Requirement for microglia for the maintenance of synaptic function and integrity in the mature retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2827-2842

  Wang, Xu ^a   Zhao, Lian ^a   Zhang, Jun ^c   Fariss, Robert N ^a   Ma, Wenxin ^a   Kretschmer, Friedrich ^a   Wang, Minhua ^a   Qian, Hao Hua ^b   Badea, Tudor C ^a   Diamond, Jeffrey S ^c   Gan, Wen Biao ^d   Roger, Jerome E ^e,f   Wong, Wai T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Thérapeutique en Ophtalmologie Retina France   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Electroretinogram; Glia; Microglia; Retina; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; EYE PROTEIN; GT(ROSA)26SOR NON-CODING RNA, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-8A; RETINA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SYNAPSES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84959513179     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3575-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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