PUBLICATION
New twists in the evolution of retinal direction selectivity
- Authors
- Yoshimatsu, T., Baden, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-240301-7
- Date
- 2024
- Source
- PLoS Biology 22: e3002538e3002538 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Baden, Tom, Yoshimatsu, Takeshi
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amacrine Cells*/physiology
- Animals
- Cholinergic Agents
- Mammals
- Retina/physiology
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 38422167 Full text @ PLoS Biol.
Citation
Yoshimatsu, T., Baden, T. (2024) New twists in the evolution of retinal direction selectivity. PLoS Biology. 22:e3002538e3002538.
Abstract
In mammals, starburst amacrine cells are centrally involved in motion vision and a new study in PLOS Biology, by Yan and colleagues finds that zebrafish have them, too. They coexist with a second pair of starburst-like neurons, but neither appears to be strongly motion selective.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping