An Unconventional Glutamatergic Circuit in the Retina Formed by vGluT3 Amacrine Cells
Lee S, Chen L, Chen M, Ye M, Seal RP, Zhou ZJ. An Unconventional Glutamatergic Circuit in the Retina Formed by vGluT3 Amacrine Cells. Neuron 2014, 84: 708-715. PMID: 25456497, PMCID: PMC4254642, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirection-selective ganglion cellsAmacrine cellsGlutamatergic circuitsGanglion cellsCalcium-dependent glutamate releaseVGluT3 amacrine cellsExcitatory glutamatergic inputGanglion cell activityOFF light responsesReceptive field structureOFF channelsGlutamate releaseGlutamatergic inputsInner retinaExcitatory inputsInhibitory neuronsBipolar cellsMouse retinaCell activityOFF responsesRetinaExcitatory interactionsVertebrate retinaCellsVisual signals