Abstract
Electron microscopy of Golgi preparations of goldfish retina shows that dendrites of type a (hyperpolarizing, off-center) bipolar cells make wide cleft junctions unassociated with synoptic ribbons, while those of type b (depolarizing, oncenter) bipolar cells make narrow cleft junctions and synoptic ribbon contacts, with rods and cones. This suggests that wide cleft junctions are the site of sign-conserving, and narrow cleft junctions or ribbon contacts (or both) are the site of signinverting synoptic transmission from photoreceptors to bipolars.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1269-1271 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Science |
| Volume | 198 |
| Issue number | 4323 |
| State | Published - 1977 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Structural basis for on- and off-center responses in retinal bipolar cells. / Stell, William K.; Ishida, Andrew; Lightfoot, David O.
In: Science, Vol. 198, No. 4323, 1977, p. 1269-1271.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Structural basis for on- and off-center responses in retinal bipolar cells
AU - Stell, William K.
AU - Ishida, Andrew
AU - Lightfoot, David O.
PY - 1977
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N2 - Electron microscopy of Golgi preparations of goldfish retina shows that dendrites of type a (hyperpolarizing, off-center) bipolar cells make wide cleft junctions unassociated with synoptic ribbons, while those of type b (depolarizing, oncenter) bipolar cells make narrow cleft junctions and synoptic ribbon contacts, with rods and cones. This suggests that wide cleft junctions are the site of sign-conserving, and narrow cleft junctions or ribbon contacts (or both) are the site of signinverting synoptic transmission from photoreceptors to bipolars.
AB - Electron microscopy of Golgi preparations of goldfish retina shows that dendrites of type a (hyperpolarizing, off-center) bipolar cells make wide cleft junctions unassociated with synoptic ribbons, while those of type b (depolarizing, oncenter) bipolar cells make narrow cleft junctions and synoptic ribbon contacts, with rods and cones. This suggests that wide cleft junctions are the site of sign-conserving, and narrow cleft junctions or ribbon contacts (or both) are the site of signinverting synoptic transmission from photoreceptors to bipolars.
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