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Distinct Circuits for Recovery of Eye Dominance and Acuity in Murine Amblyopia.


ABSTRACT: Degrading vision by one eye during a developmental critical period yields enduring deficits in both eye dominance and visual acuity. A predominant model is that "reactivating" ocular dominance (OD) plasticity after the critical period is required to improve acuity in amblyopic adults. However, here we demonstrate that plasticity of eye dominance and acuity are independent and restricted by the nogo-66 receptor (ngr1) in distinct neuronal populations. Ngr1 mutant mice display greater excitatory synaptic input onto both inhibitory and excitatory neurons with restoration of normal vision. Deleting ngr1 in excitatory cortical neurons permits recovery of eye dominance but not acuity. Reciprocally, deleting ngr1 in thalamus is insufficient to rectify eye dominance but yields improvement of acuity to normal. Abolishing ngr1 expression in adult mice also promotes recovery of acuity. Together, these findings challenge the notion that mechanisms for OD plasticity contribute to the alterations in circuitry that restore acuity in amblyopia.

SUBMITTER: Stephany CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6008222 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distinct Circuits for Recovery of Eye Dominance and Acuity in Murine Amblyopia.

Stephany Céleste-Élise CÉ   Ma Xiaokuang X   Dorton Hilary M HM   Wu Jie J   Solomon Alexander M AM   Frantz Michael G MG   Qiu Shenfeng S   McGee Aaron W AW  

Current biology : CB 20180607 12


Degrading vision by one eye during a developmental critical period yields enduring deficits in both eye dominance and visual acuity. A predominant model is that "reactivating" ocular dominance (OD) plasticity after the critical period is required to improve acuity in amblyopic adults. However, here we demonstrate that plasticity of eye dominance and acuity are independent and restricted by the nogo-66 receptor (ngr1) in distinct neuronal populations. Ngr1 mutant mice display greater excitatory s  ...[more]

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