| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Many animals sense light signals for visual and non-visual functions. On the contrary to the vision, which has been well investigated, the neural mechanism and physiological role of non-visual photoreception are largely unknown. In this study, we focused on some non-visual photopigments and investigated the molecular and neural mechanism of the non-visual photoreceptions by using mammalian cell expression system and transgenic technique. As results, we succeeded to establish several transgenic zebrafish lines for future studies on non-visual photoreception.
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