New microscope decodes complex eye circuitry
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 15:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The properties of optical stimuli need to be conveyed from the eye to the brain. To do this efficiently, the relevant information is extracted by pre-processing in the eye. Using a novel microscopy method researchers have now discovered that the distribution of the synapses between ganglion cells and interneurons follows highly specific rules.