Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103184

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103184

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dopaminergic mechanisms of visual selective attention in the fly. What we pay attention to guides our behaviour. There is increasing evidence that even the smallest animals, such as insects, have a selective attention. Neuromodulators such as dopamine (DA) regulate general arousal states in flies as well as humans, but it is not well understood how DA modulates selective attention. This project will genetically manipulate DA in the fly Drosophila in order to study its role in visual selective attention, by: examining neural circuits; attention behaviour; and, brain recordings. Our work will reveal whether DA mainly controls general responsiveness levels, or whether DA is also involved in coordinating attention dynamics. This study has important implications for understanding attention disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 29-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $365,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Behaviour | Neurosciences not elsewhere classified | Neurogenetics | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Neurogenetics | Neurosciences | Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

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