Uploaded May 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Neurons discovered by gamers playing EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
Interactive viewer of this circuit: museum.eyewire.org/?neurons=70014,60048,60004
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Animation shows a starburst neuron (yellow-green) and bipolar cells (blue and yellow, no relation to bipolar disorder), reconstructed by gamers in EyeWire. These cells form a circuit that results in a mechanism of direction selectivity, a mammal's ability to see which direction something is moving.
Space--time wiring specificity supports direction selectivity in the retina: nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13240.html#figures
Video by Alex Norton, EyeWire
Neurons discovered by gamers playing EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
Interactive viewer of this circuit: museum.eyewire.org/?neurons=70014,60048,60004
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/eyewire.org
Twitter: twitter.com/eye_wire
Animation shows a starburst neuron (yellow-green) and bipolar cells (blue and yellow, no relation to bipolar disorder), reconstructed by gamers in EyeWire. These cells form a circuit that results in a mechanism of direction selectivity, a mammal's ability to see which direction something is moving.
Space--time wiring specificity supports direction selectivity in the retina: nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13240.html#figures
Video by Alex Norton, EyeWire
