Lebra Free-Electron Laser Elicits Electrical Spikes from the Retina and Optic Nerve of the Slugs Limax Valentianus
| Autor: | Shishikura, Fumio, Hayakawa, Ken, Hayakawa, Yasushi, Inagaki, Manabu, Komatsuzaki, Yoshimasa, Nakao, Keisuke, Nogami, Kyoko, Sakai, Takeshi, Tanaka, Toshinari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| DOI: | 10.18429/jacow-fel2015-tup085 |
| Popis: | Since 2001, the Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA) has been providing tunable free-electron lasers (FELs) encompassing the near-IR region and some of the mid-IR region (0.9-6 microns), and generating visible wavelengths up to 400 nm by means of nonlinear optical crystals. We are investigating the efficiency of LEBRA-FELs for triggering photoreactions in living organisms. Last year we described the effects of LEBRA-FELs in controlling the photoreaction of lettuce seeds; red FEL (660 nm) and far-red FEL (740 nm) activate and inhibit germination, respectively. Here we used LEBRA-FEL to illuminate the retina of slugs (Limax valentianus), and determined which FEL wavelengths generate electrical spikes from the retina-optic nerve. Blue FEL light (wavelength: 470 nm) efficiently produced electrical spikes from the retina. The results are consistent with a previous study, where a xenon arc lamp with interference filters was used to produce monochromatic visible light. We plan to extend the wavelengths to the near- and mid-IR regions of LEBRA-FEL. We summarize our current results for the use of FEL in investigating the electrophysiology of the retina of slugs. Proceedings of the 37th International Free Electron Laser Conference, FEL2015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
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