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Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2017 May 4;525(12):2800–2801. doi: 10.1002/cne.24227

Cone signals in monostratified and bistratified amacrine cells of adult zebrafish retina

MM Torvund, TS Ma, VP Connaughton, F Ono, RF Nelson
PMCID: PMC6094938  NIHMSID: NIHMS983664  PMID: 28608514

The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 525, Issue 7, pages 1532–1557, May 1, 2017, DOI 10.1002/cne. 24107

The article was originally published with Figures 2 and 14 in black and white; the figures should have published in color. Below are the figures in color. We apologize for any confusion this error might have caused.

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

GFP expression pattern in the GE4a retina. A: GE4a larva at 4 days post fertilization. GFP-stained retinal neurons are seen through the pupil (p). Hindbrain structures (hb) label with GFP, as does heart (h). The yolk (y) is autofluorescent. B: Adult GE4a live retinal slice. Select populations of a horizontal cell (hc), amacrine cell (Aoff, Aon), and ganglion cell (Gon) are labeled. The IPL is subdivided into strata s1–s6 (left). The OFF layer of the IPL (sublamina a) is composed of strata s1–s3. The ON layer (sublamina b) is composed of strata s4–s6 (Connaughton et al., 2004). C: Adult GE4a live retinal eyecup, viewed en face. GFP labels a ganglion cell population, together with axons in the optic fiber layer. D: Microelectrode-injected Alexa 594 hydrazide (magenta) stains an OFF-type amacrine cell in an adult, live, flattened GE4a eyecup. Alexa 594-stained dendrites (reconstructed in Fig. 7) course close to GFP-stained amacrine cell bodies. Image A, fluorescence inocular scope; B and D, confocal; D, widefield microscopy. Images B and C are z-axis projections of two to four planes. Image D is a z-axis projection of _100 planes. Scale bar51mm in A; 20mm in B–D

FIGURE 14.

FIGURE 14

IPL branching patterns of electrophysiologically grouped zebrafish amacrine cells. A,B: ON physiologies are recorded from monostratified cells arborizing mainly in s4, but occasionally in s3. C,D: ON–OFF and ON–OFF-Sustained physiologies almost always arise from bistratified dendritic patterns. Most (D) branch in both sublamina a (s1 or s2) and sublamina b (s4 or s5). Others (C) are bistratified within sublamina a, occupying s1, and either s2 or s3. E: Rarely, an ON–OFF type is monostratified in s2 or s3, sublamina a. F,G: OFF physiologies come from cells monostratified in either s1 or s2. H: C-type physiologies are depolarized by some wavelengths and hyperpolarized by others, with a variety of spectral patterns. C-type physiology occurs mainly in s5-monostratified amacrines of sublamina b. Ganglion cell (GC) bodies occupy the s6 border of the IPL. The breadth of amacrine stratification bands represent the depth range within the IPL occupied by the dendrites of the physiological groups. The “cone signals” legend (above) gives the polarities and types of cone inputs (r, g, b, u) in each waveform/stratification group. D and H stand for depolarizing or hyperpolarizing signals at onset (ON) or offset (OFF)

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