Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells [PDF]
A new mammalian photoreceptor was recently discovered to reside in the ganglion cell layer of the inner retina. These intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) express a photopigment, melanopsin that confers upon them the ability to respond to light in the absence of all rod and cone photoreceptor input.
Pickard, Gary E., Sollars, Patricia J.
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Protecting retinal ganglion cells [PDF]
Retinal ganglion cell degeneration underlies several conditions which give rise to significant visual compromise, including glaucoma, hereditary optic neuropathies, ischaemic optic neuropathies, and demyelinating disease. In this review, we discuss the emerging strategies for neuroprotection specifically in the context of glaucoma, including ...
T Z, Khatib, K R, Martin
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Retinal ganglion cells in diabetes [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy has long been recognized as a vascular disease that develops in most patients, and it was believed that the visual dysfunction that develops in some diabetics was due to the vascular lesions used to characterize the disease. It is becoming increasingly clear that neuronal cells of the retina also are affected by diabetes, resulting
Timothy S, Kern, Alistair J, Barber
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Targeting retinal ganglion cell recovery [PDF]
Accumulating evidence from experimental and clinical studies suggest that retinal ganglion cells at least in the earlier stages of glaucoma have the capacity to recover function following periods of functional loss. The capacity for recovery may be negatively impacted by advancing age but can be boosted by interventions such as diet restriction and ...
J G, Crowston +6 more
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Assessing retinal ganglion cell damage [PDF]
Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) loss is the hallmark of optic neuropathies, including glaucoma, where damage to RGC axons occurs at the level of the optic nerve head. In experimental glaucoma, damage is assessed at the axon level (in the retinal nerve fibre layer and optic nerve head) or at the soma level (in the retina).
C A, Smith, J R, Vianna, B C, Chauhan
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General features of the retinal connectome determine the computation of motion anticipation [PDF]
Motion anticipation allows the visual system to compensate for the slow speed of phototransduction so that a moving object can be accurately located.
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Cell-Based Neuroprotection of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Animal Models of Optic Neuropathies
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) comprise a heterogenous group of projection neurons that transmit visual information from the retina to the brain. Progressive degeneration of these cells, as it occurs in inflammatory, ischemic, traumatic or glaucomatous ...
Yue Hu +3 more
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Organization of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the mouse [PDF]
The dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the thalamus is the principal conduit for visual information from retina to visual cortex. Viewed initially as a simple relay, recent studies in the mouse reveal far greater complexity in the way input from
Guido, William, Kerschensteiner, Daniel
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Laminin receptors in the retina: sequence analysis of the chick integrin alpha 6 subunit. Evidence for transcriptional and posttranslational regulation. [PDF]
The integrin alpha 6 beta 1 is a prominent laminin receptor used by many cell types. In the present work, we isolate clones and determine the primary sequence of the chick integrin alpha 6 subunit.
de Curtis, I +3 more
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Retinal ganglion cell loss is accompanied by antibody depositions and increased levels of microglia after immunization with retinal antigens. [PDF]
BackgroundAntibodies against retinal and optic nerve antigens are detectable in glaucoma patients. Recent studies using a model of experimental autoimmune glaucoma demonstrated that immunization with certain ocular antigens causes an immun-mediated ...
Stephanie C Joachim +8 more
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