title: Post-receptor adaptation: lighting up the details.
abstract: The very first rays of the rising sun enrich our visual world with spectacular detail. A recent study reveals how retinal circuits downstream of photoreceptors 'functionally re-wire' to trade-off sensitivity for high spatial acuity during night-day transitions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Kerry R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3N5, Canada. Electronic address: gautam@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Gautam B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Awatramani
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*