Corticothalamic axons are essential for retinal ganglion cell axon targeting to the mouse dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
JA Shanks, S Ito, L Schaevitz, J Yamada… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) relay information about the outside world to multiple
subcortical targets within the brain. This information is either used to dictate reflexive …
subcortical targets within the brain. This information is either used to dictate reflexive …
Retinal input regulates the timing of corticogeniculate innervation
TA Seabrook, RN El-Danaf, TE Krahe… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurons in layer VI of visual cortex represent one of the largest sources of nonretinal input to
the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and play a major role in modulating the gain of …
the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and play a major role in modulating the gain of …
Reciprocal connections between cortex and thalamus contribute to retinal axon targeting to dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
Y Diao, L Cui, Y Chen, TJ Burbridge, W Han… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (dLGN) is the primary image-forming target
of the retina and shares a reciprocal connection with primary visual cortex (V1). Previous …
of the retina and shares a reciprocal connection with primary visual cortex (V1). Previous …
Activation of a visual cortical column by a directionally selective thalamocortical neuron
The retinas of rabbits and rodents have directionally selective (DS) retinal ganglion cells that
convey directional signals through the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus to …
convey directional signals through the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus to …
Limited functional convergence of eye-specific inputs in the retinogeniculate pathway of the mouse
Segregation of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons by type and eye of origin is considered a
hallmark of dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) structure. However, recent anatomical …
hallmark of dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) structure. However, recent anatomical …
Heterogeneity of retinogeniculate axon arbors
The retinogeniculate synapse transmits information from retinal ganglion cells (RGC) in the
eye to thalamocortical relay neurons in the visual thalamus, the dorsal lateral geniculate …
eye to thalamocortical relay neurons in the visual thalamus, the dorsal lateral geniculate …
Mouse dLGN receives functional input from a diverse population of retinal ganglion cells with limited convergence
Mouse vision is based on the parallel output of more than 30 functional types of retinal
ganglion cells (RGCs). Little is known about how representations of visual information …
ganglion cells (RGCs). Little is known about how representations of visual information …
Organization of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the mouse
D Kerschensteiner, W Guido - Visual neuroscience, 2017 - cambridge.org
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 …
visual information from retina to visual cortex. Viewed initially as a simple relay, recent …
Layer-Specific Developmentally Precise Axon Targeting of Transient Suppressed-by-Contrast Retinal Ganglion Cells
The mouse retina encodes diverse visual features in the spike trains of> 40 retinal ganglion
cell (RGC) types. Each RGC type innervates a specific subset of the> 50 retinorecipient …
cell (RGC) types. Each RGC type innervates a specific subset of the> 50 retinorecipient …
Mapping the Retina onto the Brain
D Kerschensteiner, MB Feller - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Vision begins in the retina, which extracts salient features from the environment and
encodes them in the spike trains of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the output neurons of the …
encodes them in the spike trains of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), the output neurons of the …