From Eye to Brain (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

From Eye to Brain (2 of 3)

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A unique neural recording system developed by an international team of high energy physicists, which is able to record simultaneously the tiny electrical signals generated by hundreds of the retinal output neurons, is one of the essential elements of the study. Recording electrodes are shown in the foreground and retinal ganglion cells in the background.

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Image: Courtesy of Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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