2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
In photosensory pineal organ, the functions of luminosity and chromatic signals and their afferent pathways.
| Project/Area Number |
20570068
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Animal physiology/Animal behavior
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| Research Institution | Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAMOTSU Satoshi Nara Women's University, 大学院・人間文化研究科, 准教授 (60188448)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 松果体 / 感色性応答 / 非感色性応答 / 神経節細胞 / 紫外光受容 / パラピノプシン |
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| Research Abstract |
Pineal and parapineal ganglion cells projected on three areas of the mid-brain. Some terminals of them which reached at most dorsal area were contact the dendrites of giant neuron projecting to spinal cord. The pineal neurons extended deeper area of the brain than the parapineal. On the luminosity signal, it was demonstrated that the pineal complex took part in the locomotor activity rhythm, daily and circadian rhythms, in the far eastern brook lamprey.
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