2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Photosensitive Properties of Retinal Ganglion Cell
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21590262
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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 |
Environmental physiology (including Physical medicine and Nutritional physiology)
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| Research Institution | Tokai University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAO Motoharu 東海大学, 情報理工学部, 准教授 (90408013)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 網膜神経節細胞 / 錐体視細胞 / 局所神経回路 / 光同調 / 概日リズム |
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| Research Abstract |
Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell, a subset of retinal ganglion cell, was found to mediate circadian photoentrainment ten years ago. The detailed local circuit is still largely unknown. In this study, I found the synapses between intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell and cone bipolar cells. The synaptic inputs from cones enable the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell to respond to wide range of light spectrum.
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