ECOLOGY OF VISION LABORATORY (ECOVIS)
Our lab is at the Universidad de Valparaíso, and is part of the Dept of Physiology and Centro de Neurociencias de Valparaíso (CNV).
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Research Interest
Sensory systems must ultimately be understood at all the biological levels of analysis, from molecular events in cells to the behavioral repertoires of animals seen
in the ecological conditions in which their kind evolved. Our currents lab project are focus in sensory ecology, especially in the visual system, from single photoreceptor recording, electroretinogram (ERG), slice of retina, patch-clamp (whole cell and perforate), and measure of the reflectance spectra, from animals and their microhabitat, that are likely to be used as signals in sexual selection, recognition of cospecifics, camouflage.
Research Field
At present we are working in the visual system of several species: Zebrafish, Marine Fishes, Anfibian, Rodents, Lizard
- Retina Slices (DIC Microscopy)
- Electroretinography (ERG)
- Suction Electrodes
- Flower and Animal coloration with reflectances measurements
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Director
Adrián Palacios V.
Present Members
Andrés Chávez
Johanna Pizarro
Katica Boric
Alex Vielma
Alejandra Ponce
Jaime Martinez
(Tech)
Lab Rotation
Carlos Bustamante
Thomas Wendler
Diego Valencia
Past Member
Adrian Ocampo (Postdoc)
Marcelo Díaz (Tech)
Patricio Villalobos (Tech)
Leticia Aguiar (Tech)
Carlos Barra (Stud)
Francisco Palma (Stud)
Eduardo Quiroz (Tech)
Carlos Maureira (Postdoc)
Gonzalo Herrera (Stud)
Collaborations (present and past)
Francisco Varela
Susana Bloch
Carlos Martinoya
Henri Gioanni
Timothy Goldsmith
Leo Peichl
Andreas Reichenbach
Juan Bacigalupo
Francisco Bozinovic
Alfredo Kirkwood
Ester Desfilis
Manuel Roncagliolo
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Select recent Publications:
- Francisco Palma, Pablo Roncagliolo, Juan Bacigalupo, Adrián G. Palacios. (2001). Membrane current of retinal rods of Caudiverbera caudiverbera (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae): Dark noise, spectral and absolute sensitivity. Visual Neuroscience, 18:663-673. (PDF)
- Thompson E, Palacios A, Varela F (2002) Ways of coloring: Comparative color vision as case study for cognitive science. In Vision and Mind: Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Perception. Ed. by A. Noe, E. Thompson. Chap. 15:351-418. MIT Press, Cambridge, USA. (Reprinted for Behavioral and Brain Science, 1992).
- Andrés E. Chávez, Francisco Bozinovic, Leo Peichl, Adrián G. Palacios. (2003) Reflectance In The Genus Octodon (Rodentia): Implications For Visual Ecology Retinal Spectral Sensitivity, Fur Coloration And Urine. Vol 44(5):2290-2296. (PDF)
- Andrés E. Chávez, Manuel Roncagliolo, Heidrun Kurth, Andreas Reichenbach, Adrián G. Palacios. (2003) The Retinal Anatomy and Function of the Myelin Mutant Taiep Rat. Brain Research. Vol 964/1 pp 144 - 152. (PDF)
- Adrián G. Palacios, Francisco Bozinovic. (2003). An “Enactive” Approach to Physiological & Behavioral Ecology: Thoughts on the table. Biological Research. Vol 36:95-99. (PDF)
- Adrián G. Palacios , Juan Bacigalupo (2003). Francisco Varela (1946-2001): Filling the Mind – Brain Gap: A Life Adventure. Biological Research. Vol 36:3-6. (PDF)
- Herrera G. Fernandez MJ, Pohl N, Diaz M, Bozinovic F, Palacios AG (2004). Sistema visual en el Colobri Austral (Sephanoides sepaniodes) y el Picaflor Cordillerano (Oreotrochilus leucoplerus): Electroretinografia y Coloración. Ornitología Neotropical 15 (suppl.). 215-222.
- Palacios A, Peichl L, et Bozinovic F. (2004) La vision ultraviolette du rat degus. Pour la Science Cerveau & Psycho; 5: 92-95.
- Leo Peichl, Andres E. Chavez, Adrian Ocampo, Wilson Mena, Francisco Bozinovic, Adrian G. Palacios (2005). Eye and Vision in the Subterranean Rodent Cururo ( Spalacopus Cyanus , Octodontidae ). The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 486(3) :197-208.
Divulgation:
- An Eye for Scent Marks(PDF)
- Urine Vision? How Rodents Communicate With UV Light (PDF)
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E-mail: adrian.palacios@uv.cl
Teléfono: (56)-(32)-508048, Fax: (56)-(32)-283320
Dirección postal:
Centro de Neurociencia de Valparaíso.
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso.
Gran Bretaña 1111. Playa Ancha. Valparaíso. Chile.
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