2017
Local synaptic integration enables ON-OFF asymmetric and layer-specific visual information processing in vGluT3 amacrine cell dendrites
Chen M, Lee S, Zhou ZJ. Local synaptic integration enables ON-OFF asymmetric and layer-specific visual information processing in vGluT3 amacrine cell dendrites. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 11518-11523. PMID: 28973895, PMCID: PMC5664540, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711622114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner plexiform layerAmacrine cellsSynaptic inhibitionSegregation of ONVGluT3 amacrine cellsGanglion cell typesBipolar cell terminalsSmall-field amacrine cellsOFF sublayersDendritic varicositiesPlexiform layerReceptive field sizeSynaptic processingSynaptic integrationDendritic responsesMammalian retinaOFF segregationNeuronal organizationTwo-photon imagingDendritic treeIPL depthOFF pathwaysCell terminalsDendritic functionVisual information processing
2004
A Developmental Switch in the Excitability and Function of the Starburst Network in the Mammalian Retina
Zheng JJ, Lee S, Zhou ZJ. A Developmental Switch in the Excitability and Function of the Starburst Network in the Mammalian Retina. Neuron 2004, 44: 851-864. PMID: 15572115, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.11.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStarburst cellsGABAergic synapsesStarburst networkDual patch-clamp recordingsSpontaneous retinal wavesPatch-clamp recordingsVisual system developmentNicotinic synapsesNetwork excitabilityRetinal wavesRabbit retinaMammalian retinaRecurrent excitationSynapsesDependent mannerGABAExcitabilityRetinaCellsCa2Early developmentCoreleaseExcitatoryNicotinicACh