Retinal Neurochemistry and Development
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 2547
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neurochemistry and developmental neurobiology
2. Computer Science Department, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Interests: immunohistochemistry; electrophysiology; neural network; mammalian brain and retina; data science; computational models
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The retina is a tissue specialized in transducing light stimuli into electrical signals that are transmitted to brain visual centers. Most neurotransmitters and signaling molecules, such as hormones and neurotrophins, including excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmitters present in the brain, are also present in the retina, making it an excellent model for studying nervous system functions. Nervous system development is also studied using the retina both in vivo and in culture, making it the ideal substrate to study cellular interactions between different types of neurons and between neurons and glial cells. This Special Issue welcomes articles and reviews at the frontier of neurochemistry and developmental neurobiology of the retina, especially involving distinct neurotransmitters, receptors, and signaling pathways related to neural functions, such as synaptic transmission and developmental processes such as neurogenesis, cell survival, differentiation, and neuron–glia interaction. Electrophysiological evidence and mathematical and computational models of neural development are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Paes-de-Carvalho
Dr. Sriparna Majumdar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- retina
- neurochemistry
- development
- neurotransmitter
- signaling pathways
- cultures
- neuron–glia interactions
- synapses
- neuronal differentiation
- neuritogenesis
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