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- Title
Amacrine cell-mediated input to bipolar cells: Variations on a common mechanistic theme.
- Authors
GRIMES, WILLIAM N.
- Abstract
Feedback is a ubiquitous feature of neural circuits in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Analogous to pure electronic circuits, neuronal feedback provides either a positive or negative influence on the output of upstream components/neurons. Although the particulars (i.e., connectivity, physiological encoding/processing/signaling) of circuits in higher areas of the brain are often unclear, the inner retina proves an excellent model for studying both the anatomy and physiology of feedback circuits within the functional context of visual processing. Inner retinal feedback to bipolar cells is almost entirely mediated by a single class of interneurons, the amacrine cells. Although this might sound like a simple circuit arrangement with an equally simple function, anatomical, molecular, and functional evidence suggest that amacrine cells represent an extremely diverse class of CNS interneurons that contribute to a variety of retinal processes. In this review, I classify the amacrine cells according to their anatomical output synapses and target cell(s) (i.e., bipolar cells, ganglion cells, and/or amacrine cells) and discuss specifically our current understandings of amacrine cell-mediated feedback and output to bipolar cells on the synaptic, cellular, and circuit levels, while drawing connections to visual processing.
- Subjects
RETINA cytology; CENTRAL nervous system; SYNAPSES; DENDRITIC cells; VISION; CELLULAR signal transduction; RETINAL ganglion cells
- Publication
Visual Neuroscience, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
0952-5238
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0952523811000241