title: Neurodevelopment: a novel role for activity in shaping retinal circuits.
abstract: The number of synaptic inputs onto retinal bipolar cells is influenced by transmitter release from neighboring bipolar cells, implicating a new form of population-based retrograde plasticity in the development of these neural circuits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Juliana M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. Electronic address: mfeller@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Marla B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Feller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D051245:Retinal Bipolar Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid