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receptor and neural function of the retina

1
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Light path to retina

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lens – vitreous humor –>retina (bounces off pigmented layer in retina)

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2
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How many layers does the retina have?

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9 (light pathway begins with pigmented layer)

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3
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At central foveal region, inside layers

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are NOT present to increase visual acuity

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4
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Rods are useful in the

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dark

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5
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cones are useful in the

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light

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6
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Components of rods and cones (4)

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  1. outer segment
  2. inner segment
  3. nucleus
  4. synaptic body
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7
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Inner segment of cones and rods have

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mitochondria (ATP needed to activate enzymes)

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8
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Types of cones (3)

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  1. Red
  2. Blue
  3. Green
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9
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Light sensitive chemical is located on

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outer segment

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10
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Outer segment contains

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1000 discs

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11
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Color pigments are located

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on outer segment in disc membranes

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12
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Inner segments contain

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Organelles, cytoplasm, many mitochondria

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13
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Synaptic body role

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connects with neuronal cells: horizontal and bipolar cells

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14
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Melanin role

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Prevents light reflection through eyeball = enhances contrast for formation of precise image

albinism = bad vision

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15
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Vitamin A is a precursor for

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rhodopsin

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16
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Retinal blood supply

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central retinal artery via optic nerve

highly vascular tissue between retina and sclera

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17
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Retinal detachment

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retina detaches from pigment epithelium = fluid and blood collect between layers

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18
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Rhodopsin location

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outer segment of rod

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19
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Once light energy is absorbed, what happens (photochemistry)

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Rhodopsin begins to rapidly decompose due to photoactivation of electrons = changes from cis to trans form

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20
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Photochemistry of vision

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Revisit slide 5 and ninja nerd special senses video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaFjw8N8zQ

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21
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Vitamin A

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precursor with isomerase to convert all-trans retinal to 11-cis retinold

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22
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Low vitamin A levels can cause

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night blindness

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23
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Rod excitation is

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Hyperpolarizing

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24
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What causes hyperpolarization of rods?

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Rhodopsin decomposes and membrane conduction decreases for sodium ions

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25
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Sodium flows into rods in the

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dark

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26
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Sodium flows through ___ in rods

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cGMP-gated channels

27
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In the light, what happens to sodium flow in rods?

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cGMP channels close, stopping flow of sodium into rod

28
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What rodopsin is activated cGMP channels are

29
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activated rodopsin stimulates

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G-protein transducin

30
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transducin

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activates cGMP phosphodiesterase

31
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cGMP phosphodiesterase breaks down

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cGMP to 5’-cGMP. Reduced cGMP closes channels (-70mV)

32
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In the dark, sodium flows through cGMP gated channels and causes membrane potential to be

33
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Rod excitation cascade

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  1. photon (light) activates electron in 11-cis retinol –> metarhodopsin II
  2. activated rhodopsin enzymatic function –>activates transducin
    3.activates phosphodiesterase
    4.hydrolyzes cGMP –>sodium channels close
    5.Rhodopsin kinase –>inactivates metharhodopsin and cascade reverses (including opening sodium channels)
34
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Cones are more/less sensitive than rods

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30-300 times less sensitive

35
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cones use ___ for activation

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photopsins

36
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Long exposure to light leads to

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retinal and opsins

37
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retinal is converted to

38
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Long exposure to darkness results in (2)

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  1. retinal and opsin conversion to light-sensitive pigments
  2. Vitamin A converted to light sensitive pigments
39
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Cones adapt after

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a few minutes

40
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Rods adapt for

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minutes to hours and show extreme sensitivity

41
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Mechanisms of light and dark adaptation beyond rod/cone adaptation (2)

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  1. pupil size
  2. neuronal adaptation
42
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Color vision

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Blue, green and red cones each absorb separate certain % of light nm

Brain interprets these absorptions as color

43
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Red-green colorblindness occurs when

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red or green cones are missing, X - linked

44
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Photoreptors are

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rods and cones

45
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Rods and cones synapse on

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horiztonal and bipolar cells

46
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Bipolar cells transmit signals

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vertically

47
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Bipolar cells synapse on

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Amnicrine and ganglion cells

48
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Amnicrine cells synapse on

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  1. bipolar to ganglion
  2. horiztonally to inner plexiform from axons of bipolar cells
49
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Ganglion cells role

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sent signals from retina to optic nerve of brain

50
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Foveal vision pathway

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cones –>bipolar cells –>ganglion cells

51
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Peripheral retina pathway

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rods –>bipolar cells –>amacrine cels –> ganglion cells

52
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Rods and cones release _____

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glutamate when synapsing with bipolar cells

53
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amarcrine cells secreute

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Inhibitory nuerotransmitters (usually)

GABA, glycine, dopamine, acetylcholine, indolamine

54
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all retinal neurons except _____ transmit via_____

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except ganglion cells transmit via electronic conduction

55
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Electronic conduction is

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graded conduction of signal strength

56
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Output from horizontal cells is always

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inhibitory

lateral inhibition = stops the spread

57
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Lateral inhibition creates

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contrast borders in image

58
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Amacrine cells respond to (2)

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  1. Change in illumination
  2. movement of a spot - directionally sensitive
59
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How many rods converge on an optic nerve fiber?

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Up to 200 = summation

60
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P ganglion cells

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slower impulse, stimuli sustained, sensitive to color

NOT sensitive to low contrast (not great in dark)

“new” brain

61
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M ganglion cells

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Large, faster impulse, not sensitive to color (black and white stimuli)

“reptile”. brain

62
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Ganglion cells receive signal from

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bipolar cells (could be excitatory or inhibitory)

63
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How is color contrast created?

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One ganglion can be stimulated by several or only a few cones

some ganglion cells are excited by one type and inhibited by a second type

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