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SUBMITTER: VanderWall KB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
VanderWall Kirstin B KB Lu Bin B Alfaro Jorge S JS Allsop Anna R AR Carr Alexa S AS Wang Shaomei S Meyer Jason S JS
Scientific reports 20201015 1
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are a heterogeneous population of neurons, comprised of numerous subtypes that work synchronously to transmit visual information to the brain. In blinding disorders such as glaucoma, RGCs are the main cell type to degenerate and lead to loss of vision. Previous studies have identified and characterized a variety of RGC subtypes in animal models, although only a handful of studies demonstrate the differential loss of these RGC subtypes in response to disease or injur ...[more]