Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100319

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170100319

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Fast three-dimensional imaging of neural signal propagation using light-field microscopy. This project aims to use a light-field microscope to reveal the dynamics of sustained neural activity in the brain. The brain’s neurons are highly interconnected, so neural signals can be sustained in a repeating cycle. While this may underlie tasks such as working memory, its role in information processing is unclear. Understanding information processing is vital for finding treatments for neurodegenerative disorders. To characterise this large-scale aspect of neural computation, this project measures neural activity at high speed across large numbers of neurons. This is expected to provide evidence of the nature of sustained activity which may in the future lead to treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Classical and Physical Optics | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Central Nervous System | Classical and Physical Optics | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Neurosciences

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