Homeostatic plasticity shapes the visual system’s first synapse

Retinal rod bipolar cells (RBCs) partially undergo programmed cell death triggering cell density-dependent plasticity. This study shows that increased removal of RBCs using genetic approaches causes dendrites of the remaining RBCs to expand and contact more rod photoreceptors while reducing connecti...

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Main Authors: Robert E. Johnson, Nai-Wen Tien, Ning Shen, James T. Pearson, Florentina Soto, Daniel Kerschensteiner
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/df5db3a28cba4574a1aff19ad4a1cf8d
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