retinal_neurons (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

retinal_neurons

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Proof of synapses connecting pairs of retinal cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells comes from the red coloring of infection by a modified rabies virus passed from one cell with a yellow nucleus across the synapse to a cell that glows only red.

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UW–Madison image courtesy Gamm Laboratory.

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