Ca2+ extrusion by high‐affinity plasma membrane calcium ATPases (PMCAs) is a principal
mechanism for the clearance of Ca2+ from the cytosol. The PMCA family consists of four …

Ganglion cells in the vertebrate retina integrate visual information over their receptive fields.
They do so by pooling presynaptic excitatory inputs from typically many bipolar cells, which …

Neural inhibition plays a key role in determining the specific computational tasks of different
brain circuitries. This functional “braking” activity is provided by inhibitory interneurons that …

Cav1. 4 L-type Ca 2+ channels are crucial for synaptic transmission in retinal photoreceptors
and bipolar neurons. Recent studies suggest that the activity of this channel is regulated by …

Retinal rod photoreceptors are depolarized in darkness to approximately− 40 mV, a state in
which they maintain sustained glutamate release despite low levels of calcium channel …

The ability to see at night relies on the transduction of single photons by the rod
photoreceptors and transmission of the resulting signals through the retina. Using paired …

The b-wave is a major component of the electroretinogram that reflects the activity of
depolarizing bipolar cells (DBCs). The b-wave is used diagnostically to identify patients with …

Voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels (Ca v) undergo extensive alternative splicing that greatly
enhances their functional diversity in excitable cells. Here, we characterized novel splice …

Mammalian B-type horizontal cells make contact with both photoreceptor types: the
dendrites contact cone photoreceptors, whereas the axon terminal processes contact rods …

Although correlated neural activity is a hallmark of many regions of the developing nervous
system, the neural events underlying its propagation remain largely unknown. In the …