title: Neurochemical organization of the first visual synapse.
abstract: The retina employs two main synaptic relays in which information converges to higher order cells, and at the same time is modified by lateral inhibitory interneurons. At the first synaptic layer, rod and cone terminals contact second order neurons (horizontal and bipolar cells), and in turn, horizontal cells contact cones and bipolar cells. In this talk/review we describe the structures and the neurochemicals involved in transmitting the visual signal at this synaptic complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA. noga@retina.anatomy.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Noga
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vardi
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhingra
authors.forename: Lingli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Arkady
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lyubarsky
authors.forename: Tian Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Katsuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morigiwa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D064506:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2; D027981:Symporters / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D000096922:K Cl- Cotransporters
chemical_list: D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters; D064506:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2; D027981:Symporters; D000096922:K Cl- Cotransporters; C113897:metabotropic glutamate receptor 6