2018
Convergence and Divergence of CRH Amacrine Cells in Mouse Retinal Circuitry
Park SJH, Pottackal J, Ke JB, Jun NY, Rahmani P, Kim IJ, Singer JH, Demb JB. Convergence and Divergence of CRH Amacrine Cells in Mouse Retinal Circuitry. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 3753-3766. PMID: 29572434, PMCID: PMC5895998, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2518-17.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha ganglion cellsGanglion cell typesAmacrine cellsGanglion cellsCRH cellsAlpha cellsGABAergic synapsesInhibitory interneuronsExcitation/inhibition balanceCorticotropin-releasing hormoneCre transgenic miceFire action potentialsTonic excitatory driveCell typesBalance of excitationGABA releaseExcitatory circuitsRetinal circuitryExcitatory driveInhibition balanceInhibitory inputsMammalian retinaMouse retinaAction potentialsOptogenetic analyses
2012
The most numerous ganglion cell type of the mouse retina is a selective feature detector
Zhang Y, Kim IJ, Sanes JR, Meister M. The most numerous ganglion cell type of the mouse retina is a selective feature detector. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: e2391-e2398. PMID: 22891316, PMCID: PMC3437843, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211547109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGanglion cellsBipolar cellsMouse retinaW3 cellsGanglion cell typesRetinal ganglion cellsStrong lateral inhibitionReceptive field sizeDifferent visual inputsHuman retinaRetinaNeural imagesCell poolCommon visual stimuliReceptive fieldsVisual stimuliVisual inputCell typesUnusual conditionVisual sceneResponse propertiesCellsLateral inhibitionDistinct populationsNaturalistic stimuli