2015
Function and Circuitry of VIP+ Interneurons in the Mouse Retina
Park SJ, Borghuis BG, Rahmani P, Zeng Q, Kim IJ, Demb JB. Function and Circuitry of VIP+ Interneurons in the Mouse Retina. Journal Of Neuroscience 2015, 35: 10685-10700. PMID: 26224854, PMCID: PMC4518048, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0222-15.2015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGanglion cell layerAmacrine cell typesInner nuclear layerAmacrine cellsGanglion cellsINL cellsON pathwayGanglion cell dendritesGanglion cell typesBipolar cell terminalsWhole-cell recordingsCell typesNervous system functionSpatial tuningBipolar cell pathwaysTransgenic mouse lineGCL cellsOptic nerveGABAergic interneuronsRetinal functionCell dendritesRetinal circuitryInhibitory interneuronsNuclear layerBipolar interneurons
2014
NMDA and AMPA receptors contribute similarly to temporal processing in mammalian retinal ganglion cells
Stafford BK, Manookin MB, Singer JH, Demb JB. NMDA and AMPA receptors contribute similarly to temporal processing in mammalian retinal ganglion cells. The Journal Of Physiology 2014, 592: 4877-4889. PMID: 25217374, PMCID: PMC4259533, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.276543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsCells, CulturedGuinea PigsKineticsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRetinal Ganglion CellsConceptsGanglion cellsNMDAR kineticsOFF alphaMammalian retinal ganglion cellsNMDA-type glutamate receptorsAMPAR-mediated responsesOFF alpha cellsGanglion cell typesRetinal ganglion cellsGuinea pig retinaNMDAR-mediated responsesBipolar cell pathwaysCell typesFast excitatory neurotransmissionGlutamatergic transmissionPresynaptic inhibitionGlutamate releaseSame synapsesSynaptic inhibitionGlutamate receptorsHz stimulationPostsynaptic AMPAExcitatory neurotransmissionSensory neuronsAMPA receptors