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JULY 26, 2006
  Penn Researchers Calculate How Much the Eye Tells the Brain
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Two broad classes of ganglion cell types in the guinea pig retina: brisk cells, which are larger and transmit electrical impulses faster, and sluggish, which are smaller and slower.

Image Credit: Kristin Koch,University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Current Biology

 


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