Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101555

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101555

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Four-dimensional analysis of information processing in brain circuits. Analysing how neurons process information could provide us with knowledge of the basic function of the brain as well as insights to neuropsychiatric disorders. The aim is to understand how does a single neuron process its synaptic inputs to arrive at an output response. To achieve this, the project will follow two approaches: it will study single neurons via in vitro experiments, where spatiotemporal patterns of light stimuli mimic physiological synaptic inputs; and, it will build a unique in vivo microscope to map sensory inputs to neuronal circuits in the intact brain. The first approach provides an accurate analysis of neuronal circuits while the second creates an overall map of cortical processing of sensory inputs from a live animal.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $675,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Nervous System | Optical Physics not elsewhere classified | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Cellular Nervous System | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Neurosciences | Optical Physics not elsewhere classified

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