Figures
A directional starburst.
A starburst amacrine cell in the intact rabbit retina is filled with fluorescent dye and imaged by two-photon microscopy. The intricate dendrites of this neuron are independent functional units that compute the direction of image motion.
Image Credit: Image created by S. Hausselt with ImageJ and Adobe Photoshop
Citation: (2007) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 5(7) July 2007. PLoS Biol 5(7): ev05.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v05.i07
Published: July 31, 2007
Copyright: © 2007 Susanne E. Hausselt. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A starburst amacrine cell in the intact rabbit retina is filled with fluorescent dye and imaged by two-photon microscopy. The intricate dendrites of this neuron are independent functional units that compute the direction of image motion.
Image Credit: Image created by S. Hausselt with ImageJ and Adobe Photoshop