Mechanisms of response homeostasis during retinocollicular map formation
Shah RD, Crair MC. Mechanisms of response homeostasis during retinocollicular map formation. The Journal Of Physiology 2008, 586: 4363-4369. PMID: 18617562, PMCID: PMC2614012, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.157222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponse homeostasisSynaptic plasticityIntrinsic excitabilityRetinocollicular map formationActivity-dependent developmentMouse superior colliculusHomeostatic plasticity mechanismsTotal synaptic inputReceptive fieldsDifferent mutant miceVisual receptive fieldsStrength of synapsesDifferent cellular mechanismsHebbian synaptic plasticityNeuronal outputSynaptic inputsSuperior colliculusRunaway excitationSynaptic scalingMutant miceNeural circuitsFunctional connectivityIndividual neuronsHomeostatic mechanismsCellular mechanismsBone Morphogenetic Proteins, Eye Patterning, and Retinocollicular Map Formation in the Mouse
Plas DT, Dhande OS, Lopez JE, Murali D, Thaller C, Henkemeyer M, Furuta Y, Overbeek P, Crair MC. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Eye Patterning, and Retinocollicular Map Formation in the Mouse. Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 28: 7057-7067. PMID: 18614674, PMCID: PMC2667968, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3598-06.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate nucleusSuperior colliculusOptic tractRetinotopic map formationRetinal ganglion cell axonsBone morphogenetic proteinCentral brain targetsRetinocollicular map formationGanglion cell axonsMap formationWild-type miceStrains of miceAxon behaviorEarly eye formationAxon orderRetinal cell fateOptic chiasmRGC axonsBrain targetsGeniculate nucleusCell axonsPotential downstream effectorsAxon sortingMorphogenetic proteinsMice