Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program | University of California, San Francisco

David Copenhagen, PhD
Synapses, Circuits and Development in Retina

Selected Publications | Complete Publications

phone	(415) 476-2527
email	cope@phy.ucsf.edu
additional websites	Neuroscience Graduate Program Lab website
secondary research affiliation

-Visual Experience and the Development of Synaptic Pathways in Neonatal Retina
-Neurotrophins and the Development of Synaptic Pathways in Neonatal Retina
-Glutamate Transporters and Receptors in the Retinal Circuits
-Melanopsin Expressing Ganglion Cells and Visual Behavior Before the Onset of Rod and Cone Function

See webpage for more complete information. http://vision.ucsf.edu/copenhagen/

Selected Publications

Renteria RC, Tian N, Cang J, Nakanishi S, Stryker MP, Copenhagen, DR (2006) Intrinsic ON responses of the retinal OFF pathway are suppressed by the ON pathway. J Neurosci. 26:11857-69.

Johnson J, Fremeau RT, Duncan JL, Renteria RC, Yang H, Hua Z, Liu X, LaVail MM, Edwards RH, Copenhagen, DR (2007) Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1 (VGLUT1) is required for photoreceptor synaptic signaling but not for intrinsic visual functions. J. Neurosci. 27(27):7245-5.

Liu X, Grishanin R, Tolwani RJ, Renteria RC, Xu B, Reichardt LF, Copenhagen, DR (2007) BDNF and TrkB Modulate Visual Experience-Dependent Refinement of Neuronal Pathways in Retina. J. Neurosci 27(27):7256-67.

Grishanin RN, Yang H, Liu X, Donohue-Rolfe K, Nune GC, Zang K, Xu B, Duncan JL, Lavail MM, Copenhagen DR, Reichardt LF, (2008) Retinal TrkB receptors regulate neural development in the inner, but not outer, retina. Mol Cell Neurosci. 38:431-43.

Liu X, Robinson ML, Schreiber AM, Wu V, Lavail MM, Cang J, Copenhagen DR. (2009) Regulation of neonatal development of retinal ganglion cell dendrites by neurotrophin-3 overexpression. J Comp Neurol. Jun 10;514(5):449-58.

information last updated April 2009