| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Animals utilize light for vision and non-visual functions. Recently, direct brain photoreception has been a hot topic in life sciences. In this study, we showed that photoreceptor proteins expressed in brains indeed serve as light-sensors. In addition, our investigation of the brain photoreceptor proteins of varied animals revealed their spectral sensitivities and signal transduction pathways, which uncovered molecular mechanisms of vertebrate brain photoreception and its diversity.
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