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Retinal synaptic arrays: Continuing development in the adult goldfish

Author(s) -

Fisher Leslie J.,

Easter Stephen S.

Publication year - 1979

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.901850210

Subject(s) - biology , retina , retinal , inner plexiform layer , neuroscience , outer plexiform layer , period (music) , synapse , anatomy , biochemistry , physics , acoustics

We report a light‐ and electron‐microscopic examination of the inner plexiform layer of the central retina of young (c. 1 year) and old (3–4 year) goldfish. There were no new neurons added to this region during the growth period. Nonetheless, there were substantially more synapses (per cell, per mm 2 , or per degree 2 ) in the older retinas. This result is discussed in the contexts of retinal function and neural development.

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