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Rod, M‐cone and M/S‐cone inputs to hyperpolarizing bipolar cells in the mouse retina
Author(s) -
Pang JiJie,
Gao Fan,
Paul David L.,
Wu Samuel M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.224113
Subject(s) - retina , axon , neuroscience , inner plexiform layer , physics , biophysics , anatomy , biology , chemistry
Non‐technical summary ON and OFF pathways are major information processing channels of the visual system, and they begin at the retinal bipolar cell level. Here we show a systematic study correlating light response characteristics and cell morphology of OFF (hyperpolarizing) bipolar cells (HBCs) in the mouse retina. Results from this study provide a description of how rods, M‐cones and M/S‐cones mediate responses in three major types of HBCs, and how synapses in the OFF pathway are interconnected to serve various visual tasks.