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ArticleeLife2020

New insights on the modeling of the molecular mechanisms underlying neural maps alignment in the midbrain.

Elise Laura Savier, James Dunbar, Kyle Cheung, Michael Reber

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Connectivity, Computation, and Plasticity of the Early Visual System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  2. Postsynaptic NMDA Receptor Expression Is Required for Visual Corticocollicular Projection Refinement in the Mouse Superior Colliculus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 authors.

Elise Laura SavierDepartment of Biology and Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7512-1630
James DunbarDonald K. Johnson Eye Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Kyle CheungDonald K. Johnson Eye Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Michael ReberDonald K. Johnson Eye Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8842-7276

Funding

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Project grantUniversité de Strasbourg Project grant - USIASUniversity Health Network Start-up grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously identified and modeled a principle of visual map alignment in the midbrain involving the mapping of the retinal projections and concurrent transposition of retinal guidance cues into the superior colliculus providing positional information for the organization of cortical V1 projections onto the retinal map (Savier et al., 2017). This principle relies on mechanisms involving Epha/Efna signaling, correlated neuronal activity and axon competition. Here, using the 3-step map alignment computational model, we predict and validate in vivo the visual mapping defects in a well-characterized mouse model. Our results challenge previous hypotheses and provide an alternative, although complementary, explanation for the phenotype observed. In addition, we propose a new quantification method to assess the degree of alignment and organization between maps, allowing inter-model comparisons. This work generalizes the validity and robustness of the 3-step map alignment algorithm as a predictive tool and confirms the basic mechanisms of visual map organization.

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Models, NeurologicalAlgorithmsAnimalsBrain MappingCells, CulturedComputer SimulationMesencephalonMiceNerve NetReceptors, Eph FamilyRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsReceptors, Eph Familycomputational biologyEph/Efn signallingmodellingmouseneuroscienceretinal developmentsuperior colliculussystems biologyvisual system

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PMCPMC7527235

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