Cholinergic neural activity directs retinal layer-specific angiogenesis and blood retinal barrier formation

During retinal development, waves of cholinergic neural activity play a role in retinal circuit development. Here, the authors show that this activity also contributes to layer-specific angiogenesis and formation of the blood-retinal barrier.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. A. Weiner, S. H. Shah, C. M. Angelopoulos, A. B. Bartakova, R. S. Pulido, A. Murphy, E. Nudleman, R. Daneman, J. L. Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10219-8