Visual information is processed in the retina to a remarkable degree before it is transmitted
to higher visual centres. Several types of retinal ganglion cells (the output neurons of the …

Motion vision provides essential cues for navigation and course control as well as for mate,
prey, or predator detection. Consequently, neurons responding to visual motion in a …

The proper connectivity between neurons is essential for the implementation of the
algorithms used in neural computations, such as the detection of directed motion by the …

Directionally tuned signalling in starburst amacrine cell (SAC) dendrites lies at the heart of
the circuit that detects the direction of moving stimuli in the mammalian retina. The relative …

Their unique patterns of size, numbers, and stratification indicate that amacrine cells have
diverse functions. These are mostly unknown, as studies using imaging and …

Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) process complex visual signals in the retina using both
acetylcholine (ACh) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), but the synaptic organization …

Starburst amacrine cells (SBACs) within the adult mammalian retina provide the critical
inhibition that underlies the receptive field properties of direction-selective ganglion cells …

The direction-selective circuit in the retina extracts the directional information of image
motion in the visual scene. It is a classic model for neural circuit analysis because its input …

Most structures within the central nervous system (CNS) are composed of different types of
neuron that vary in both number and morphology, but relatively little is known about the …

Electron microscopy is an important modality for the analysis of neuronal structures in
neurobiology. We address the problem of tracking axons across large distances in volumes …