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Illuminating brain development
Courtney A. Burger1,2 , Richard A. Lang1,2,3,*
1Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USAIntrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are light-sensing neurons in the retina that project to multiple retinorecipient brain regions. In a recent study by Hu et al., the authors show that light stimulation of melanopsin-expressing ipRGCs is required for the release of oxytocin in the brain to boost synaptogenesis and learning in adult mice.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00732-9