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Melanopsin-expressing, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are a relatively recently discovered class of photoreceptor. ipRGCs can be subdivided into at least five subtypes (M1-M5), each of which has a distinct complement of morphological and physiological properties. ipRGC subtypes can be identified morphologically based on a combination of dendritic morphology and immunostaining for a cell-type specific marker. In this chapter, we describe methods for conclusively identifying each of the five ipRGC subtypes through a combination of patch clamp electrophysiology, Neurobiotin filling, visualization of ipRGC dendrites, and immunostaining for the marker SMI-32.
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Lee, S.K., Schmidt, T.M. (2018). Morphological Identification of Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtypes in Mice. In: Tanimoto, N. (eds) Mouse Retinal Phenotyping. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1753. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7720-8_19
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