Retinal wave patterns are governed by mutual excitation among starburst amacrine cells and drive the refinement and maintenance of visual circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3871-3886

  Xu, Hong Ping ^a   Burbridge, Timothy J ^a   Ye, Meijun ^a   Chen, Minggang ^a   Ge, Xinxin ^a   Zhou, Z Jimmy ^a   Crair, Michael C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; Eye specific segregation; Recurrent network; Retinal waves; Spontaneous activity; Starburst amacrine cells

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; CALCIUM; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SLC17A7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84962004147     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3549-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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