Object Motion and Amacrine Cells in Retina (IMAGE)

NIH/National Eye Institute

Object Motion and Amacrine Cells in Retina

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A VG3 amacrine cell (top, in green) is shown superimposed with an object motion detector cell (bottom, green). Each of the neurons is expressing sidekick-2, an adhesion molecule that allows the two neurons to find each other and connect.

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Dr. Joshua R. Sanes

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