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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
Editorial
New Taxonomy and the Origin of Species
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Synopses
All Together Now: Pancreatic β Cells Don’t Rely on a Few to Renew
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The Toxic Origins of Disease
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Spontaneous Altruism by Chimpanzees and Young Children
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The Functional Microarchitecture of the Mouse Barrel Cortex
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Topological Reorganization of Odor Representations in the Olfactory Bulb
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A Dendrite-Autonomous Mechanism for Direction Selectivity in Retinal Starburst Amacrine Cells
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PINK1 Protects against Oxidative Stress by Phosphorylating Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP1
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All β Cells Contribute Equally to Islet Growth and Maintenance
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Epigenetic Natural Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Correspondence
Spurious or Island Effect? A Response to J. A. Pérez-Claros and J. C. Aledo's Comment on “Morphological Evolution Is Accelerated among Island Mammals”
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Comment on “Morphological Evolution Is Accelerated among Island Mammals”
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Corrections
Correction: Retinal Ganglion Cells Can Rapidly Change Polarity from Off to On
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Correction: Unmasking Activation of the Zygotic Genome Using Chromosomal Deletions in the Drosophila Embryo
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Correction: High Incidence of Non-Random Template Strand Segregation and Asymmetric Fate Determination In Dividing Stem Cells and their Progeny
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