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Sidekick 2 directs formation of a retinal circuit that detects differential motion.
Nature - 27 Aug 2015
Krishnaswamy Arjun, Yamagata Masahito, Duan Xin, Hong Y Kate, Sanes Joshua R
Abstract excerpt
In the mammalian retina, processes of approximately 70 types of interneurons form specific synapses on roughly 30 types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in a neuropil called the inner plexiform layer. Each RGC type extracts salient features from visual input, which are sent deeper into the brain for further processing. The specificity and stereotypy of synapses formed in the inner plexiform layer account for the...
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