title: Neuronal architecture of on and off pathways to ganglion cells in carp retina.
abstract: Bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells of carp retina, stained intracellularly with Procion yellow, can be divided into types a and b, according to the destination of terminals and dendritic trees in the inner plexiform layer (sublamina a and b, respectively). Type a cells showed hyperpolarizing, or off, responses and type b cells depolarizing, or on, responses. Carp thus resembles cat in the basic organization of on and off pathways in the retina.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000166:cytology