Naoyuki Matsumoto

Aug 15, 2024 | science.org | Fabian Ripka |Naoyuki Matsumoto |Daniel Barson |Michael C. Crair

Editor’s summaryHow spontaneous activity sculpts fine-scale functional circuit connectivity before the onset of sensory experience is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Matsumoto et al. performed simultaneous imaging of retinal waves and spontaneous activity in neonatal mice while measuring morphological changes in retinal ganglion cell axons (see the Perspective by Somaiya and Feller).