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. 2022 Oct 5;37(10-12):842–861. doi: 10.1089/ars.2021.0253

Table 1.

Summary of Retinal Ganglion Cell Dendritic Changes by Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtype in Glaucoma/Elevated Intraocular Pressure

RGC type Species Reference IOP model labeling approach Sholl intersections Dendritic field area Total dendritic length
αOn-sus Mouse Ou et al. (116) Laser Biolistic Reduced No change  
  Mouse Bhandari et al. (16) Microbead Patch clamp dye fill Reduced   Reduced
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) Microbead Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
  Mouse Feng et al. (46) Laser SMI-32 Immunostaining   Reduced  
αOff-trans Mouse El-Danaf and Huberman (43) Microbead Sharp electrode dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
  Mouse Ou et al. (116) Laser Biolistic Reduced Reduced  
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) Microbead Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
aOff-sus. Mouse Ou et al. (116) Laser Biolistic Reduced Reduced  
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) microbead Patch clamp dye fill No change No change No change
ooDSGC (On dendrites) Mouse El-Danaf and Huberman (43) Microbead Sharp electrode dye fill Increased No change Increased
  Mouse Ou et al. (116) Laser Biolistic No change    
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) Microbead Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) 10-month DBA/2J Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
ooDSGC (Off dendrites) Mouse El-Danaf and Huberman (43) Microbead Sharp electrode dye fill No change No change Reduced
  Mouse Ou et al. (116) Laser Biolistic Reduced    
  Mouse Risner et al. (134) Microbead Patch clamp dye fill No change No change No change
On DSGC Mouse El-Danaf and Huberman (43) Microbead Sharp electrode dye fill No change No change No change
M1 ipRGC Mouse El-Danaf and Huberman (43) Microbead Sharp electrode dye fill Reduced No change Reduced
  Rat Li et al. (94) Laser Melanopsin immunofluorescence No change    
On Mouse Risner et al. (134) 10-month DBA/2J Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
Off Mouse Risner et al. (134) 10-month DBA/2J Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
On-Off Mouse Risner et al. (134) 10-month DBA/2J Patch clamp dye fill Reduced Reduced Reduced
  Mouse Feng et al. (46) Laser Thy1-YFP      
Midget Human Tribble et al. (157) Human patient tissue Serial block face scanning EM Reduced number and length of dendrites  
  Rhesus macaque Weber et al. (172) TM lasering Sharp electrode fill   Reduced (severe glaucoma)
Parasol Rhesus macaque Weber et al. (172) TM lasering Sharp electrode fill   Reduced  

Dendritic changes are determined from the authors' descriptions and data figures.

IOP, intraocular pressure; M1 ipRGC, M1-type melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell; RGC, retinal ganglion cell; sus, sustained; trans, transient; ooDSGC, On-Off direction-selective retinal ganglion cell; YFP, Yellow fluorescent protein.