Deciphering the retina's wiring diagram

Authors
Sterling, P
Citation
P. Sterling, Deciphering the retina's wiring diagram, NAT NEUROSC, 2(10), 1999, pp. 851-853
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
ISSN journal
10976256 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
851 - 853
Database
ISI
SICI code
1097-6256(199910)2:10<851:DTRWD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
By simultaneously recording from retinal ganglion cells while stimulating a single cane, Chichilnisky and Baylor demonstrate that the strength of phys iological connections within a retinal microcircuit is linearly proportiona l to the number of anatomically defined synapses.