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A color coding amacrine cell may provide a “Blue–Off” signal in a mammalian retina

Retinal amacrine cells are thought to lack chromatic or color–selective light responses and play only a minor role in color processing. We now show that a type of mammalian (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) amacrine cell selectively carries a blue–On signal, which is received from a blue or short–wavelen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chen, Shan, Li, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3386466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22634731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.3128
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Sumario:Retinal amacrine cells are thought to lack chromatic or color–selective light responses and play only a minor role in color processing. We now show that a type of mammalian (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) amacrine cell selectively carries a blue–On signal, which is received from a blue or short–wavelength sensitive (S–) cone On bipolar cell. This glycinergic inhibitory “S–cone amacrine cell” is ideally placed for driving “blue–Off” responses in downstream ganglion cells.