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(Steven Felgate) #1

reflects a substantial integration of information between the pho-
toreceptors and the ganglion cells. Two other major cell types in the
retina are also wired into to this connectivity and contribute to this
integration: the horizontal cells and the amacrine cells, both of which
are present in the same retinal layer as the bipolar cells.


Ganglion cell axons

Ganglion cells

Amacrine cells

Bipolar cells

Horizontal cells

Rod and cone
inner segments

Rod and cone
outer segments
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