Retinal circuits: tracing new connections
- PMID: 17686435
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.038
Retinal circuits: tracing new connections
Abstract
The retina detects light so that our body clock runs in time with the rising and setting of the sun. A recently identified class of photoreceptive neuron in the retina underlies this function and a new study has used viruses to unravel its connections.
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Local retinal circuits of melanopsin-containing ganglion cells identified by transsynaptic viral tracing.Curr Biol. 2007 Jun 5;17(11):981-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.058. Epub 2007 May 24. Curr Biol. 2007. PMID: 17524644
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