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ReviewThe European journal of neuroscience2019

Conversations with Ray Guillery on albinism: linking Siamese cat visual pathway connectivity to mouse retinal development.

Carol Mason, Ray Guillery

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Review in The European journal of neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chiasmal Decussation in Oculo-Cutaneous Albinism Type 8.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  2. Review
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  4. TheGenes · 2022
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  5. Dopachrome tautomerase variants in patients with oculocutaneous albinism.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2021
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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.

Carol MasonDepartments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, Jerome L. Greene Science Center, 3227 Broadway, Room L3-043, Quad 3C, New York, NY, 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6253-505X
Ray GuilleryDepartments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, Jerome L. Greene Science Center, 3227 Broadway, Room L3-043, Quad 3C, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Allen Institute for Brain Science · US

Funding

The Role of Zic Genes in Patterning the Binocular ProjectionR01EY015290 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MASON, CAROL A. · 2004 to 2023
$7.6M
GROWTH AND GUIDANCE OF RETINAL AXONSR01EY012736 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MASON, CAROL A. · 1999 to 2017
$6.4M
Vision Sciences Training GrantT32EY013933 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Carol A. Mason, CAROL M TROY · 2001 to 2026
$5.3M
RPE-Neural Retina Interactions in the Developing Albino EyeR21EY023714 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MASON, CAROL A. · 2014 to 2015
$436k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012736NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015290NEI NIH HHS R21 EY023714NEI NIH HHS T32 EY013933Vision of Children Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In albinism of all species, perturbed melanin biosynthesis in the eye leads to foveal hypoplasia, retinal ganglion cell misrouting, and, consequently, altered binocular vision. Here, written before he died, Ray Guillery chronicles his discovery of the aberrant circuitry from eye to brain in the Siamese cat. Ray's characterization of visual pathway anomalies in this temperature sensitive mutation of tyrosinase and thus melanin synthesis in domestic cats opened the exploration of albinism and simultaneously, a genetic approach to the organization of neural circuitry. I follow this account with a remembrance of Ray's influence on my work. Beginning with my postdoc research with Ray on the cat visual pathway, through my own work on the mechanisms of retinal axon guidance in the developing mouse, Ray and I had a continuous and rich dialogue about the albino visual pathway. I will present the questions Ray posed and clues we have to date on the still-elusive link between eye pigment and the proper balance of ipsilateral and contralateral retinal ganglion cell projections to the brain.

Indexed as

Albinism, OcularAnimalsCatsGeneticsHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyMiceMonophenol MonooxygenaseNeurosciencesRetinaVisual PathwaysMonophenol Monooxygenasealbinolateral geniculate nucleusmelaninretinal ganglion cellretinal pigment epitheliumtyrosinase

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PMID30801828
PMCPMC6697109
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