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The Evolution and Development of Neural Superposition by Egemen Agi; Marion Langen; Steven J. Altschuler; Lani F. Wu; Timo Zimmermann; Peter Robin Hiesinger is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Evolution and Development of Neural Superposition about?
Visual systems have a rich history as model systems for the discovery and understanding of basic principles underlying neuronal connectivity. The compound eyes of insects consist of up to thousands of small unit eyes that are connected by photoreceptor axons to set up a visual map in the brain. The photoreceptor axon terminals thereby represent neighboring points seen in the environment in neighboring synaptic units in the brain. Neural superposition is a special case of such a wiring principle, where photoreceptors from different unit eyes that receive the same input converge upon the same synaptic units in the brain. This wiring principle is remarkable, because each photoreceptor in a single unit eye receives different input and each individual axon, among thousands others in the brain, must be sorted together with those few axons that have the same input. Key aspects of neural superposition have been described as early as 1907. Since then neuroscientists, evolutionary and developmental biologists have been fascinated by how such a complicated wiring principle could evolve, how it is genetically encoded, and how it is developmentally realized. In this review article, we will disc
Who reads The Evolution and Development of Neural Superposition?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Neuroscience.
- Author
- Egemen Agi; Marion Langen; Steven J. Altschuler; Lani F. Wu; Timo Zimmermann; Peter Robin Hiesinger
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Neuroscience (Life Sciences)