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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2025

Layer-specific anatomical and physiological features of the retina's neurovascular unit.

William N Grimes, David M Berson, Adit Sabnis, Mrinalini Hoon, Raunak Sinha, Hua Tian, Jeffrey S Diamond

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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7 authors.

William N GrimesSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Electronic address: william.grimes@nih.gov.
David M BersonDepartment of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Adit SabnisSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Mrinalini HoonDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Raunak SinhaDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Hua TianSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Jeffrey S DiamondSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Electronic address: diamondj@ninds.nih.gov.

Funding

Circuit function and visual signal processing in the retinaZIANS003145 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI DIAMOND, JEFFREY S · 2014 to 2025
$16.7M
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MAMMALIAN GANGLION CELLSR01EY012793 · NEI · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BERSON, DAVID M. · 2000 to 2022
$9.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003145NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurovascular unit (NVU), comprising vascular, glial, and neural elements, supports the energetic demands of neural computation, but this aspect of the retina's trilaminar vessel network is poorly understood. Only the innermost vessel layer-the superficial vascular plexus (SVP)-is associated with astrocytes, like brain capillaries, whereas radial Müller glia interact with vessels in the other layers. Using serial electron microscopic reconstructions from mouse and primate retina, we find that Müller processes cover capillaries in a tessellating pattern, mirroring the wrapping of brain capillaries by tiled astrocytic endfeet. Gaps in the Müller sheath, found mainly in the intermediate vascular plexus (IVP), permit diverse neuron types to contact pericytes and the endothelial cells directly. Pericyte somata are a favored target, often at spine-like structures with reduced or absent vascular basement lamina. Focal application of ATP to the vitreal surface evoked Ca

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Ependymoglial CellsRetinaRetinal VesselsAnimalsAstrocytesFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPericytesastrocyteblood brain barriercapillarygliaMüllerneuronneurovascular couplingneurovascular unitpericyteretina

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PMID39689705
PMCPMC11867051

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