Zebrafish Dscaml1 is Essential for Retinal Patterning and Function of Oculomotor Subcircuits
Manxiu Ma, Alexandro D. Ramirez, Tong Wang, Rachel L. Roberts, Katherine E. Harmon, David Schoppik, Avirale Sharma, Christopher Kuang, Stephanie L. Goei, James A. Gagnon, Steve Zimmerman, Shengdar Q. Tsai, Deepak Reyon, J. Keith Joung, Emre R. F. Aksay, , Y. Albert Pan
This study shows that zebrafish dscaml1 is crucial for retinal patterning and oculomotor circuit function, with mutations causing deficits in gaze stabilization and saccade fatigue similar to human ocular motor apraxia.
bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience