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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2008

Anatomical and neurochemical characterization of dopaminergic interplexiform processes in mouse and rat retinas.

Paul Witkovsky, Robert Gábriel, David Krizaj

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Extrasynaptic release of GABA and dopamine by retinal dopaminergic neurons.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul WitkovskyDepartment of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. pw20@nyu.edu
Robert Gábriel
David Krizaj
New York University · USUniversity of Pecs · HUUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

REGULATION OF NEUROTRANSMISSION IN THE RETINAR01EY013870 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI KRIZAJ, DAVID · 2002 to 2011
$2.7M
NEI NIH HHS EY 13870NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopaminergic (DA) neurons of mouse and rat retinas are of the interplexiform subtype (DA-IPC), i.e., they send processes distally toward the outer retina, exhibiting numerous varicosities along their course. The primary question we addressed was whether distally located DA-IPC varicosities, identified by tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivity, had the characteristic presynaptic proteins associated with calcium-dependent vesicular release of neurotransmitter. We found that TH immunoreactive varicosities in the outer retina possessed vesicular monoamine transporter 2 and vesicular GABA transporter, but they lacked immunostaining for any of nine subtypes of voltage-dependent calcium channel. Immunoreactivity for other channels that may permit calcium influx such as certain ionotropic glutamate receptors and canonical transient receptor potential channels (TRPCs) was similarly absent, although DA-IPC varicosities did show ryanodine receptor immunoreactivity, indicating the presence of intracellular calcium stores. The synaptic vesicle proteins sv2a and sv2b and certain other proteins associated with the presynaptic membrane were absent from DA-IPC varicosities, but the vesicular SNARE protein, vamp2, was present in a fraction of those varicosities. We identified a presumed second class of IPC that is GABAergic but not dopaminergic. Outer retinal varicosities of this putative GABAergic IPC did colocalize synaptic vesicle protein 2a, suggesting they possessed a conventional vesicular release mechanism.

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NeuronsRetinaAnimalsCalciumCell ShapeDopamineMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelSodium ChannelsSynapsesTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseCalciumDopamineRyanodine Receptor Calcium Release ChannelSodium ChannelsTyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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PMID18615559
PMCPMC2923661
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