Neuroscience: retinal projectome reveals organizing principles of the visual system

Keisuke Yonehara; Botond Roska

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.009

Neuroscience: retinal projectome reveals organizing principles of the visual system

Curr Biol. 2014 Sep 22;24(18):R833-R835. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.009.

Authors

Keisuke Yonehara¹, Botond Roska²

Affiliations

¹ Neural Circuit Laboratories, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
² Neural Circuit Laboratories, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25247353
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.009

Abstract

A new study using zebrafish genetics and whole-brain imaging has identified more than 50 retinal ganglion cell morphologies and produced the first comprehensive map of connectivity between retina and its target visual centers.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Axons / physiology*
Brain / physiology*
Retina / physiology*
Retinal Ganglion Cells / physiology*
Zebrafish / physiology*