Following directions from the retina to the brain

Thomas A Ray; Jeremy N Kay

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.017

Following directions from the retina to the brain

Neuron. 2015 May 20;86(4):855-857. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.017.

Authors

Thomas A Ray¹, Jeremy N Kay²

Affiliations

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology, Box 3802, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
² Duke University School of Medicine, Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology, Box 3802, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25996129
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.017

Abstract

Different types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) project to distinct brain targets. In this issue of Neuron, Osterhout et al. (2015) and Sun et al. (2015) identify how direction-selective RGC axons match with their targets and the consequences for visual function when targeting is impaired.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Axons / metabolism*
Brain / metabolism*
Contactins / metabolism*
Eye Movements / physiology*
Retina / metabolism*
Retinal Ganglion Cells / metabolism*
Visual Pathways / metabolism*
Visual Pathways / physiology*

Substances

Contactins

Grants and funding

R01 EY024694/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States