Figure 7. 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.