Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Discovery of retinal cell type ends 4-decade search

Source: University of California - Santa Cruz
Date: October 10, 2007

Summary:

A research team combining high-energy physicists from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and neuroscientists from the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., has discovered a type of retinal cell that may help monkeys, apes, and humans see motion. The team's work appears in the October 10 issue of Journal of Neuroscience.