In the retina, photoreceptors pass visual information to interneurons, which process it and
pass it to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Axons of RGCs then travel through the optic nerve …

The mammalian retina consists of neurons of> 60 distinct types, each playing a specific role
in processing visual images. They are arranged in three main stages. The first decomposes …

Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand neuroscientists applying
increasingly advanced methods. A mountain of new facts and mechanisms has emerged …

Comprehensive high-resolution structural maps are central to functional exploration and
understanding in biology. For the nervous system, in which high resolution and large spatial …

It is widely recognized that the neural basis of brain function can be fully understood only by
integrating many disciplines at many levels. Studies of synaptic organization are bringing …

Neuroanatomic studies of the mammalian retina have the invaluable advantage that, as
difficulties arise in the functional classification of a structure, auxiliary information from …

Natural vision is a highly dynamic process. Frequent body, head, and eye movements
constantly bring new images onto the retina for brief periods, challenging our understanding …

Motion-sensitive neurons have long been studied in both the mammalian retina and the
insect optic lobe, yet striking similarities have become obvious only recently. Detailed …

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 …

The retina reports the visual scene to the brain through many parallel channels, each carried
by a distinct population of retinal ganglion cells. Among these, the population with the …