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. 2023 Feb;33(2):89-90.
doi: 10.1038/s41422-022-00732-9.

Illuminating brain development

Courtney A Burger  1   2 , Richard A Lang  3   4   5
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Illuminating brain development

Courtney A Burger et al. Cell Res. 2023 Feb.
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The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. The effect of melanopsin-expressing ipRGCs on brain development.
Melanopsin-expressing ipRGCs are light-sensitive neurons in the retina that project to multiple regions of the brain. One such retinorecipient region is the SON, which forms a reciprocal circuit with the PVN, to release oxytocin. The release of oxytocin is required for normal synapse formation during development and impacts learning in adults. This figure was created with BioRender.
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  • Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells mediate light-promoted brain development.
    Hu J, Shi Y, Zhang J, Huang X, Wang Q, Zhao H, Shen J, Chen Z, Song W, Zheng P, Zhan S, Sun Y, Cai P, An K, Ouyang C, Zhao B, Zhou Q, Xu L, Xiong W, Zhang Z, Meng J, Chen J, Ma Y, Zhao H, Zhang M, Qu K, Hu J, Luo M, Xu F, Chen X, Xiong Y, Bao J, Xue T. Hu J, et al. Cell. 2022 Aug 18;185(17):3124-3137.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.07.009. Epub 2022 Aug 8. Cell. 2022. PMID: 35944541

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