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Reconnecting Eye to Brain by Crair, Michael C, Mason, Carol A

“…Although much is known about the regenerative capacity of retinal ganglion cells, very significant barriers remain in our ability to restore visual function…”
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Integrins Establish Dendrite-Substrate Relationships that Promote Dendritic Self-Avoidance and Patterning in Drosophila Sensory Neurons by Kim, Michelle E., Shrestha, Brikha R., Blazeski, Richard, Mason, Carol A., Grueber, Wesley B.

“…Dendrites achieve characteristic spacing patterns during development to ensure appropriate coverage of territories. Mechanisms of dendrite positioning…”
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Comparative strength and dendritic organization of thalamocortical and corticocortical synapses onto excitatory layer 4 neurons by Schoonover, Carl E, Tapia, Juan-Carlos, Schilling, Verena C, Wimmer, Verena, Blazeski, Richard, Zhang, Wanying, Mason, Carol A, Bruno, Randy M

“…Thalamus is a potent driver of cortical activity even though cortical synapses onto excitatory layer 4 neurons outnumber thalamic synapses 10 to 1. Previous in…”
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Eye-specific projections of retinogeniculate axons are altered in albino mice by Rebsam, Alexandra, Bhansali, Punita, Mason, Carol A

“…The divergence of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons into ipsilateral and contralateral projections at the optic chiasm and the subsequent segregation of…”
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Genetic Modulation of BDNF Signaling Affects the Outcome of Axonal Competition In Vivo by Cao, Luxiang, Dhilla, Alefiya, Mukai, Jun, Blazeski, Richard, Lodovichi, Claudia, Mason, Carol A., Gogos, Joseph A.

“…Activity-dependent competition that operates on branch stability or formation plays a critical role in shaping the pattern and complexity of axonal terminal…”
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Autophagy linked FYVE (Alfy/WDFY3) is required for establishing neuronal connectivity in the mammalian brain by Dragich, Joanna M, Kuwajima, Takaaki, Hirose-Ikeda, Megumi, Yoon, Michael S, Eenjes, Evelien, Bosco, Joan R, Fox, Leora M, Lystad, Alf H, Oo, Tinmarla F, Yarygina, Olga, Mita, Tomohiro, Waguri, Satoshi, Ichimura, Yoshinobu, Komatsu, Masaaki, Simonsen, Anne, Burke, Robert E, Mason, Carol A, Yamamoto, Ai

“…The regulation of protein degradation is essential for maintaining the appropriate environment to coordinate complex cell signaling events and to promote…”
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L-Dopa and the albino riddle: content of L-Dopa in the developing retina of pigmented and albino mice by Roffler-Tarlov, Suzanne, Liu, Jin Hong, Naumova, Elena N, Bernal-Ayala, Maria Margarita, Mason, Carol A

“…The absence or deficiency of melanin as in albinos, has detrimental effects on retinal development that include aberrant axonal projections from eye to brain…”
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Development of axon-target specificity of ponto-cerebellar afferents by Kalinovsky, Anna, Boukhtouche, Fatiha, Blazeski, Richard, Bornmann, Caroline, Suzuki, Noboru, Mason, Carol A, Scheiffele, Peter

“…The function of neuronal networks relies on selective assembly of synaptic connections during development. We examined how synaptic specificity emerges in the…”
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Altered axonal targeting and short-term plasticity in the hippocampus of Disc1 mutant mice by Kvajo, Mirna, McKellar, Heather, Drew, Liam J, Lepagnol-Bestel, Aude-Marie, Xiao, Lan, Levy, Rebecca J, Blazeski, Richard, Arguello, P. Alexander, Lacefield, Clay O, Mason, Carol A, Simonneau, Michel, O'Donnell, James M, MacDermott, Amy B, Karayiorgou, Maria, Gogos, Joseph A

“…Carefully designed animal models of genetic risk factors are likely to aid our understanding of the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Here, we study a mouse…”
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Cadherins as Matchmakers by Rebsam, Alexandra, Mason, Carol A.

“…Cadherins implement afferent-target matching in invertebrates, but proof for this concept in mammalian circuits has remained elusive. Two new studies in this…”
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Ephrin-B2 and EphB1 Mediate Retinal Axon Divergence at the Optic Chiasm by Williams, Scott E., Mann, Fanny, Erskine, Lynda, Sakurai, Takeshi, Wei, Shiniu, Rossi, Derrick J., Gale, Nicholas W., Holt, Christine E., Mason, Carol A., Henkemeyer, Mark

“…In animals with binocular vision, retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons either cross or avoid the midline at the optic chiasm. Here, we show that ephrin-Bs in the…”
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Zic2 Patterns Binocular Vision by Specifying the Uncrossed Retinal Projection by Herrera, Eloı́sa, Brown, Lucia, Aruga, Jun, Rachel, Rivka A., Dolen, Gül, Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko, Brown, Stephen, Mason, Carol A.

“…During CNS development, combinatorial expression of transcription factors controls neuronal subtype identity and subsequent axonal trajectory. Regulatory genes…”
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Slit1 and Slit2 Cooperate to Prevent Premature Midline Crossing of Retinal Axons in the Mouse Visual System by Plump, Andrew S., Erskine, Lynda, Sabatier, Christelle, Brose, Katja, Epstein, Charles J., Goodman, Corey S., Mason, Carol A., Tessier-Lavigne, Marc

“…During development, retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons either cross or avoid the midline at the optic chiasm. In Drosophila, the Slit protein regulates midline…”
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A Role for Nr-CAM in the Patterning of Binocular Visual Pathways by Williams, Scott E., Grumet, Martin, Colman, David R., Henkemeyer, Mark, Mason, Carol A., Sakurai, Takeshi

“…Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons diverge within the optic chiasm to project to opposite sides of the brain. In mouse, contralateral RGCs are distributed…”
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The Retinal Ganglion Cell Repopulation, Stem Cell Transplantation, and Optic Nerve Regeneration Consortium by Johnson, Thomas V., Baranov, Petr, Di Polo, Adriana, Fortune, Brad, Gokoffski, Kimberly K., Goldberg, Jeffrey L., Guido, William, Kolodkin, Alex L., Mason, Carol A., Ou, Yvonne, Reh, Thomas A., Ross, Ahmara G., Samuels, Brian C., Zack, Donald J.

“…The Retinal Ganglion Cell (RGC) Repopulation, Stem Cell Transplantation, and Optic Nerve Regeneration (RReSTORe) consortium was founded in 2021 to help address…”
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The LRR receptor Islr2 is required for retinal axon routing at the vertebrate optic chiasm by Panza, Paolo, Sitko, Austen A, Maischein, Hans-Martin, Koch, Iris, Flötenmeyer, Matthias, Wright, Gavin J, Mandai, Kenji, Mason, Carol A, Söllner, Christian

“…In the visual system of most binocular vertebrates, the axons of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) diverge at the diencephalic midline and extend to targets on…”
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Reciprocal actions of ATF5 and Shh in proliferation of cerebellar granule neuron progenitor cells by Lee, Hae Young, Angelastro, James M., Kenney, Anna Marie, Mason, Carol A., Greene, Lloyd A.

“…Precise regulation of neuroprogenitor cell proliferation and differentiation is required for successful brain development, but the factors that contribute to…”
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Semaphorin-6D and Plexin-A1 Act in a Non-Cell-Autonomous Manner to Position and Target Retinal Ganglion Cell Axons by Prieur, Delphine S, Francius, Cédric, Gaspar, Patricia, Mason, Carol A, Rebsam, Alexandra

“…Semaphorins and Plexins form ligand/receptor pairs that are crucial for a wide range of developmental processes from cell proliferation to axon guidance. The…”
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Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Guidance in the Mouse Optic Chiasm: Expression and Function of Robos and Slits by Erskine, Lynda, Williams, Scott E, Brose, Katja, Kidd, Thomas, Rachel, Rivka A, Goodman, Corey S, Tessier-Lavigne, Marc, Mason, Carol A

“…The ventral midline of the nervous system is an important choice point at which growing axons decide whether to cross and project contralaterally or remain on…”
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Eye‐specific segregation and differential fasciculation of developing retinal ganglion cell axons in the mouse visual pathway by Sitko, Austen A., Kuwajima, Takaaki, Mason, Carol A.

“…Prior to forming and refining synaptic connections, axons of projection neurons navigate long distances to their targets. While much is known about guidance…”
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