The processing of visual information is significantly influenced by the surroundings of retinal nerve cells. The researchers ...

We focus on the retina, a part of the central nervous system (CNS), to understand molecular and functional mechanisms underlying specific synaptic connections and neuronal networks. Toward this end, ...

In addition, the output synapse of the bipolar cell is very similar to that of the photoreceptor, in that it uses synaptic-ribbon structures that are not found in other types of retinal neuron.

I joined Dr. Kirill Martemyanov’s lab at Scripps Florida in 2015 to study the molecular mechanisms that govern the selective wiring of two types of photoreceptors: rods and cones, which are the ...

Previously, Wang was a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida, where he joined the lab of Kirill Martemyanov to study the molecular mechanisms that govern the ...

The transplanted human photoreceptor progenitors expressed mature markers and exhibited synaptic connectivity with the host's inner retina after 3 to 5 months post-transplantation. These findings ...