ArticleThe Journal of physiology2005
Physiological properties of rod photoreceptor electrical coupling in the tiger salamander retina.
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- Rod/Cone Gap Junctions: Plastic Electrical Synapses at the First Visual Synapse.Annual review of vision science · 2026Review
- Linear and Nonlinear Behaviors of the Photoreceptor Coupled Network.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Dual-Cell Patch-Clamp Recording Revealed a Mechanism for a Ribbon Synapse to Process Both Digital and Analog Inputs and Outputs.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
- Molecular and functional architecture of the mouse photoreceptor network.Science advances · 2020Article
- A Presynaptic Group III mGluR Recruits Gβγ/SNARE Interactions to Inhibit Synaptic Transmission by Cone Photoreceptors in the Vertebrate Retina.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Expression and Localization of Connexins in the Outer Retina of the Mouse.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2016Article
- Direct Evidence for Daily Plasticity of Electrical Coupling between Rod Photoreceptors in the Mammalian Retina.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016Article
- Weak endogenous Ca2+ buffering supports sustained synaptic transmission by distinct mechanisms in rod and cone photoreceptors in salamander retina.Physiological reports · 2015Article
- Rod electrical coupling is controlled by a circadian clock and dopamine in mouse retina.The Journal of physiology · 2015Article
- Calmodulin enhances ribbon replenishment and shapes filtering of synaptic transmission by cone photoreceptors.The Journal of general physiology · 2014Article
- Intracellular calcium stores drive slow non-ribbon vesicle release from rod photoreceptors.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2014Article
- Sign-preserving and sign-inverting synaptic interactions between rod and cone photoreceptors in the dark-adapted retina.The Journal of physiology · 2013Article
- Ionotropic glutamate receptors mediate OFF responses in light-adapted ON bipolar cells.Vision research · 2012Article
- Lateral interactions in the outer retina.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2012Review
- Photoreceptor coupling mediated by connexin36 in the primate retina.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012Article
- Gap-junctional coupling of mammalian rod photoreceptors and its effect on visual detection.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012Article
- Active roles of electrically coupled bipolar cell network in the adult retina.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2010Article
- Synaptic organization of the vertebrate retina: general principles and species-specific variations: the Friedenwald lecture.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2010Article
- A computational study on the role of gap junctions and rod Ih conductance in the enhancement of the dynamic range of the retina.PloS one · 2009Article
- Genetic dissection of rod and cone pathways in the dark-adapted mouse retina.Journal of neurophysiology · 2009Article
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Abstract
Using dual whole-cell voltage and current clamp recording techniques, we investigated the gap junctional conductance and the coupling coefficient between neighbouring rods in live salamander retinal slices. The application of sinusoidal stimuli over a wide range of temporal frequencies allowed us to characterize the band-pass filtering properties of the rod network. We found that the electrical coupling of all neighbouring rods exhibited reciprocal and symmetrical conductivities. On average, the junctional conductance between paired rods was 500 pS and the coupling coefficient (the ratio of voltage responses of the follower cell to those of the driver cell), or K-value, was 0.07. Our experimental results also demonstrated that the rod network behaved like a band-pass filter with a peak frequency of about 2-5 Hz. However, the gap junctions between adjacent rods exhibited linearity and voltage independency within the physiological range of rods. These gap junctions did not contribute to the filtering mechanisms of the rod network. Combined with the computational modelling, our data suggest that the filtering of higher frequency rod signals by the network is largely mediated by the passive resistive and capacitive (RC) properties of rod plasma membranes. Furthermore, we found several attributes of rod electrical coupling resembling the physiological properties of gene-encoded Cx35/36 gap junctions examined in other in vitro studies. This indicates that the previously found Cx35/36 expression in the salamander rod network may be functionally involved in rod-rod electrical coupling.
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