Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

A melanopsin ganglion cell subtype forms a dorsal retinal mosaic projecting to the supraoptic nucleus

  • Michael H. Berry,
  • Michael Moldavan,
  • Tavita Garrett,
  • Marc Meadows,
  • Olga Cravetchi,
  • Elizabeth White,
  • Joseph Leffler,
  • Henrique von Gersdorff,
  • Kevin M. Wright,
  • Charles N. Allen,
  • Benjamin Sivyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36955-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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In addition to rod and cone photoreceptors, the mammalian retina contains intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). Here the authors identify a population of ipRGCs that encode ventral vision.