Which cell population is the only group of cells in the retina that generate action potentials to the brain?
A) amacrine cells
B) rods and cones
C) ganglion cells
D) bipolar cells
E) horizontal cells

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Ganglion cells are the only group of cells in the retina that generate action potentials to the brain. They receive input from bipolar cells, which in turn receive input from the photoreceptor cells (rods and cones). Amacrine and horizontal cells are interneurons that modulate the signals between the other cell types and do not generate action potentials themselves.

Which Cell Population Is the Only Group of Cells in the Retina