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Spatial and temporal encoding of olfactory signals

Reference	BBS/E/B/00001166
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Keith Kendrick
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Babraham Institute
Department	Babraham Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	730,038
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2003
End date	31/05/2007
Duration	50 months

Abstract

The importance of different transmitters and genes for olfactory encoding and learning will be investigated using pharmacological intervention techniques and transgenic mice. Information will be used to construct computational neural network models of olfactory processing by the brain. These experiments aim to use these approaches to help provide a strategic understanding of how populations of neurones encode sensory stimuli and alter in response to learning. This is an essential step to providing an understanding of how the brain actually works holistically. By modelling this process the long term benefit of this work will be to aid robotic sensor design and provide a basis for initial screening effects of drug or gene therapy actions on perceptual and learning processes in the brain with a potential for reduced requirement for animal experiments. This work therefore addresses Foresight and H&LS priorities in Integrative Biology, molecular and cell biology and cognitive sciences.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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