Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22192503›Full record

ReviewVisual neuroscience2011

The dynamic architecture of photoreceptor ribbon synapses: cytoskeletal, extracellular matrix, and intramembrane proteins.

Aaron J Mercer, Wallace B Thoreson

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In one paragraph

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 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. A non-conducting role of the CabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
    Article
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  5. The Structural and Functional Integrity of Rod Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapses Depends on Redundant Actions of Dynamins 1 and 3.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
    Article
  6. Review
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  9. T-Type CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Functional compartmentalization of photoreceptor neurons.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Sensing through Non-Sensing Ocular Ion Channels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
  15. Light-Adapted Electroretinogram Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020
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  19. Expression and Localization of Kcne2 in the Vertebrate Retina.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aaron J MercerDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5840, USA.
Wallace B Thoreson
University of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Regulation of Photoreceptor NeurotransmisssionR01EY010542 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KARATEKIN, ERDEM, THORESON, WALLACE B · 2001 to 2023
$7.7M
CHLORIDE REGULATION OF PHOTORECEPTOR NEUROTRANSMISSIONR29EY010542 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI THORESON, WALLACE B · 1996 to 2000
$105k
METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN RETINAL NEURONSR55EY010542 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI THORESON, WALLACE B · 1994 to 1994
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NEI NIH HHS EY10542NEI NIH HHS R01 EY010542NEI NIH HHS R29 EY010542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rod and cone photoreceptors possess ribbon synapses that assist in the transmission of graded light responses to second-order bipolar and horizontal cells of the vertebrate retina. Proper functioning of the synapse requires the juxtaposition of presynaptic release sites immediately adjacent to postsynaptic receptors. In this review, we focus on the synaptic, cytoskeletal, and extracellular matrix proteins that help to organize photoreceptor ribbon synapses in the outer plexiform layer. We examine the proteins that foster the clustering of release proteins, calcium channels, and synaptic vesicles in the presynaptic terminals of photoreceptors adjacent to their postsynaptic contacts. Although many proteins interact with one another in the presynaptic terminal and synaptic cleft, these protein-protein interactions do not create a static and immutable structure. Instead, photoreceptor ribbon synapses are remarkably dynamic, exhibiting structural changes on both rapid and slow time scales.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalciumCalcium ChannelsCytoskeletonExtracellular MatrixRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsSynapsesSynaptic VesiclesCalciumCalcium Channels

Identifiers

PMID22192503
PMCPMC3437624
OpenAlexW2108397455

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