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.