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Anna Y M Wang1,2, Manoj M Kulkarni1,2, Amanda J McLaughlin1,2

  • 1Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Nature
|October 25, 2023
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らはマカクと人間の網膜でON型方向選択性ギャングリア細胞 (ON-DSGCs) を特定した. これらの細胞は画像の動きを検知することで 視界の安定化に不可欠であり 皮質下網膜のメカニズムが霊長類の視力に貢献することを示唆しています

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