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ReviewThe Journal of physiology2008

Synaptic activity, visual experience and the maturation of retinal synaptic circuitry.

Ning Tian

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cholinergic Waves Have a Modest Influence on the Transcriptome of Retinal Ganglion Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  15. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography analysis in deprivational amblyopia: a pilot study with unilateral pediatric cataract patients.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2013
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  17. Lateral interactions in the outer retina.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2012
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  19. A bird's eye view of neural circuit formation.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ning TianDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. ning.tian@yale.edu

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fundamental feature of the synaptic organization of retina is the laminar-specific structure, in which specific types of retinal neurons form highly selective synapses to transfer distinct synaptic signals. In mature vertebrate retina, the dendrites of most retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are narrowly stratified and ramified in specific strata of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of retina to synapse with distinct subtypes of bipolar cells (BCs). However, little is known of how retinal neurons form this laminar-specific synaptic structure during development. Recent studies showed that the formation of retinal synaptic circuitry is regulated by both gene expression and neuronal activity. Here I will briefly discuss the recent advances in our understanding of how synaptic activity modulates the maturation of RGC synaptic connections.

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NeurogenesisAnimalsAnimals, NewbornLightRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsSynapsesVisual Pathways

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PMID18669531
PMCPMC2614011

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