Ancient origin of the rod bipolar cell pathway in the vertebrate retina

AM Hellevik, P Mardoum, J Hahn, Y Kölsch… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Vertebrates rely on rod photoreceptors for vision in low-light conditions. The specialized
downstream circuit for rod signalling, called the primary rod pathway, is well characterized in …

[HTML][HTML] Species–specific circuitry of double cone photoreceptors in two avian retinas

A Günther, S Haverkamp, S Irsen, PV Watkins… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
In most avian retinas, double cones (consisting of a principal and accessory member)
outnumber other photoreceptor types and have been associated with various functions, such …

Ibudilast Protects Retinal Bipolar Cells from Excitotoxic Retinal Damage and Activates the mTOR Pathway

S Hamadmad, TH Taylor, S Goswami, E Hawthorn… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ibudilast, an inhibitor of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and
phosphodiesterase (PDE), has been recently shown to have neuroprotective effects in a …

Ancient origin of the rod bipolar cell pathway in the vertebrate retina

T Yoshimatsu, A Hellevik, P Mardoum, J Hahn… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Vertebrates rely on rod photoreceptors for vision in low-light conditions. Mammals have a
specialized downstream circuit for rod signaling called the primary rod pathway, which …