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ReviewVisual neuroscience2011

Synaptic release at mammalian bipolar cell terminals.

Qun-Fang Wan, Ruth Heidelberger

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Review in Visual neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Primary Cilia in Amacrine Cells in Retinal Development.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2021
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  15. Phosphatidic acid and neurotransmission.Advances in biological regulation · 2017
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  16. Error-Robust Modes of the Retinal Population Code.PLoS computational biology · 2016
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  19. RIM1/2-Mediated Facilitation of Cav1.4 Channel Opening Is Required for Ca2+-Stimulated Release in Mouse Rod Photoreceptors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qun-Fang WanDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Ruth Heidelberger
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Neurotransmisson in Vertebrate RetinaR01EY012128 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI HEIDELBERGER, RUTH · 2003 to 2025
$8.0M
NEI NIH HHS 5R01EY012128NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bipolar cells play a vital role in the transfer of visual information across the vertebrate retina. The synaptic output of these neurons is regulated by factors that are extrinsic and intrinsic. Relatively little is known about the intrinsic factors that regulate neurotransmitter exocytosis. Much of what we know about intrinsic presynaptic mechanisms that regulate glutamate release has come from the study of the unusually large and accessible synaptic terminal of the goldfish rod-dominant bipolar cell, the Mb1 bipolar cell. However, over the past several years, examination of presynaptic mechanisms governing neurotransmitter release has been extended to the mammalian rod bipolar cell. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in our understanding of synaptic vesicle dynamics and neurotransmitter release in rodent rod bipolar cells and consider how these properties help to shape the synaptic output of the mammalian retina.

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AnimalsCalcium SignalingCytoplasmEndocytosisExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHumansPresynaptic TerminalsRetinaRetinal Bipolar CellsSynapsesSynaptic Vesicles

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PMID21272392
PMCPMC3157312
OpenAlexW1968575175

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