イシカネ　ヒロシ   ISHIKANE Hiroshi   石金 浩史    所属   専修大学  人間科学部    専修大学大学院  文学研究科    職種   教授
言語種別	日本語
発行・発表の年月	2013/09/30
形態種別	研究論文（学術雑誌）
招待論文	招待あり
標題	網膜からのマルチニューロン記録と行動実験による視覚系の解明
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	基礎心理学研究
巻・号・頁	32(1),95-100頁
総ページ数	6
担当区分	筆頭著者,責任著者
著者・共著者	石金　浩史
概要	Neuroscientists have studied the visual system by accumulating knowledge about the structural and functional properties of single neurons. However, recent studies performing multi-unit recordings have revealed that a significant fraction of neurons exhibit temporally correlated activities. It has been suggested that correlated activities among neurons may have a functional role in visual information processing, though there is a possibility that such activities may be obtained as the byproduct. The present article reviews recent advances in retinal neuroscience using multi-unit recordings, molecular technologies, and pharmacological manipulations. The analysis of visually guided behaviors revealed the functional significance of neural codes suggested by electrophysiological data. These approaches also enabled us to clarify the neural mechanisms of the detection of image motion, which is fundamental to vision.