Dendritic-tree anatomy codes form-vision physiology in tadpole retina.
In tadpole frog retina, the development of four classes of visual form detectors matched the growth of four types of ganglion cell dendritic trees. From this correlation of electrophysiology and anatomy we concluded that the structure of retinal ganglion cell dendritic trees provides the code for detection of visual shapes.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D003712:Dendrites / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005556:Form Perception; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014785:Vision, Ocular