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The dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and the pulvinar as essential partners for visual cortical functions by Casanova, Christian, Chalupa, Leo M.

“…In most neuroscience textbooks, the thalamus is presented as a structure that relays sensory signals from visual, auditory, somatosensory, and gustatory…”
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Morphological properties of mouse retinal ganglion cells by Coombs, J., van der List, D., Wang, G.-Y., Chalupa, L.M.

“…The mouse retina offers an increasingly valuable model for vision research given the possibilities for genetic manipulation. Here we assess how the structural…”
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Cellular Reorganization in the Human Retina during Normal Aging by Eliasieh, Kasra, Liets, Lauren C, Chalupa, Leo M

“…To characterize the nature and extent of neuronal reorganization in the human retina during normal aging. Retinas of young (18-34 years old) and aged (68-77…”
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Retinal waves in mice lacking the β2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by Sun, Chao, Warland, David K, Ballesteros, Jose M, van der List, Deborah, Chalupa, Leo M

“…The structural and functional properties of the visual system are disrupted in mutant animals lacking the β2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor…”
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Dendrites of Rod Bipolar Cells Sprout in Normal Aging Retina by Liets, Lauren C., Eliasieh, Kasra, van der List, Deborah A., Chalupa, Leo M.

“…The aging nervous system is known to manifest a variety of degenerative and regressive events. Here we report the unexpected growth of dendrites in the retinas…”
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Retinal waves are unlikely to instruct the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections by Chalupa, Leo M

“…In all mammalian species the projections of the two eyes to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus are initially overlapping before gradually forming the…”
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Eye-Specific Retinogeniculate Segregation Independent of Normal Neuronal Activity by Huberman, Andrew D., Wang, Guo-Yong, Liets, Lauren C., Collins, Odell A., Chapman, Barbara, Chalupa, Leo M.

“…The segregation of initially intermingled left and right eye inputs to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (DLGN) during development is thought to be in…”
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Development of On and Off retinal pathways and retinogeniculate projections by Chalupa, Leo M., Günhan, Emine

“…A fundamental functional feature of the visual system, one recognized in the very first electrophysiological retinal recordings ever made, is that some cells…”
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Molecular Correlates of Laminar Differences in the Macaque Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus by Murray, Karl D, Rubin, Carol M, Jones, Edward G, Chalupa, Leo M

“…In anthropoid primates, cells in the magnocellular and parvocellular layers of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) are distinguished by unique retinal…”
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Retinal mosaics : new insights into an old concept by COOK, J. E, CHALUPA, L. M

“…It has been known since the middle of the 19th century that different neuronal types are distributed across the retinal surface in non-random arrays: indeed,…”
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Unique Functional Properties of On and Off Pathways in the Developing Mammalian Retina by Wang, Guo-Yong, Liets, Lauren C, Chalupa, Leo M

“…In the mature retina, the dendrites of On and Off ganglion cells are segregated into separate sublaminas of the inner plexiform layer, but early in development…”
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Mouse mutants for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ß2 subunit display changes in cell adhesion and neurodegeneration response genes by Rubin, Carol M, van der List, Deborah A, Ballesteros, Jose M, Goloshchapov, Andrey V, Chalupa, Leo M, Chapman, Barbara

“…Mice lacking expression of the ß2 subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNB2) display abnormal retinal waves and a dispersed projection…”
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Blockade of Glutamate-Mediated Activity in the Developing Retina Perturbs the Functional Segregation of ON and OFF Pathways by Bisti, Silvia, Gargini, Claudia, Chalupa, Leo M

“…The dendrites of ganglion cells initially ramify throughout the inner plexiform layer of the developing retina before becoming stratified into ON or OFF…”
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Ten simple rules for getting grants by Bourne, Philip E, Chalupa, Leo M

“…[...]convince the reviewer that you have the technical and scientific background to perform the work as proposed. Find the Appropriate Funding Mechanism, Read…”
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Dynamics of Spontaneous Activity in the Fetal Macaque Retina during Development of Retinogeniculate Pathways by Warland, David K, Huberman, Andrew D, Chalupa, Leo M

“…Correlated spontaneous activity in the form of retinal "waves" has been observed in a wide variety of developing animals, but whether retinal waves occur in…”
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Stratification of ON and OFF ganglion cell dendrites depends on glutamate-mediated afferent activity in the developing retina by Bodnarenko, Stefan R, Chalupa, Leo M

“…A fundamental attribute of the vertebrate visual system is the segregation of ON and OFF pathways signalling increments and decrements of light. In the mature…”
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Early and Rapid Targeting of Eye-Specific Axonal Projections to the Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in the Fetal Macaque by Huberman, Andrew D, Dehay, Colette, Berland, Michel, Chalupa, Leo M, Kennedy, Henry

“…The emergence of eye-specific axonal projections to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) is a well established model system for exploring the…”
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Development and regulation of dendritic stratification in retinal ganglion cells by glutamate-mediated afferent activity by Bodnarenko, SR, Jeyarasasingam, G, Chalupa, LM

“…In the mature retina, the dendrites of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are segregated into either ON or OFF sublaminae of the inner plexiform layer (IPL), but…”
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Functional Development of Intrinsic Properties in Ganglion Cells of the Mammalian Retina by Wang, Guo-Yong, Ratto, G.-M, Bisti, Silvia, Chalupa, Leo M

“…Guo-Yong Wang 1 , G.-M. Ratto 2 , Silvia Bisti 2 , and Leo M. Chalupa 1 1  Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior and the Center for Neuroscience,…”
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Nitric Oxide Differentially Modulates ON and OFF Responses of Retinal Ganglion Cells by Wang, Guo-Yong, Liets, Lauren C, Chalupa, Leo M

“…Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Division of Biological Sciences and Ophthalmology Department, School of Medicine, University of California,…”
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