Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
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RetinaRetina and the blind spot

Photomicrograph of ganglion neurons of the retina. These cells carry the signals from the back of the eye to the brain through the optic nerve, which appear as a dark spot at the center of the image.

Photograph: Thomas Münch, University of Tübingen

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