Combining timelapse imaging and computational modelling to understand the mechanisms of axon guidance in the developing retinotectal system

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1043044

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding how patterns of brain wiring develop is crucial for understanding many cognitive disorders. One of the commonest types of connection pattern in the brain is a topographic map, where nearby neurons in one structure connect to nearby neurons in another structure. Using the transgenic tools available in the zebrafish as a model system, we will combine novel experiments with computational modelling to understand the rules which govern the formation of topographic maps in the brain.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $438,793.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

axon guidance | developmental biology | growth cone | mathematical modelling | topography

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