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NMDA Receptor Expression by Retinal Ganglion Cells Is Not Required for Retinofugal Map Formation nor Eye-Specific Segregation in the Mouse.

Kristy O Johnson, Nathan A Smith, Evan Z Goldstein, Vittorio Gallo, Jason W Triplett

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Article in eNeuro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristy O JohnsonCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010.
Nathan A SmithCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010.ORCID 0000-0002-9254-5360
Evan Z GoldsteinCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010.ORCID 0000-0002-8052-7405
Vittorio GalloCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010.
Jason W TriplettCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC 20010 jtriplett@childrensnational.org.
Children's National · US

Funding

Research_ProjectU54HD090257 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2016 to 2020
$5.9M
Mechanisms of Oligodendrocyte and Axonal Abnormalities After Perinatal Brain InjuryR37NS109478 · NINDS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GALLO, VITTORIO · 2018 to 2025
$3.1M
Astrocytes Modulate Synaptic Plasticity via NorepinephrineK01NS110981 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SMITH, NATHAN A · 2019 to 2024
$1.1M
Environmental Enrichment-Induced Recovery of Neuronal and Glial Maturation Following Perinatal HypoxiaF32NS106723 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GOLDSTEIN, EVAN Z · 2018 to 2019
$106k
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090257NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS106723NINDS NIH HHS K01 NS110981NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS109478
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) project topographically to the superior colliculus (SC) and dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN). Spontaneous activity plays a critical role in retinotopic mapping in both regions; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying activity-dependent refinement remain unclear. Previous pharmacologic studies implicate NMDA receptors (NMDARs) in the establishment of retinotopy. In other brain regions, NMDARs are expressed on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic side of the synapse, and recent work suggests that presynaptic and postsynaptic NMDARs play distinct roles in retinotectal developmental dynamics. To directly test the role of NMDARs expressed by RGCs in retinofugal map formation, we took a conditional genetic knock-out approach to delete the obligate GluN1 subunit of NMDARs in RGCs. Here, we demonstrate reduced GluN1 expression in the retina of Chrnb3-Cre;GluN1

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Retinal Ganglion CellsVisual PathwaysAnimalsGeniculate BodiesMiceReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRetinaSuperior ColliculiReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartateactivitydevelopmentretinocollicularretinogeniculatevisual system

Identifiers

PMID34193509
PMCPMC8287875
OpenAlexW3177328538

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