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The horizontal cells of the rhesus monkey retina
Author(s) -
Boycott B. B.,
Kolb H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901480107
Subject(s) - retina , biology , anatomy , axon , gradation , cell bodies , neuroscience , central nervous system , computer science , computer vision
The large peripheral horizontal cells of the retina of the rhesus monkey are compared with the smaller horizontal cells of the central area. There is most probably only one morphological type of horizontal cell in the rhesus monkey retina. Its dendrites go into cones and it has a single axon. From the fovea to the periphery of the retina there is a gradation in the number of cones an individual horizontal cell contacts. In the fovea a horizontal cell contacts six to nine cones; this ratio increases towards the periphery to between 30 and 40 cones to one horizontal cell.