Olfaction and vision meet in the retina

John E Dowling

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.024

Olfaction and vision meet in the retina

Neuron. 2013 Jul 10;79(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.024.

Author

John E Dowling¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. dowling@mcb.harvard.edu

PMID: 23849191
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.024

Abstract

In fish, axons that originate in the olfactory bulb innervate the retina and increase luminance sensitivity. In this issue of Neuron, Esposti et al. (2013) investigate the mechanisms underlying this interaction to report modulation of synaptic gain and sensitivity in OFF bipolar cells but rarely in ON bipolar cells.

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Animals
Olfactory Bulb / metabolism*
Retina / metabolism*
Retinal Bipolar Cells / metabolism*
Smell / physiology*
Zebrafish / metabolism*