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ArticleCell reports2020

Mature Retina Compensates Functionally for Partial Loss of Rod Photoreceptors.

Rachel A Care, Ivan A Anastassov, David B Kastner, Yien-Ming Kuo, Luca Della Santina, Felice A Dunn

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Article in Cell reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel A CareGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Ivan A AnastassovDepartment of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
David B KastnerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Yien-Ming KuoDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Luca Della SantinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: luca.dellasantina@ucsf.edu.
Felice A DunnDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: felice.dunn@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USSan Francisco State University · US

Funding

Vision Research CoreP30EY001730 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Jay Neitz · 1985 to 2026
$23.5M
Rapid-Prototyping and Design CoreP30EY002162 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LAMBA, DEEPAK ASHOK · 1985 to 2024
$16.8M
Training Program for the Visual SciencesT32EY007120 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COPENHAGEN, DAVID RICHARD · 1990 to 2015
$2.9M
Thresholds, sites, and contributions of circuit compensation following rod photoreceptorloss in mature retinaR01EY030136 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DUNN, FELICE A · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
Morphological and functional effects of controlled cone death in adult retinaF31EY028017 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CARE, RACHEL · 2017 to 2019
$88k
NEI NIH HHS F31 EY028017NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001730NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002162NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030136NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of primary neuronal inputs inevitably strikes every neural circuit. The deafferented circuit could propagate, amplify, or mitigate input loss, thus affecting the circuit's output. How the deafferented circuit contributes to the effect on the output is poorly understood because of lack of control over loss of and access to circuit elements. Here, we control the timing and degree of rod photoreceptor ablation in mature mouse retina and uncover compensation. Following loss of half of the rods, rod bipolar cells mitigate the loss by preserving voltage output. Such mitigation allows partial recovery of ganglion cell responses. We conclude that rod death is compensated for in the circuit because ganglion cell responses to stimulation of half of the rods in an unperturbed circuit are weaker than responses after death of half of the rods. The dominant mechanism of such compensation includes homeostatic regulation of inhibition to balance the loss of excitation.

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AnimalsMiceRetinaRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsVisual Pathwaysbipolar cellsdeafferentationganglion cellshomeostatic plasticityinhibitionretinarod photoreceptorssensory systemvision

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PMID32521255
PMCPMC8049532
OpenAlexW3033359761

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