Wide-field ganglion cells in primate retina

Abstract

The anatomical circuitry involving distinct neuronal types within the retina, form the basis for the functional properties of ganglion cells. Such properties ultimately represent the nature of visual information carried by these cells for further processing in subsequent areas of the visual system, and are therefore crucial to our understanding of the visual system as a whole. The projects outlined in chapters 2, 3 and 4 investigate the anatomical connections of a group of ganglion cell types (wide-field ganglion cells) retrogradely labelled and photo-filled in the retina of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). This animal model is ideal for our purposes, as ganglion cell types identifi..