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Paper   IPM / P / 14937
School of Physics
  Title:   Endogenous spontaneous ultra-weak photon emission in the formation of eye-specic retinogeniculate projections before birth
  Author(s): 
1.  I. Bokkon
2.  F. Scholkmann
3.  V. Salari
4.  N. Csaszar
5.  G. Kapocs
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Rev. Neurosci
  Vol.:  27 (4)
  Year:  2016
  Pages:   411-419
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
In 1963, it was suggested [Sperry, R.W. (1963). Chemoaffinity in the orderly growth of nerve fiber patterns and connections. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 50, 703-710.] that molecular cues can direct the development of orderly connections between the eye and the brain (the "chemoaffinity hypothesis"). In the same year, the amazing degree of functional accuracy of the visual pathway in the absence of any external light/photon perception prior to birth [Wiesel, T.N and Hubel, D.H. (1963). Single-cell responses in striate cortex of kittens deprived of vision in one eye. J. Neurophysiol. 26, 1003-1017.] was discovered. These recognitions revealed that the wiring of the visual system relies on innate cues. However, how the eye-specific retinogeniculate pathway can be developed before birth without any visual experience is still an unresolved issue. In the present paper, we suggest that Müller cells (functioning as optical fibers), Müller cell cone (i.e. the inner half of the foveola that is created of an inverted cone-shaped zone of Müller cells), discrete retinal noise of rods, and intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells might have key functions by means of retinal spontaneous ultraweak photon emission in the development of eye-specific retinogeniculate pathways prior to birth.

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