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ArticleeLife2025

Mistargeted retinal axons induce a synaptically independent subcircuit in the visual thalamus of albino mice.

Sean McCracken, Liam McCoy, Ziyi Hu, Julie A Hodges, Katia Valkova, Philip R Williams, Josh L Morgan

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sean McCrackenJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Liam McCoyJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Ziyi HuBiomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Julie A HodgesJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Katia ValkovaJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Philip R WilliamsJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.
Josh L MorganJohn F Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-2416

Funding

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER VISION RESEARCHP30EY002687 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Philip Raymond Williams · 1985 to 2026
$18.4M
Research Training Program in the Vision SciencesT32EY013360 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIMING CHEN, Daniel Kerschensteiner · 2000 to 2026
$5.6M
Development and function of glomerular microcircuits in the visual thalamusR01EY029313 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORGAN, JOSHUA L · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Identifying and leveraging strategies of inherently resilient retinal neurons to treat degenerationR01EY032908 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Philip Raymond Williams · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Tools and approaches for functional connectomics of dense neuropilsR21EY030623 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KERSCHENSTEINER, DANIEL, MORGAN, JOSHUA L · 2019 to 2020
$432k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002687NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029313NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032908NEI NIH HHS R21 EY030623NEI NIH HHS T32 EY013360NIH HHS EY029313NIH HHS R01EY032908NIH HHS T32 EY013360Research to Prevent Blindness Career development awardResearch to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted grant to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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Abstract

In albino mice and EphB1 knockout mice, mistargeted retinal ganglion cell axons form dense islands of axon terminals in the dorsal lateral geniculate nuclei (dLGN). The formation of these islands of retinal input depends on developmental patterns of spontaneous retinal activity. We reconstructed the microcircuitry of the activity-dependent islands and found that the boundaries of the island represent a remarkably strong segregation within retinogeniculate connectivity. We conclude that when sets of retinal input are established in the wrong part of the dLGN, the developing circuitry responds by forming a synaptically isolated subcircuit within the otherwise fully connected network. The fact that there is a developmental starting condition that can induce a synaptically segregated microcircuit has important implications for our understanding of the organization of visual circuits and our understanding of the implementation of activity-dependent development.

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AxonsGeniculate BodiesRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsVisual PathwaysAnimalsMiceMice, KnockoutReceptor, EphB1Receptor, EphB1albinoHebbianlateral geniculate nucleusmouseneuroscienceretinal ganglion cellvisual development

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PMID40100272
PMCPMC11919250

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