Evidence for novel transient clusters of cholinergic ganglion cells in the neonatal mouse retina
de Montigny, J.; Krishnamoorthy, V.; Rozenblit, F.; Gollisch, T.; Sernagor, E.
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Waves of spontaneous activity sweep across the neonatal mouse retinal ganglion cell (RGC) layer, driven by directly interconnected cholinergic starburst amacrine cells from postnatal day (P) 0-10, followed by waves driven by glutamatergic bipolar cells. We found transient clusters of auto-fluorescent cells in the RGC layer during the period of cholinergic waves. They appear around the optic nerve head at P2 and become gradually displaced towards the periphery between P2-8 and then they disappear. Pan-retinal multielectrode array recordings reveal that cholinergic wave origins follow a similar, non-random developmental center-to-periphery pattern. Electrical imaging unmasks hotspots of dipole electrical activity occurring in the vicinity of wave origins. We propose that these activity hotspots are the sites for wave initiation and may originate from the transient cell clusters, reminiscent of activity in transient subplate neurons in the developing cortex, suggesting a universal hyper-excitability mechanism in developing CNS networks during the critical period for brain wiring.
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