supported by Guangzhou Key Projects of Brain Science and Brain-Like Intelligence Technology,No.20200730009 (to YX);the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82074169 (to XM);the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,No.2021A1515012473 (to XM);Project of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province,No.20202045 (to XM);Aier Eye Hospital Group,No.AF2019001 (to ST,KFS,YX,XM)。
Photoreceptor cell degeneration leads to blindness, for which there is currently no effective treatment. Our previous studies have shown that Lycium barbarum(L. barbarum) polysaccharide(LBP) protects degenerated photo...
supported by Ministry of Science and Technology China Brain Initiative Grant(2021ZD0202803);the Research Unit of Medical Neurobiology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(2019RU003);Beijing Municipal Government。
G_(q)-coupled receptors regulate numerous physiological processes by activating enzymes and inducing intracellular Ca^(2+)signals.There is a strong need for an optogenetic tool that enables powerful experimental contr...
Sensory drive predicts coevolution of mate choice signals with the sensory systems detecting those sig nals. Guppies are a classic model for sensory drive as mate preferences based on coloration differ across individu...
supported by grants from the Commission on Innovation and Technology in Shenzhen Municipality of China(JCYJ20150630114942262);the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(2015M582440);International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program 2016 by the Office of China Postdoctoral Council(20160021);the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC1310503)
Observations from clinical trials have frequently demonstrated that light therapy can be an effective therapy for seasonal and non-seasonal major depression. Despite the fact that light therapy is known to have severa...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31570376,31471965 and 31170357);the PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China(No.200804760003);the Innovation Foundation of Henan Province(No.2005126);the Basic and Advanced Technique Research Program of Technology Department of Henan Province(Nos.122300410142,142300410160);the College Students’Innovative Project(No.201410476066).
Planarians provide the ideal model for studying eye development,with their simple eye structure and exceptionally rapid regeneration.Here,we observed the eye morphogenesis,photophobic behavior,spectral sensitivity and...
Acknowledgments We express many thanks that Institute Special Fund for Basic Research, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment, and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAFRIFEEP201406, CAFRIFEEP201102-5) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31200492) supported this work. SFZ designed the experiments, carried out the laboratory work, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript. ZZ designed the experiments and modified the manuscript. HBW and XBK modified the manuscript, and GZ and JXY reared and applied insects.
Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is one of the preponderant egg parasitoids of Dendrolimus spp., which are important defoliators of coniferous forests. This parasitoid wasp has bee...
The intricate and complex interaction between different populations of neurons in the brain has imposed limits on our ability to gain detailed understanding of synaptic transmission and its integration when employing ...
Eye degeneration is a common troglomorphic character of cave-dwelling organisms. Comparing the morphology and molecular biology of cave species and their close surface relatives is a powerful tool for studying regress...