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ArticleCell2015

Mapping Synaptic Input Fields of Neurons with Super-Resolution Imaging.

Yaron M Sigal, Colenso M Speer, Hazen P Babcock, Xiaowei Zhuang

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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70 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yaron M SigalHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Colenso M SpeerHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Hazen P BabcockCenter for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Xiaowei ZhuangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: zhuang@chemistry.harvard.edu.

Funding

Res Support CoreP50MH094271 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI HENSCH, TAKAO K · 2011 to 2022
$18.6M
Dynamic cellular architecture of bacteria by system-wide super-resolution imagingR01GM096450 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI XIE, XIAOLIANG SUNNEY, ZHUANG, XIAOWEI · 2010 to 2014
$3.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM096450NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094271NIMH NIH HHS P50MH094271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a basic functional unit in neural circuits, each neuron integrates input signals from hundreds to thousands of synapses. Knowledge of the synaptic input fields of individual neurons, including the identity, strength, and location of each synapse, is essential for understanding how neurons compute. Here, we developed a volumetric super-resolution reconstruction platform for large-volume imaging and automated segmentation of neurons and synapses with molecular identity information. We used this platform to map inhibitory synaptic input fields of On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells (On-Off DSGCs), which are important for computing visual motion direction in the mouse retina. The reconstructions of On-Off DSGCs showed a GABAergic, receptor subtype-specific input field for generating direction selective responses without significant glycinergic inputs for mediating monosynaptic crossover inhibition. These results demonstrate unique capabilities of this super-resolution platform for interrogating neural circuitry.

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AnimalsBrainCarrier ProteinsImmunohistochemistryMembrane ProteinsMiceNerve NetNeural PathwaysNeuronsOptical ImagingReceptors, GABAReceptors, GlycineRetinal Ganglion CellsRetinal NeuronsSynapsesCarrier ProteinsgephyrinMembrane ProteinsReceptors, GABAReceptors, Glycine

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PMID26435106
PMCPMC4733473

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