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帯状皮質と視床前核を中心とした神経線維連絡の解析

メンバー: 柴田秀史

分野: 動物生命科学、基礎医学、脳科学

所属: 農学研究院獣医解剖学研究室

キーワード: 大脳皮質、視床、神経回路、記憶、学習

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研究概要

動物やヒトが健康的な生活を送るためには正常な記憶・学習機能が遂行されるメカニズムの解明が不可欠です。そのような研究は、記憶障害や認知症をはじめとする脳機能障害の病態解明や診断・治療法の開発にもつながります。記憶がどのように獲得、保持、想起されるかを明らかにするためには、神経細胞やシナプスの分子生物学的研究や障害を発症している患者の臨床的研究が重要であると同時に、記憶・学習に関与している神経細胞どうしが情報をやり取りするために、どのように連絡しているかを明らかにする解剖学的研究が重要です。記憶のなかでも空間記憶(自分がどこにいる、自分の部屋がどこにある、といった記憶)には帯状皮質や視床前核という脳内の領域が正常に機能していることが必須であることが明らかになってきています。しかし、それらの領域は、複数の小領域から構成されていて、それぞれが異なった機能を担っていることがわかりはじめてはいるものの、それら領域間が構成する神経回路網がそのようになっているかはほとんどわかっていません。そこで、現在、帯状皮質や視床前核が非常に良く発達しているウサギを実験動物として用いて、神経解剖学的トレーサーを使用して、帯状皮質と視床前核を中心とした神経線維連絡の解析を進めています。

主要論文・参考事項

1. Shibata, H. and Y. Honda (2015) Thalamocortical projections of the anteroventral thalamic nucleus in the rabbit. Journal of Comparative Neurology 523: 726-741.
2. Shibata, H. and Y. Honda (2012) Thalamocortical projections of the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus in the rabbit. Journal of Comparative Neurology 520: 2647-2656.
3. Honda, Y., T. Furuta, T. Kaneko, H. Shibata, and H. Sasaki (2011) Patterns of axonal collateralization of single layer V cortical projection neurons in the rat presubiculum. Journal of Comparative Neurology 519: 1395-1412.
4. Shibata, H., Y. Honda, H. Sasaki, and J. Naito (2009) Organization of intrinsic connections of the retrosplenial cortex in the rat. Anatomical Science International 84: 280-292.
5. Shibata, H. and Yukie, M. (2009) Thalamocingulate connections in the monkey. In: Vogt, B.A. ed. Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease. Oxford University Press. pp. 95-111.
6. Yukie, M. and Shibata, H. (2009) Temporocingulate interactions in the monkey. In: Vogt, B.A. ed. Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease. Oxford University Press. pp. 145-162.
7. Shibata, H. and J. Naito (2008) Organization of anterior cingulate and frontal cortical projections to the retrosplenial cortex in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 506: 30-45.

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Tract-tracing studies of the cingulate cortex and anterior thalamus

Research members: Dr. SHIBATA Hideshi

Research fields: Animal life science, Basic medicine, Brain sciences

Departments: Institute of Agriculture, Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy

Keywords: cerebral cortex, dorsal thalamus, neural circuits, memory, learning

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Summary

Studying normal functioning of memory and learning in the brain is essential for animals as well as for humans to have healthy daily lives. Such studies may lead to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics for animals and humans that suffer memory and cognitive disfunction. To understand memory mechanisms such as acquisition, storage, and recall, it is essential to perform not only molecular biological and clinical studies but also neuroanatomical studies to clarify the neural circuits between the many brain regions that are involved in memory and learning. In the brain, the cingulate cortex and anterior thalamus in the limbic structures are important regions that process information of spatial memory (i.e., memory about the location of a place and animal itself in the environment). These brain regions are not uniform structures, but consist of the many subregions that have been shown to play different roles in spatial memory processes. However, the neural circuit between these subregions has not been clarified yet. In my laboratory, we are now analyzing neural circuitry within and between the cingulate cortex and anterior thalamus with neuroanatomical tract tracers in rabbits, which have well developed and differentiated limbic structures.

Reference articles and patents

1. Shibata, H. and Y. Honda (2015) Thalamocortical projections of the anteroventral thalamic nucleus in the rabbit. Journal of Comparative Neurology 523: 726-741.
2. Shibata, H. and Y. Honda (2012) Thalamocortical projections of the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus in the rabbit. Journal of Comparative Neurology 520: 2647-2656.
3. Honda, Y., T. Furuta, T. Kaneko, H. Shibata, and H. Sasaki (2011) Patterns of axonal collateralization of single layer V cortical projection neurons in the rat presubiculum. Journal of Comparative Neurology 519: 1395-1412.
4. Shibata, H., Y. Honda, H. Sasaki, and J. Naito (2009) Organization of intrinsic connections of the retrosplenial cortex in the rat. Anatomical Science International 84: 280-292.
5. Shibata, H. and Yukie, M. (2009) Thalamocingulate connections in the monkey. In: Vogt, B.A. ed. Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease. Oxford University Press. pp. 95-111.
6. Yukie, M. and Shibata, H. (2009) Temporocingulate interactions in the monkey. In: Vogt, B.A. ed. Cingulate Neurobiology and Disease. Oxford University Press. pp. 145-162.
7. Shibata, H. and J. Naito (2008) Organization of anterior cingulate and frontal cortical projections to the retrosplenial cortex in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 506: 30-45.

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