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Science 7 October 1988:
Vol. 242. no. 4875, pp. 90 - 91
DOI: 10.1126/science.3175637

Articles

Science, Vol 242, Issue 4875, 90-91
Copyright © 1988 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


articles

Spontaneous impulse activity of rat retinal ganglion cells in prenatal life

L Galli and L Maffei

Istituto di Neurofisiologia Consiglio Nazionale Delle Richerche via San Zeno, Pisa, Italy.

The existence of spontaneous neural activity in mammalian retinal ganglion cells during prenatal life has long been suspected. This activity could play a key role in the refinement of retinal projections during development. Recordings in vivo from the retinas of rat fetuses between embryonic day 17 and 21 found action potentials in spontaneously active ganglion cells at all the ages studied.


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