Neural Mechanism of Photoperiodism
Neural Mechanism of Photoperiodism
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光周期现象的神经机制
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-99-0726-7_14
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发表时间:
2023
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通讯作者:
Shiga Sakiko
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作者:
Hirata Kazune;Shiga Sakiko;Shiga Sakiko
In neural mechanisms underlying photoperiodism, photoperiodic information is received by photoreceptors and is processed in the photoperiodic clock and counter in the brain. The processed signals are then switched to the endocrine organs. Neuroanatomy, microsurgery, and electrophysiology, in combination with RNA interference, have revealed plausible photoperiodic neural circuitries that employ circadian clock cells and neurosecretory cells in the pars intercerebralis and pars lateralis. In the blow flyProtophormia terraenovaeand the bean bugRiptortus pedestris, an anterior base of the medulla region containing clock protein PERIOD cells and neuropeptide pigment-dispersing factor cells is a potential site for photoperiodic mechanisms. InP. terraenovaePERIOD nuclear localization suggests that clock cells of s-LNv and DNm have different phase settings to environmental light-dark cycles. By comparing the clock phases of s-LNv and DNm, short and long days are distinguishable. InR. pedestris, pars intercerebralis neurons show a photoperiodic response in their firing activities, depending on theperiodexpression. The neurotransmitter glutamate mediates short-day signals to pars intercerebralis neurons underperiodexpression. In the proposed neural circuitry, cellular responses such as electrical activities, gene expression, and fiber projection patterns to short and long days should be revealed to understand the photoperiodic clock and counter mechanisms in future studies.