In Vivo Neurochemistry and Behavior

这项研究结合了化学家约瑟夫博士 司法部和生物行为科学家达里尔·尼尔博士 研究神经化学和行为之间的关系。一 长期以来，理解大脑的障碍是 无法真正观察到发生在 大脑的化学反应为了解决这个问题， 研究人员开发了一种新的方法， 神经递质多巴胺的测量。他们将继续 开发这个系统并将其应用于神经化学动力学。传感器 大脑的化学环境样本将被用来 观察行为过程中的神经化学。这些研究将 贡献关于人与人之间关系的基本知识 已识别神经系统的神经化学和良好表征 行为。

The research combines the expertise of a chemist, Dr. Joseph Justice, and a biobehavioral scientist, Dr. Darryl Neill, in the study of the relationship between neurochemistry and behavior. A long standing impediment to understanding the brain has been the inability to actually observe the changes that occur in the chemistry of the brain during behavior. To address this problem, the investigators have developed a new methodology for in vivo measurement of the neurotransmitter dopamine. They will continue to develop this sytem and apply it to neurchemical dynamics. Sensors which sample the chemical environment of the brain will be used to observe neurochemistry during behavior. These studies will contribute fundamental knowledge about the relationship between the neurochemisrty of identified neural systems and well characterized behaviors.