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Josh Sanes and Markus Meister have announced the discovery of a previously unknown type of retinal cell in mice that detects upward motion. Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office |
Newly discovered class of mouse retinal cells detect upward motionHarvard researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of retinal cell that plays an exclusive and unusual role in mice: detecting upward motion. The cells reflect their function in the physical arrangement of their dendrites, branch-like structures on neuronal cells that form a communicative network with other dendrites and neurons in the brain. The work, led by neuroscientists Joshua R. Sanes and Markus Meister, is described in a letter in the journal Nature. |
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