Coding of olfactory information in the piriform cortex. This project aims to understand how electrical activity in the primary olfactory (piriform) cortex enables mice to recognise and remember odours. By using optical recording techniques together with genetic tools, the project expects to generate new knowledge about how the mammalian brain builds internal representations of the external world. Specific outcomes of the project include new insights into the functional architecture of the pirifo ....Coding of olfactory information in the piriform cortex. This project aims to understand how electrical activity in the primary olfactory (piriform) cortex enables mice to recognise and remember odours. By using optical recording techniques together with genetic tools, the project expects to generate new knowledge about how the mammalian brain builds internal representations of the external world. Specific outcomes of the project include new insights into the functional architecture of the piriform cortex and fresh understanding of how olfactory information is encoded and stored in neural circuits. More broadly, the project aims to advance our understanding of how the brain works, with benefits for future improvements in artificial intelligence and brain-machine interfaces.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0882701
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$300,000.00
Summary
Establishment of a confocal/multiphoton microscope for imaging of living systems. This facility will allow us to study the dynamic changes in living systems, from the smallest unicellular organisms in the ocean through to the sophisticated neural networks of the living brain. Not only will this imaging facility allow us to understand how living systems work, we will also be able to explore the dynamic changes that underlie human disease and injury.
Neuronal activity underlying efficient sensory processing. This project aims to study how neuronal activity in the sensory cortex efficiently represents the external world. Operating with a finite quantity of attentional resources, the brain needs to prioritise processing to provide important information about a situation. This project combines neurophysiology, behavioural and computational sciences to study attention mechanisms in rodents. This multidisciplinary project aims to develop a novel ....Neuronal activity underlying efficient sensory processing. This project aims to study how neuronal activity in the sensory cortex efficiently represents the external world. Operating with a finite quantity of attentional resources, the brain needs to prioritise processing to provide important information about a situation. This project combines neurophysiology, behavioural and computational sciences to study attention mechanisms in rodents. This multidisciplinary project aims to develop a novel paradigm for studying sensory prioritisation in rodents as a model organism.Read moreRead less