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SUBMITTER: Ghinia MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5219957 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghinia Miruna Georgiana MG Novelli Elena E Sajgo Szilard S Badea Tudor Constantin TC Strettoi Enrica E
The Journal of comparative neurology 20160729 1
Ganglion cells (GCs), the retinal output neurons, receive synaptic inputs from bipolar and amacrine cells in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) and send information to the brain nuclei via the optic nerve. Although GCs constitute less than 1% of the total retinal cells, they occur in numerous types and are the first neurons formed during retinal development. Using Brn3a and Brn3b mutant mice in which the alkaline phosphatase gene was knocked-in (Badea et al. [Neuron] 2009;61:852-864; Badea and Nath ...[more]