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1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Nature
|December 17, 1992
まとめ
類人猿のフォベアにおける状細胞の配置が研究されました. 長波と中波の円はランダムに分布し,まとまりや規則正しく配置されず,同じ数で存在します.
科学分野:
- * 眼科と視覚神経科学.
- *霊長類の網膜生理学と光受容体の分布.
背景:
- * オールド・ワールド・プライマットのフォベアには,3種類の光感受性の円細胞があり,それぞれに異なるスペクトル吸収ピークがあります.
- * 状モザイク内のこれらの型の正確な空間的配置は,前述の仮説はランダム分布から規則的なパターンや集積に至るまで,ほとんど特徴づけられていなかった.
- * 短波のは稀に分布していることが知られているが,より多数の長波と中波のの配置は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- * 旧世界霊長類のフォベアにおける長波と中波に敏感な光受容体の空間的分布パターンを決定する.
- *これらの円型がランダム分布,規則的な交代,または集積を示すかどうかを調査する.
- *霊長類の体における長波と中波のコーンの数を比較する.
主な方法:
- *旧世界猿のフォヴェアル網膜のパッチに直接マイクロスペクトロフォトメトリック測定を行った.
- *分析は,異なるコーン型光受容体タイプの分布と相対的な豊富さを定量化することに焦点を当てました.
主要な成果:
- *長波と中波に敏感なの分布は,霊長類の胞で局所的にランダムであることが判明しました.
- *この2つのコーンタイプは,ほぼ同じ数で存在します.
- *ヒトのフォベアに対する以前に仮定された2:1比は,これらの霊長類のサンプルでは観察されなかった.
結論:
- * オールド・ワールド・プライマット・フォベアにおける長波と中波の円の空間的配置は,規則的または塊状ではなく,局所的にランダムである.
- * これらの型の等しい数値比は,光受容体の分布に関する以前の仮定に異議を唱える.
- *これらの発見は,円のモザイク構造に関する直接的な経験的データを提供し,霊長類の視覚処理に関する私たちの理解を伝える.
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