Leadership

Michael Brainard, Ph.D.

Director

[email protected]

 

David Copenhagen, PhD

Synaptic pathways in the retina
Ophthalmology
Emeritus
Publications: 

Light responses of melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in the foetal mammalian retina.

bioRxiv

Jan Verweij, Shawnta Y. Chaney, Derek Bredl, Shruti Vemaraju, Gabriele M. König, Evi Kostenis, Richard A. Lang, David R. Copenhagen

Fetal stage melanopsin (OPN4) and GNAQ (Gaq) signaling regulates vascular development of the eye.

bioRxiv

Shruti Vemaraju, Gowri Nayak, William E Miller, David R Copenhagen, Richard A Lang

Current understanding of photophobia, visual networks and headaches.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache

Noseda R, Copenhagen D, Burstein R

Melanopsin expression in the cornea.

Visual neuroscience

Delwig A, Chaney SY, Bertke AS, Verweij J, Quirce S, Larsen DD, Yang C, Buhr E, VAN Gelder R, Gallar J, Margolis T, Copenhagen DR

A direct and melanopsin-dependent fetal light response regulates mouse eye development.

Nature

Rao S, Chun C, Fan J, Kofron JM, Yang MB, Hegde RS, Ferrara N, Copenhagen DR, Lang RA

Overexpression of neurotrophin-3 stimulates a second wave of dopaminergic amacrine cell genesis after birth in the mouse retina.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Yoshida M, Feng L, Grimbert F, Rangarajan KV, Buggele W, Copenhagen DR, Cang J, Liu X

Light as a regulator of vascular regression.

Developmental Biology

Sujata Rao, Christina Chun, Samer Hattar, Napoleone Ferrara, David Copenhagen, Richard Lang

TrkB (tropomyosin-related kinase B) controls the assembly and maintenance of GABAergic synapses in the cerebellar cortex.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Chen AI, Nguyen CN, Copenhagen DR, Badurek S, Minichiello L, Ranscht B, Reichardt LF

Melanopsin-dependent light avoidance in neonatal mice.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Johnson J, Wu V, Donovan M, Majumdar S, Rentería RC, Porco T, Van Gelder RN, Copenhagen DR

Regulation of neonatal development of retinal ganglion cell dendrites by neurotrophin-3 overexpression.

The Journal of comparative neurology

Liu X, Robinson ML, Schreiber AM, Wu V, Lavail MM, Cang J, Copenhagen DR

Synaptic and extrasynaptic factors governing glutamatergic retinal waves.

Neuron

Blankenship AG, Ford KJ, Johnson J, Seal RP, Edwards RH, Copenhagen DR, Feller MB

Retinal TrkB receptors regulate neural development in the inner, but not outer, retina.

Molecular and cellular neurosciences

Grishanin RN, Yang H, Liu X, Donohue-Rolfe K, Nune GC, Zang K, Xu B, Duncan JL, Lavail MM, Copenhagen DR, Reichardt LF

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and TrkB modulate visual experience-dependent refinement of neuronal pathways in retina.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Liu X, Grishanin RN, Tolwani RJ, Rentería RC, Xu B, Reichardt LF, Copenhagen DR

Vesicular glutamate transporter 1 is required for photoreceptor synaptic signaling but not for intrinsic visual functions.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Johnson J, Fremeau RT, Duncan JL, Rentería RC, Yang H, Hua Z, Liu X, LaVail MM, Edwards RH, Copenhagen DR

Intrinsic ON responses of the retinal OFF pathway are suppressed by the ON pathway.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Rentería RC, Tian N, Cang J, Nakanishi S, Stryker MP, Copenhagen DR

Scotopic visual signaling in the mouse retina is modulated by high-affinity plasma membrane calcium extrusion.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Duncan JL, Yang H, Doan T, Silverstein RS, Murphy GJ, Nune G, Liu X, Copenhagen D, Tempel BL, Rieke F, Krizaj D

Neuronal pentraxins mediate synaptic refinement in the developing visual system.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Bjartmar L, Huberman AD, Ullian EM, Rentería RC, Liu X, Xu W, Prezioso J, Susman MW, Stellwagen D, Stokes CC, Cho R, Worley P, Malenka RC, Ball S, Peachey NS, Copenhagen D, Chapman B, Nakamoto M, Barres BA, Perin MS

Development of precise maps in visual cortex requires patterned spontaneous activity in the retina.

Neuron

Cang J, Rentería RC, Kaneko M, Liu X, Copenhagen DR, Stryker MP

Ephrin-As and neural activity are required for eye-specific patterning during retinogeniculate mapping.

Nature neuroscience

Pfeiffenberger C, Cutforth T, Woods G, Yamada J, Rentería RC, Copenhagen DR, Flanagan JG, Feldheim DA

Ontogeny of plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase isoforms in the neural retina of the postnatal rat.

Visual neuroscience

Rentería RC, Strehler EE, Copenhagen DR, Krizaj D

Vesicular glutamate transporter 3 expression identifies glutamatergic amacrine cells in the rodent retina.

The Journal of comparative neurology

Johnson J, Sherry DM, Liu X, Fremeau RT, Seal RP, Edwards RH, Copenhagen DR

Expression of calcium transporters in the retina of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).

The Journal of comparative neurology

Krizaj D, Liu X, Copenhagen DR

Vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2 target to functionally distinct synaptic release sites.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Fremeau RT, Kam K, Qureshi T, Johnson J, Copenhagen DR, Storm-Mathisen J, Chaudhry FA, Nicoll RA, Edwards RH

Need rods? Get glycine receptors and taurine.

Neuron

Rentería RC, Johnson J, Copenhagen DR

The H+-coupled electrogenic lysosomal amino acid transporter LYAAT1 localizes to the axon and plasma membrane of hippocampal neurons.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Wreden CC, Johnson J, Tran C, Seal RP, Copenhagen DR, Reimer RJ, Edwards RH

Vesicular neurotransmitter transporter expression in developing postnatal rodent retina: GABA and glycine precede glutamate.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Johnson J, Tian N, Caywood MS, Reimer RJ, Edwards RH, Copenhagen DR

SN1 Catalyzes Transport of Glutamine Across Müller Cells in Retina.

Kyoh-Ichi Takahashi, David Krizaj, David R. Copenhagen

The identification of vesicular glutamate transporter 3 suggests novel modes of signaling by glutamate.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Fremeau RT, Burman J, Qureshi T, Tran CH, Proctor J, Johnson J, Zhang H, Sulzer D, Copenhagen DR, Storm-Mathisen J, Reimer RJ, Chaudhry FA, Edwards RH

Cell-specific expression of plasma membrane calcium ATPase isoforms in retinal neurons.

The Journal of comparative neurology

Krizaj D, Demarco SJ, Johnson J, Strehler EE, Copenhagen DR

Calcium regulation in photoreceptors.

Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library

Krizaj D, Copenhagen DR

Coupled and uncoupled proton movement by amino acid transport system N.

The EMBO journal

Chaudhry FA, Krizaj D, Larsson P, Reimer RJ, Wreden C, Storm-Mathisen J, Copenhagen D, Kavanaugh M, Edwards RH

Is the retina going digital?

Neuron

Copenhagen D

BDNF-Induced potentiation of spontaneous twitching in innervated myocytes requires calcium release from intracellular stores.

Journal of neurophysiology

Kleiman RJ, Tian N, Krizaj D, Hwang TN, Copenhagen DR, Reichardt LF

Combining physiology and genetics in the zebrafish retina.

The Journal of physiology

Baier H, Copenhagen D

Localization and developmental expression patterns of the neuronal K-Cl cotransporter (KCC2) in the rat retina.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Vu TQ, Payne JA, Copenhagen DR

Molecular analysis of system N suggests novel physiological roles in nitrogen metabolism and synaptic transmission.

Cell

Chaudhry FA, Reimer RJ, Krizaj D, Barber D, Storm-Mathisen J, Copenhagen DR, Edwards RH

The role of the synthetic enzyme GAD65 in the control of neuronal gamma-aminobutyric acid release.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tian N, Petersen C, Kash S, Baekkeskov S, Copenhagen D, Nicoll R

Caffeine-sensitive calcium stores regulate synaptic transmission from retinal rod photoreceptors.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Krizaj D, Bao JX, Schmitz Y, Witkovsky P, Copenhagen DR

Metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated suppression of an inward rectifier current is linked via a cGMP cascade.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Dixon DB, Copenhagen DR

Quinine, intracellular pH and modulation of hemi-gap junctions in catfish horizontal cells.

Vision research

Dixon DB, Takahashi K, Bieda M, Copenhagen DR

Retinal development: on the crest of an exciting wave.

Current biology : CB

Copenhagen DR

Modulation of neuronal function by intracellular pH.

Neuroscience research

Takahashi KI, Copenhagen DR

Nitric oxide synthase in Müller cells and neurons of salamander and fish retina.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

Liepe BA, Stone C, Koistinaho J, Copenhagen DR

GABA transporter mediated-current in cone-driven horizontal cells of catfish retina.

Neuroscience Research Supplements

Kyoh-Ichi Takahashi, Shun-Ichiro Miyoshi, Akimichi Kaneko, David R. Copenhagen

Modulation of a sustained calcium current by intracellular pH in horizontal cells of fish retina.

The Journal of general physiology

Takahashi K, Dixon DB, Copenhagen DR

Suppression of a calcium current by CNQX and kynurenate.

Neuroscience letters

Dixon DB, Copenhagen DR

Synaptic transmission in the retina.

Current opinion in neurobiology

Copenhagen DR

Weber and noise adaptation in the retina of the toad Bufo marinus.

The Journal of general physiology

Donner K, Copenhagen DR, Reuter T

The glutamate analog 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate antagonizes synaptic transmission from cones to horizontal cells in the goldfish retina.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Nawy S, Sie A, Copenhagen DR

Release of endogenous glutamate from isolated cone photoreceptors of the lizard.

Neuroscience research. Supplement : the official journal of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Ayoub GS, Korenbrot JI, Copenhagen DR

Bubble pressure measurement of micropipet tip outer diameter.

Journal of neuroscience methods

Mittman S, Flaming DG, Copenhagen DR, Belgum JH

Spatial spread of adaptation within the cone network of turtle retina.

The Journal of physiology

Copenhagen DR, Green DG

Does the random distribution of discrete photoreceptor events limit the sensitivity of the retina?

Neuroscience research. Supplement : the official journal of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Reuter T, Donner K, Copenhagen DR

Does the random distribution of discrete photoreceptor events limit the sensitivity of the retina?.

Neuroscience Research Supplements

Tom Reuter, Kristian Donner, David R. Copenhagen

Does the random distribution of discrete photoreceptor events limit the sensitivity of the retina?.

Neuroscience research

Tom Reuter, Kristian Donner, David R. Copenhagen

The focal nature of retinal illumination from the operating microscope.

Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)

Irvine AR, Copenhagen DR

Horizontal cells in turtle retina: structure, synaptic connections, and visual processing.

Progress in clinical and biological research

Leeper HF, Copenhagen DR

Control of retinal sensitivity. 3. Lateral interactions at the inner plexiform layer.

The Journal of general physiology

Werblin FS, Copenhagen DR

Study of valveless, nonocclusive pump.

JAAMI : journal of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

Copenhagen D, Vogelhut P