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Asymmetrical dendritic fields of retinal ganglion cells

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Dendritic branches of retinal ganglion cells in cats and frogs were studied by Golgi's bichromate-silver impregnation method. Besides the well-known varieties of ganglion cells, asymmetrical neurons with a unilateral arrangement of their dendrites are also present. Substantial differences are found in the structure of these ganglion cells depending on the architectonics of the inner plexiform layer of the retina, which is narrow in the cat but wide and divided into sublayers in the frog.

The possible role of neurons with a unilateral arrangement of their dendrites is discussed on the basis of previous electrophysiological investigations of receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells and also of the retinal detectors.

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Shkol'nik-Yarros, E.G. Asymmetrical dendritic fields of retinal ganglion cells. Neurosci Behav Physiol 5, 47–52 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01163378

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