Visual Circuit Development Requires Patterned Activity Mediated by Retinal Acetylcholine Receptors
Burbridge TJ, Xu HP, Ackman JB, Ge X, Zhang Y, Ye MJ, Zhou ZJ, Xu J, Contractor A, Crair MC. Visual Circuit Development Requires Patterned Activity Mediated by Retinal Acetylcholine Receptors. Neuron 2014, 84: 1049-1064. PMID: 25466916, PMCID: PMC4258148, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAge FactorsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalciumCyclic AMPCyclic GMPCyclooxygenase InhibitorsEye ProteinsFunctional LateralityHomeodomain ProteinsIn Vitro TechniquesMeclofenamic AcidMiceMice, TransgenicPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX6 Transcription FactorReceptors, NicotinicRepressor ProteinsRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsRNA, MessengerVisual PathwaysConceptsRetinal wavesCircuit refinementNervous systemNeural circuitsVisual circuit developmentSpontaneous retinal activityRetinal activityRetinorecipient regionsSpontaneous activityAcetylcholine receptorsPharmacological manipulationVisual circuitsSynaptic connectionsVertebrate nervous systemNeural activityOnset of sensationAltered patternCircuit developmentSensory systemsCausal linkEarly developmentActivityBrainReceptors