Attraction and repulsion of rod and cone neuritic growth to novel partners may contribute to the remodeling of retinal circuits in disease

In disease, as in vitro, rod cells are attracted to multipolar cells that lie in the inner nuclear layer (INL), whereas cone cells tend to form new growth near adjacent bipolar cells. Black arrows indicate normal axonal processes of photoreceptor cells in the retina; green arrows show new growth made in retinal disease. Other abbreviations used: OPL, outer plexiform layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Cone and rod cells have different target preferences in vitro as revealed by optical tweezers"</p><p></p><p>Molecular Vision 2008;14():706-720.</p><p>Published online 21 Apr 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2383278.</p><p>