| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Many insects use polarization pattern of the sky for orientation or navigation. Polarization pattern of the sky changes depending on solar elevation, i.e. time of the day, but it is still unclear how the nervous system compensates the time effect of the polarized light cue from the sky. In this study, long-time recording of neural responses of the polarization-sensitive neurons in the cricket brain were performed, and a diurnal change of the response amplitude with respect to the e-vector rotation was observed. This result suggests that the polarization vision system in insect is controlled by the biological clocks.
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