2020
Receptoral Mechanisms for Fast Cholinergic Transmission in Direction-Selective Retinal Circuitry
Pottackal J, Singer JH, Demb JB. Receptoral Mechanisms for Fast Cholinergic Transmission in Direction-Selective Retinal Circuitry. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2020, 14: 604163. PMID: 33324168, PMCID: PMC7726240, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.604163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDirection-selective ganglion cellsStarburst amacrine cellsFast cholinergic transmissionGABAergic inhibitionCholinergic transmissionGABAergic transmissionCholinergic excitationPostsynaptic currentsSynaptic mechanismsConventional synaptic transmissionReceptoral mechanismsReceptor blockadeAmacrine cellsGanglion cellsRetinal circuitryParacrine natureSynaptic transmissionConventional synapsesMammalian retinaMouse retinaParacrine transmissionParacrine modeDirection selectivityDistinct temporal propertiesReceptor kinetics
2014
Excitatory Synaptic Inputs to Mouse On-Off Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells Lack Direction Tuning
Park SJ, Kim IJ, Looger LL, Demb JB, Borghuis BG. Excitatory Synaptic Inputs to Mouse On-Off Direction-Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells Lack Direction Tuning. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 3976-3981. PMID: 24623775, PMCID: PMC3951696, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5017-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirection-selective ganglion cellsOFF direction-selective ganglion cellsStarburst amacrine cellsGlutamate releaseBipolar cellsExcitatory currentsPreferred direction motionBipolar cell typesExcitatory synaptic inputsNull-direction inhibitionGABA-A receptorsWhole-cell recordingsNull-direction motionDSGC dendritesGABA releaseCholinergic inputAmacrine cellsGanglion cellsSynaptic mechanismsSynaptic inputsMammalian retinaMouse retinaIntensity-based glutamate-sensing fluorescent reporterDirection selectivityDirection tuning
2012
Form and Function of the M4 Cell, an Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Contributing to Geniculocortical Vision
Estevez ME, Fogerson PM, Ilardi MC, Borghuis BG, Chan E, Weng S, Auferkorte ON, Demb JB, Berson DM. Form and Function of the M4 Cell, an Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Contributing to Geniculocortical Vision. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 13608-13620. PMID: 23015450, PMCID: PMC3474539, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1422-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsBeta-GalactosidaseCholera ToxinCholine O-AcetyltransferaseDendritesElectroretinographyFemaleGeniculate BodiesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLightMaleMembrane PotentialsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhotic StimulationRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsRod OpsinsVisual CortexVisual FieldsVisual PathwaysConceptsM4 cellsM2 cellsDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusPhotosensitive retinal ganglion cellsInner plexiform layerRetinal ganglion cellsLateral geniculate nucleusRetinal output neuronsNonlinear spatial summationCholinergic bandDendritic stratificationON sublaminaLarge somataPlexiform layerGanglion cellsDendritic arborsGeniculate nucleusPhotopigment melanopsinVentral retinaDorsal retinaMouse retinaDirection selectivityFunctional rodsCentral projectionsM3 cells
2007
Cellular Mechanisms for Direction Selectivity in the Retina
Demb JB. Cellular Mechanisms for Direction Selectivity in the Retina. Neuron 2007, 55: 179-186. PMID: 17640521, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsDirection selectivityGanglion cellsDirection-selective ganglion cellsExcitatory circuitryInhibitory circuitryInhibitory interneuronsSynaptic inputsMammalian visual systemAction potentialsCellular mechanismsDirection preferenceMultiple sensory systemsDirection-selective mechanismsRetinaSensory systems