Image of the Week Theres No Eye in Team 081417

Guest BloggerMay 17, 2018

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Published14 Aug 2017

Reviewed14 Aug 2017

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Alexis Wnuk

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An image of a rat retina, with blue retinal ganglion cells and red immune cells.

Hilla, et al. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2017.

The retina is the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye. It contains many different types of cells, each with a specific job to do. This magnified view of a mouse retina shows two types of cells found in the retina: retinal ganglion cells (light blue) send visual information from the eye to the brain, and immune cells called microglia (red) fight pathogens, clean up damaged cells, and help maintain connections between neurons.

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Alexis writes and edits content for BrainFacts.org. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012 with degrees in neuroscience and English.

Guest BloggerMay 17, 2018

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