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Cat retinal ganglion cell dendritic fields
- Source :
- Experimental Neurology. 15:70-78
- Publication Year :
- 1966
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1966.
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Abstract
- Retinal ganglion cells of the cat were stained by the techniques of Golgi (silver) and Ehrlich (in vivo methylene blue). These neurohistological techniques presumably stain a few nerve cells completely, and hence allowed the study of the form of the dendritic expansion of the cat ganglion cells. The dendritic expansions of all the cells studied ended in one plane within the inner plexiform layer; no multistratified types of cells were seen. The dendritic fields were more or less circular with the cell bodies placed centrally. The size distribution of the dendritic fields was bimodal. Sizes between 70 and 200 μ and from 400 to 700 μ were found. It is suggested that for the cat retinal ganglion cells the size of the dendritic field is related to the size of the center region of the corresponding (physiologically determined) concentric receptive field.
- Subjects :
- Neurons
Microscopy
Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
Bistratified cell
Giant retinal ganglion cells
Dendrites
Anatomy
In Vitro Techniques
Biology
Inner plexiform layer
Retinal ganglion
Retina
Parasol cell
medicine.anatomical_structure
Developmental Neuroscience
Neurology
Retinal ganglion cell
Midget cell
Cats
medicine
Biophysics
Animals
Ganglia
Visual Fields
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00144886
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Experimental Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5cdbf700cdf88abc5c09a94588e3315e