大脳皮質一次視覚野に存在する視覚認知に重要な機能ユニットの形成メカニズムの解明研究

Ocular dominance（OD）columns, alternating regions of left and right eye input in the primary visual cortex of higher mammals, have thought to be fundamental units of processing visual information to sense depth. Molecular cues set up coarse OD columns around birth, which are subsequently remodeled to the functional structure by visual activity after eye open. Our final goal is to explicate the comprehensive molecular and cellular mechanisms to form functional OD columns.