Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988227

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0988227

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Inhibitory control of retinal sensitivity. We will determine how the nerve cells that carry information from the eye to the brain are always able to provide signals despite very different environments; daylight, fog and night. Knowledge of how nerve cells achieve this rapid learning is important for any understanding of brain function; it is fundamental if we are to develop machines that see or that help restore vision in humans. The project will provide the world's first look at the synaptic physiology that underpins all visual perception, helping to bring Australia back to the forefront of research in this field. This new collaboration between two successful researchers will attract top quality students and researchers from Australia and abroad and be published in major journals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2009

End Date: 12-09-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Physiology—Systems | Physiology | Neurobiology | Animal Physiology—Cell

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Nervous system and disorders | Organs, diseases and abnormal conditions not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Animal Physiology—Cell | Animal Physiology—Systems | Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Nervous system and disorders | Neurobiology | Organs, diseases and abnormal conditions not elsewhere classified | Physiology

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