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Lateral cell-to-cell interactions and the dynamics of the graded synaptic transfer in Dipteran compound eye
Reference
S17118
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Mikko Ilmari Juusola
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Cambridge
Department
Physiology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
177,728
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
17/09/2002
End date
17/09/2005
Duration
36 months
Abstract
An essential and defining characteristic of the nervous system is the way in which it overcomes the limitations of its unreliable, slow hardware by employing a massive degree of parallelism, implemented through the extremely rich set of synaptic interconnections between the neurones. The first synaptic layer in the compound eye of Dipteran flies, presents a unique opportunity to observe and understand this parallelism in a neural system, that instead of using action potentials, communicates with graded signals. Because of its well- characterised neural structure, identified synaptic layout, and genetic potential we can address the roles and extent of influence of individual neurones in the operation of functioning neuronal networks.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
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