAKENHI JP23115711) (K.K.), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (KAKENHI JP25249020, JP16H06545)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - This paper reports the development of robotic microscope system to understand the basic principles of brain function through the rigorous and integrated studies of worm's nerve activity and behavior. By using the system, we revealed that, during olfactory navigation, worms compute time-differential and time-integral of odor concentration for decision-making. We also revealed the genes required for the neural computations, whose counterparts in humans also known to play important roles in the brain. Thus, the mechanisms revealed in worms will help us understand how our own brain works.
AB - This paper reports the development of robotic microscope system to understand the basic principles of brain function through the rigorous and integrated studies of worm's nerve activity and behavior. By using the system, we revealed that, during olfactory navigation, worms compute time-differential and time-integral of odor concentration for decision-making. We also revealed the genes required for the neural computations, whose counterparts in humans also known to play important roles in the brain. Thus, the mechanisms revealed in worms will help us understand how our own brain works.
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U2 - 10.1109/MHS.2018.8886997
DO - 10.1109/MHS.2018.8886997
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075006377
T3 - MHS 2018 - 2018 29th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science
BT - MHS 2018 - 2018 29th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 29th International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2018
Y2 - 10 December 2018 through 12 December 2018
ER -