Nature neuroscience, 2012-02, Vol.15 (2), p.298-307
2012
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- Titel
- Visual map development depends on the temporal pattern of binocular activity in mice
- Ist Teil von
- Nature neuroscience, 2012-02, Vol.15 (2), p.298-307
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Nature Publishing Group
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Quelle
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Binocular competition is thought to drive eye-specific segregation in the developing visual system, potentially through Hebbian synaptic learning rules that are sensitive to correlations in afferent activity. Altering retinal activity can disrupt eye-specific segregation, but little is known about the temporal features of binocular activity that modulate visual map development. We used optogenetic techniques to directly manipulate retinal activity in vivo and identified a critical period before eye opening in mice when specific binocular features of retinal activity drive visual map development. Synchronous activation of both eyes disrupted segregation, whereas asynchronous stimulation enhanced segregation. The optogenetic stimulus applied was spatially homogenous; accordingly, retinotopy of ipsilateral projections was markedly perturbed, but contralateral retinotopy was unaffected or even improved. These results provide direct evidence that the synchrony and precise temporal pattern of binocular retinal activity during a critical period in development regulates eye-specific segregation and retinotopy in the developing visual system.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1097-6256eISSN: 1546-1726DOI: 10.1038/nn.3007Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3267873
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- Schlagworte
- Action Potentials - genetics, Animal experimentation, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Brain Mapping, Calcium - metabolism, Channelrhodopsins, Critical Period (Psychology), Functional Laterality, Gene expression, In Vitro Techniques, Light, Luminescent Proteins - genetics, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Neuronal Plasticity - genetics, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Physiological aspects, Receptors, Nicotinic - deficiency, Receptors, Nicotinic - genetics, Retina - cytology, Retinal Ganglion Cells - physiology, Superior colliculi, Superior Colliculi - physiology, Time Factors, Vision, Binocular - genetics, Vision, Binocular - physiology, Visual pathways, Visual Pathways - physiology