The topography of cone photoreceptors in the retina of a diurnal rodent, the agouti (Dasyprocta aguti)
The topography of cone photoreceptors in the retina of a diurnal rodent, the agouti (Dasyprocta aguti)
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DOI:
10.1017/s095252380808098x
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发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
De Lima, Silene Maria A.
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作者:
de Farias Rocha, Fernando Allan;Ahnelt, Peter K.;De Lima, Silene Maria A.
The presence, density distribution. and mosaic regularity of cone types were studied in the retina of the diurnal agouti, Dasyprocta aguti. Longwave-sensitive (L-) and shortwave-sensitive (S-) cones were detected by antibodies against the respective cone opsins. L- and S-cones were found to represent around 90 and 10% of the cone population, respectively. There was no evidence for L- and S-opsin coexpression in agouti cones. L-cone densities were highest, Lip to 14,000/mm(2), along a horizontal Visual streak located about 2-3 mm dorsal to the optic nerve, and the L-cone distribution showed a dorsoventral asymmetry with higher densities in ventral (about 10,000/mm(2)) than in dorsal (about 4000/mm(2)) retinal regions. This L-cone topography parallels the agouti's ganglion cell topography. S-cones had a peak density of 1500-2000/mm(2) in the central retinal region but did not form a visual streak. Their distribution also showed a dorsoventral asymmetry with densities around 600/mm(2) in dorsal and around 1000/mm(2) in ventral retinal regions. The patterning of cone arrays was assessed by the density recovery profile analysis. At all eccentricities evaluated, the S-cone mosaic less efficiently packed than the L-cone mosaic. Rod densities ranged from 47,000/mm(2) in peripheral to 64,000/mm(2) in central retina,and rod:cone ratios were 4:1-9:1. The comparatively low rod density and high cone proportion appear well adapted to the diurnal lifestyle of the agouti.