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Diversity in sight

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A systematic analysis of bipolar cells, which act as a central signalling conduit in the retina, reveals that the neurons' diverse responses to light are generated largely by feedback from neighbouring amacrine cells. See Article p.439

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Figure 1: Generating diversity in bipolar cells.

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  1. Richard H. Masland is in the Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.,

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Masland, R. Diversity in sight. Nature 542, 418–419 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21498

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