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Retinal bipolar cells: elementary building blocks of vision

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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:58 authored by Thomas Euler, Silke Haverkamp, Timm Schubert, Thomas BadenThomas Baden
Retinal bipolar cells are the first 'projection neurons' of the vertebrate visual system — all of the information needed for vision is relayed by this intraretinal connection. Each of the at least 13 distinct types of bipolar cells systematically transforms the photoreceptor input in a different way, thereby generating specific channels that encode stimulus properties, such as polarity, contrast, temporal profile and chromatic composition. As a result, bipolar cell output signals represent elementary 'building blocks' from which the microcircuits of the inner retina derive a feature-oriented description of the visual world.

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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1471-003X

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Nature Publishing Group

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8

Volume

15

Page range

507-519

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  • Neuroscience Publications

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  • Sussex Neuroscience Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-07-03

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2017-07-03

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