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What the Salamander Eye Has Been Telling the Vision Scientist’s Brain
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: Received: 3 March 2020 / Approved: 5 March 2020 / Online: 5 March 2020 (02:51:38 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 16 April 2020 / Approved: 19 April 2020 / Online: 19 April 2020 (08:06:38 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 16 April 2020 / Approved: 19 April 2020 / Online: 19 April 2020 (08:06:38 CEST)
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Rozenblit F, Gollisch T (2020) What the salamander eye has been telling the vision scientist’s brain. Semin Cell Dev Biol 106:61-71. Rozenblit F, Gollisch T (2020) What the salamander eye has been telling the vision scientist’s brain. Semin Cell Dev Biol 106:61-71.
Abstract
Salamanders have been habitual residents of research laboratories for more than a century, and their history in science is tightly interwoven with vision research. Nevertheless, many vision scientists – even those working with salamanders – may be unaware of how much our knowledge about vision, and particularly the retina, has been shaped by studying salamanders. In this review, we take a tour through the salamander history in vision science, highlighting the main contributions of salamanders to our understanding of the vertebrate retina. We further point out specificities of the salamander visual system and discuss the perspectives of this animal system for future vision research.
Keywords
retina; vision; ambystoma; salamander; mudpuppy; axolotl
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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