Short communicationFos expression in rat visual cortex induced by ocular input of ultraviolet light
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2013, NeuronCitation Excerpt :Thus, even short (5 min) stimuli are sufficient for TRAPing, although longer duration stimuli increase the total numbers of TRAPed cells. These results are consistent with prior findings that the induction of Fos protein in V1 is dependent on stimulus duration (Amir and Robinson, 1996). The time course of effector expression after TRAPing determines the earliest time point at which subsequent experimental manipulations are possible.
Immunohistochemical evidence of cone-based ultraviolet vision in divergent bat species and implications for its evolution
2012, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyCitation Excerpt :Following Amir and Robinson (1996), here we chose a Fos-like immunostaining method to elucidate the capacity of UV vision in bats because c-Fos, as one component of immediate early genes, can be detected immunohistochemically in the nucleus of the neurons after both physiological and pathological stimuli and has been successfully used in vision studies in numerous species (Poveda and Kretz, 2009). In particular, Fos-like immunostaining has been used to assess patterns of neuronal activation in the visual cortex during exposure to UV light (Amir and Robinson, 1996; Marchant and Morin, 2001). The stimulatory effect of UV light on Fos expression was also related to exposure duration, independent of stimulus novelty or phase of the circadian cycle, consistent with a visual mechanism that is slow-adapting and capable of integrating photic information over time (Amir and Robinson, 1996).
c-Fos expression in the visual system of the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri)
2009, Journal of Chemical NeuroanatomyNovel, continuous visual motion induces c-fos expression in the avian optokinetic nuclei and optic tectum
2009, NeuroscienceCitation Excerpt :In most visual system c-fos studies, stimulation times are usually 1 h. One example in which much shorter stimulation time has been demonstrated to be sufficient to induce considerable amounts of c-fos staining in the visual system is the study reported by Amir and Robinson (1996), in which 30 s of eye exposure to UV light was enough to induce c-fos expression in the visual cortex of the rat. In other systems, however, shorter stimulation times do result in substantial c-fos expression, provided that enough time is allowed for the protein to build up.