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VISION RESEARCH
Volume 44, Issue 28, Pages 3307-3316Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.07.041
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synaptic plasticity; synaptic pathway; visual deprivation; retinal ganglion cells
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01EY012345] Funding Source: Medline
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The retinal synaptic network continues its maturational refinement after eye opening in mammals. This synaptic refinement is reflected in changes of retinal neuron synaptic activity and connectivity. In mature retina, the dendrites of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the inner plexiform, layer (IPL) of retina are separated into ON or OFF sublamina. At early developmental stage, however, the dendrites of most RGCs are ramified throughout the IPL. Recently we found that the postnatal maturational processes converting bistratified ON-OFF responsive RGCs to monostratified ON and OFF responsive RGCs depend upon visual stimulation after eye opening. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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