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SUBMITTER: Vlasits AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4883118 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vlasits Anna L AL Morrie Ryan D RD Tran-Van-Minh Alexandra A Bleckert Adam A Gainer Christian F CF DiGregorio David A DA Feller Marla B MB
Neuron 20160301 6
The starburst amacrine cell in the mouse retina presents an opportunity to examine the precise role of sensory input location on neuronal computations. Using visual receptive field mapping, glutamate uncaging, two-photon Ca(2+) imaging, and genetic labeling of putative synapses, we identify a unique arrangement of excitatory inputs and neurotransmitter release sites on starburst amacrine cell dendrites: the excitatory input distribution is skewed away from the release sites. By comparing computa ...[more]