Matsushita Atsuko

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Research field (2)： Neuroanatomy and physiology , Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science

Research keywords (7)：光感覚 , compound eye , synapse , neurotransmitter , 弱電気魚 , 電子顕微鏡 , 神経解剖学

Research theme for competitive and other funds (4)：

2018 - 2023 Spectral opponency in photoreceptors : neuroethological analysis
2014 - 2017 Neural basis of coding for odor direction by a single olfactory organ
2010 - 2012 Neuroanatomical properties of 'time comparison circuit' in weakly electric fishes
2009 - 2012 Mechanism and evolution of color vision in microbrain systems

Papers (22)：

Atsuko Matsushita, Finlay Stewart, Marko Ilic, Pei-Ju Chen, Daiki Wakita, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Murata, Michiyo Kinoshita, Gregor Belusic, Kentaro Arikawa. Connectome of the Lamina Reveals the Circuit for Early Colour Processing in the Butterfly Visual Pathway. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2022
John Leonard, Atsuko Matsushita, Masashi Kawasaki. Morphology and receptive field organization of a temporal processing region in Apteronotus albifrons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2022. 208. 3. 405-420
Chen PJ, Matsushita A, Wakakuwa M, Arikawa K. Immunolocalization suggests a role of the histamine-gated chloride channel PxHCLB in spectral opponent processing in butterfly photoreceptors. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2019. 527. 4. 753-766
Roman V. Frolov, Atsuko Matsushita, Kentaro Arikawa. Not flying blind: a comparative study of photoreceptor function in flying and non-flying cockroaches. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2017. 220. 13. 2335-2344
Pei-Ju Chen, Hiroko Awata, Atsuko Matsushita, En-Cheng Yang, Kentaro Arikawa. Extreme Spectral Richness in the Eye of the Common Bluebottle Butterfly, Graphium sarpedon. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2016. 4

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MISC (5)：

Atsuko Matsushita, Masashi Kawasaki. Threshold time disparity of pyramidal cells in the electrosensory lateral line lobe of Gyamarchus niloticus. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2005. 22. 12. 1489-1489
笠原和起, 岡野俊行, 吉川朋子, 松下敦子, 芳賀達也, 深田吉孝. 松果体細胞における光受容とG11を介する光情報伝達経路. 生物物理. 2000. 40. Suppl.1. S36-S36
Okano T., Kasahara T., Matsushita A., Yoshikawa T., Yamazaki K., Fukada Y. A NOVEL PHOTOTRANSDUCTION CASCADE IN THE CHICKEN PINEAL GLAND AND RETINA(Physiology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :. Zoological science. 1999. 16. 122-122
Kasahara T., Okano T., Yoshikawa T, Matsushita A., Yamazaki K., Fukada Y. Activation of chicken pineal transducin by light. Biophysics. 1998. 38. 2. S83
Matsushita Atsuko, Arikawa Kentaro, Eguchi Eisuke. Distribution of F-actin in the compound eye of the crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus(Physiology)(Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :. Zoological science. 1991. 8. 6. 1029-1029

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Association Membership(s) (4)：

International Society for Neuroethology , Society for Neuroscience , 日本動物学会 , 日本比較生理生化学会

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