Volume 33, No 2, Feb 2023

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 33 Issue 2, February 2023: 89-90

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Illuminating brain development

Courtney A. Burger^1,2 , Richard A. Lang^1,2,3,*

¹Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
²Science of Light Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
³Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Correspondence: Richard A. Lang(Richard.Lang@cchmc.org)

Intrinsically 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

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