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Tummala SR, Dhingra A, Fina ME, Li JJ, Ramakrishnan H, Vardi N. Lack of mGluR6-related cascade elements leads to retrograde trans-synaptic effects on rod photoreceptor synapses via matrix-associated proteins. Eur J Neurosci. 2016 Jun;43(11):1509-22. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13243. Epub 2016 May 10. PubMed PMID: 27037829; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4899192.
Dhingra A, Vardi N. "mGlu Receptors in the Retina" - WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Membr Transp Signal. 2012 Sep;1(5):641-653. doi: 10.1002/wmts.43. PubMed PMID: 24003403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3755759.
Nikonov SS, Lyubarsky A, Fina ME, Nikonova ES, Sengupta A, Chinniah C, Ding XQ, Smith RG, Pugh EN Jr, Vardi N, Dhingra A. Cones respond to light in the absence of transducin β subunit. J Neurosci. 2013 Mar 20;33(12):5182-94. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5204-12.2013. PubMed PMID: 23516284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3866503.
Dhingra A, Ramakrishnan H, Neinstein A, Fina ME, Xu Y, Li J, Chung DC, Lyubarsky A, Vardi N. Gβ3 is required for normal light ON responses and synaptic maintenance. J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 15;32(33):11343-55. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1436-12.2012. PubMed PMID: 22895717; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3478105.
Devi S, Markandeya Y, Maddodi N, Dhingra A, Vardi N, Balijepalli RC, Setaluri V. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 signaling enhances TRPM1 calcium channel function and increases melanin content in human melanocytes. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2013 May;26(3):348-56. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12083. Epub 2013 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 23452348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3682403.
Norton AW, Hosier S, Terew JM, Li N, Dhingra A, Vardi N, Baehr W, Cote RH. Evaluation of the 17-kDa prenyl-binding protein as a regulatory protein for phototransduction in retinal photoreceptors. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jan 14;280(2):1248-56. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M410475200. Epub 2004 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 15504722; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3392308.
Gastinger MJ, Barber AJ, Vardi N, Marshak DW. Histamine receptors in mammalian retinas. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Apr 20;495(6):658-67. doi: 10.1002/cne.20902. PubMed PMID: 16506196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3348866.
Dhingra A, Fina ME, Neinstein A, Ramsey DJ, Xu Y, Fishman GA, Alexander KR, Qian H, Peachey NS, Gregg RG, Vardi N. Autoantibodies in melanoma-associated retinopathy target TRPM1 cation channels of retinal ON bipolar cells. J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 16;31(11):3962-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6007-10.2011. PubMed PMID: 21411639; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3073846.
Borghuis BG, Tian L, Xu Y, Nikonov SS, Vardi N, Zemelman BV, Looger LL. Imaging light responses of targeted neuron populations in the rodent retina. J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 23;31(8):2855-67. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6064-10.2011. PubMed PMID: 21414907; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3521507.
Dhingra A, Sulaiman P, Xu Y, Fina ME, Veh RW, Vardi N. Probing neurochemical structure and function of retinal ON bipolar cells with a transgenic mouse. J Comp Neurol. 2008 Oct 10;510(5):484-96. doi: 10.1002/cne.21807. PubMed PMID: 18671302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2854669.
Lassová L, Fina M, Sulaiman P, Vardi N. Immunocytochemical evidence that monkey rod bipolar cells use GABA. Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Feb;31(4):685-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07106.x. PubMed PMID: 20384812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2868374.
Sulaiman P, Fina M, Feddersen R, Vardi N. Ret-PCP2 colocalizes with protein kinase C in a subset of primate ON cone bipolar cells. J Comp Neurol. 2010 Apr 1;518(7):1098-112. doi: 10.1002/cne.22266. PubMed PMID: 20127818; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2830016.
Xu Y, Sulaiman P, Feddersen RM, Liu J, Smith RG, Vardi N. Retinal ON bipolar cells express a new PCP2 splice variant that accelerates the light response. J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 3;28(36):8873-84. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0812-08.2008. PubMed PMID: 18768681; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2590633.
Xiang Z, Bao Y, Zhang J, Liu C, Xu D, Liu F, Chen H, He L, Ramakrishna S, Zhang Z, Vardi N, Xu Y. Inhibition of non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptors delays the retinal degeneration in rd10 mouse. Neuropharmacology. 2018 Sep 1;139:137-149. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.06.027. Epub 2018 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 29940208.
Vardi T, Fina M, Zhang L, Dhingra A, Vardi N. mGluR6 transcripts in non-neuronal tissues. J Histochem Cytochem. 2011 Dec;59(12):1076-86. doi: 10.1369/0022155411425386. Epub 2011 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 22034516; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3283086.
Kao YH, Lassová L, Bar-Yehuda T, Edwards RH, Sterling P, Vardi N. Evidence that certain retinal bipolar cells use both glutamate and GABA. J Comp Neurol. 2004 Oct 18;478(3):207-18. doi: 10.1002/cne.20221. PubMed PMID: 15368537.
Vardi N, Zhang LL, Payne JA, Sterling P. Evidence that different cation chloride cotransporters in retinal neurons allow opposite responses to GABA. J Neurosci. 2000 Oct 15;20(20):7657-63. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-20-07657.2000. PubMed PMID: 11027226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6772883.
Vardi N, Morigiwa K. ON cone bipolar cells in rat express the metabotropic receptor mGluR6. Vis Neurosci. 1997 Jul-Aug;14(4):789-94. doi: 10.1017/s0952523800012736. PubMed PMID: 9279006.
Liu F, Zhang J, Xiang Z, Xu D, So KF, Vardi N, Xu Y. Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides Protect Retina in rd1 Mice During Photoreceptor Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Jan 1;59(1):597-611. doi: 10.1167/iovs.17-22881. PubMed PMID: 29372259; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6623178.
Zhang LL, Pathak HR, Coulter DA, Freed MA, Vardi N. Shift of intracellular chloride concentration in ganglion and amacrine cells of developing mouse retina. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Apr;95(4):2404-16. doi: 10.1152/jn.00578.2005. Epub 2005 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 16371454.
Hadani I, Vardi N. Stereopsis impairment in apparently moving random dot patterns. Percept Psychophys. 1987 Aug;42(2):158-65. doi: 10.3758/bf03210504. PubMed PMID: 3627936.
Daley DL, Vardi N, Appignani B, Camhi JM. Morphology of the giant interneurons and cercal nerve projections of the American cockroach. J Comp Neurol. 1981 Feb 10;196(1):41-52. doi: 10.1002/cne.901960105. PubMed PMID: 7204666.
Wang TL, Sterling P, Vardi N. Localization of type I inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor in the outer segments of mammalian cones. J Neurosci. 1999 Jun 1;19(11):4221-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-11-04221.1999. PubMed PMID: 10341226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6782613.
Dhingra A, Faurobert E, Dascal N, Sterling P, Vardi N. A retinal-specific regulator of G-protein signaling interacts with Galpha(o) and accelerates an expressed metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 cascade. J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 23;24(25):5684-93. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0492-04.2004. PubMed PMID: 15215290; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6729223.
Yang J, McBride S, Mak DO, Vardi N, Palczewski K, Haeseleer F, Foskett JK. Identification of a family of calcium sensors as protein ligands of inositol trisphosphate receptor Ca(2+) release channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 May 28;99(11):7711-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.102006299. PubMed PMID: 12032348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC124329.
Dhingra A, Jiang M, Wang TL, Lyubarsky A, Savchenko A, Bar-Yehuda T, Sterling P, Birnbaumer L, Vardi N. Light response of retinal ON bipolar cells requires a specific splice variant of Galpha(o). J Neurosci. 2002 Jun 15;22(12):4878-84. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-12-04878.2002. PubMed PMID: 12077185; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6757744.
Dhingra A, Lyubarsky A, Jiang M, Pugh EN Jr, Birnbaumer L, Sterling P, Vardi N. The light response of ON bipolar neurons requires G[alpha]o. J Neurosci. 2000 Dec 15;20(24):9053-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-24-09053.2000. PubMed PMID: 11124982; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6773027.
Vardi N, Duvoisin R, Wu G, Sterling P. Localization of mGluR6 to dendrites of ON bipolar cells in primate retina. J Comp Neurol. 2000 Jul 31;423(3):402-12. doi: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000731)423:3<402::aid-cne4>3.0.co;2-e. PubMed PMID: 10870081.
Johnson MA, Vardi N. Regional differences in GABA and GAD immunoreactivity in rabbit horizontal cells. Vis Neurosci. 1998 Jul-Aug;15(4):743-53. doi: 10.1017/s0952523898154135. PubMed PMID: 9682875.
Morigiwa K, Vardi N. Differential expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits in the outer retina. J Comp Neurol. 1999 Mar 8;405(2):173-84. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990308)405:2<173::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-l. PubMed PMID: 10023808.
Vardi N, Morigiwa K, Wang TL, Shi YJ, Sterling P. Neurochemistry of the mammalian cone 'synaptic complex'. Vision Res. 1998 May;38(10):1359-69. doi: 10.1016/s0042-6989(98)00007-8. PubMed PMID: 9667004.
Zhang LL, Fina ME, Vardi N. Regulation of KCC2 and NKCC during development: membrane insertion and differences between cell types. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Nov 1;499(1):132-43. doi: 10.1002/cne.21100. PubMed PMID: 16958091.
Vardi N, Kaufman DL, Sterling P. Horizontal cells in cat and monkey retina express different isoforms of glutamic acid decarboxylase. Vis Neurosci. 1994 Jan-Feb;11(1):135-42. doi: 10.1017/s0952523800011172. PubMed PMID: 8011576.
Vardi N, Auerbach P. Specific cell types in cat retina express different forms of glutamic acid decarboxylase. J Comp Neurol. 1995 Jan 16;351(3):374-84. doi: 10.1002/cne.903510305. PubMed PMID: 7706548.
Morgan JL, Dhingra A, Vardi N, Wong RO. Axons and dendrites originate from neuroepithelial-like processes of retinal bipolar cells. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Jan;9(1):85-92. doi: 10.1038/nn1615. Epub 2005 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 16341211.
Smith RG, Vardi N. Simulation of the AII amacrine cell of mammalian retina: functional consequences of electrical coupling and regenerative membrane properties. Vis Neurosci. 1995 Sep-Oct;12(5):851-60. doi: 10.1017/s095252380000941x. PubMed PMID: 8924409.
Zhang LL, Delpire E, Vardi N. NKCC1 does not accumulate chloride in developing retinal neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Jul;98(1):266-77. doi: 10.1152/jn.00288.2007. Epub 2007 May 9. PubMed PMID: 17493914.
Jiang H, Lyubarsky A, Dodd R, Vardi N, Pugh E, Baylor D, Simon MI, Wu D. Phospholipase C beta 4 is involved in modulating the visual response in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Dec 10;93(25):14598-601. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.25.14598. PubMed PMID: 8962098; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC26179.
Xu Y, Orlandi C, Cao Y, Yang S, Choi CI, Pagadala V, Birnbaumer L, Martemyanov KA, Vardi N. The TRPM1 channel in ON-bipolar cells is gated by both the α and the βγ subunits of the G-protein Go. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 17;6:20940. doi: 10.1038/srep20940. PubMed PMID: 26883481; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4756708.
Shoshan-Barmatz V, Orr I, Martin C, Vardi N. Novel ryanodine-binding properties in mammalian retina. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2005 Aug;37(8):1681-95. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.03.001. Epub 2005 Mar 19. PubMed PMID: 15896674.
Shoshan-Barmatz V, Zakar M, Shmuelivich F, Nahon E, Vardi N. Retina expresses a novel variant of the ryanodine receptor. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Dec;26(11):3113-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05931.x. Epub 2007 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 18005065.
Singer JH, Lassová L, Vardi N, Diamond JS. Coordinated multivesicular release at a mammalian ribbon synapse. Nat Neurosci. 2004 Aug;7(8):826-33. doi: 10.1038/nn1280. Epub 2004 Jul 4. PubMed PMID: 15235608.
Vardi N, Smith RG. The AII amacrine network: coupling can increase correlated activity. Vision Res. 1996 Dec;36(23):3743-57. doi: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00098-3. PubMed PMID: 8994576.
Vardi N, Sterling P. Subcellular localization of GABAA receptor on bipolar cells in macaque and human retina. Vision Res. 1994 May;34(10):1235-46. doi: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90198-8. PubMed PMID: 8023433.
Shen N, Qu Y, Yu Y, So KF, Goffinet AM, Vardi N, Xu Y, Zhou L. Frizzled3 Shapes the Development of Retinal Rod Bipolar Cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 May 1;57(6):2788-96. doi: 10.1167/iovs.16-19281. PubMed PMID: 27214687.
Vardi N, Matesic DF, Manning DR, Liebman PA, Sterling P. Identification of a G-protein in depolarizing rod bipolar cells. Vis Neurosci. 1993 May-Jun;10(3):473-8. doi: 10.1017/s0952523800004697. PubMed PMID: 8388245.
Vardi N, Masarachia P, Sterling P. Immunoreactivity to GABAA receptor in the outer plexiform layer of the cat retina. J Comp Neurol. 1992 Jun 15;320(3):394-7. doi: 10.1002/cne.903200310. PubMed PMID: 1377202.
Vardi N. Alpha subunit of Go localizes in the dendritic tips of ON bipolar cells. J Comp Neurol. 1998 May 25;395(1):43-52. PubMed PMID: 9590545.
Xu Y, Dhingra A, Fina ME, Koike C, Furukawa T, Vardi N. mGluR6 deletion renders the TRPM1 channel in retina inactive. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Feb;107(3):948-57. doi: 10.1152/jn.00933.2011. Epub 2011 Nov 30. PubMed PMID: 22131384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3289472.
Dhingra A, Tummala SR, Lyubarsky A, Vardi N. PDE9A is expressed in the inner retina and contributes to the normal shape of the photopic ERG waveform. Front Mol Neurosci. 2014;7:60. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00060. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25018695; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4073215.
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