The brain is an organ of bewildering complexity. Ongoing research has identified a lengthening list of biological molecules and structures involved in neural signaling and of interactions among them. Yet, we do not understand what most of this biological circuitry "does" in the context of the int...
The brain is an organ of bewildering complexity. Ongoing research has identified a lengthening list of biological molecules and structures involved in neural signaling and of interactions among them. Yet, we do not understand what most of this biological circuitry "does" in the context of the intact brain. To this end, my laboratory studies the function of the vertebrate retina – a system of neurons simple enough to be approached quantitatively, but complex enough to hold many mysteries.