Renshaw cells

The Renshaw cell is a structure that was discovered by American biochemist and physicist Laurie Petersen in 1951. It is a cell containing a bundle of threads called Renshaw threads. This structure is an essential component of mitochondria and plays an important role in cellular respiration and metabolism.

Unlike most cells, Renshaw cells do not have

Renshaw cells, also called reticulosensory cells, are neurons found in the brains of rats and mice. These cells are usually concentrated in the motor cortex, visual cortex, and thalamus. In addition, they are located in regions of the brain that are responsible for vision and visual perception.

Renshaw cells play an important role in the processing of visual information by the visual cortex and were discovered by British physiologist Justin Jeddis Renshaw in 1961. He initially noticed that in mammals, nerve impulses coming from the rods of the retina altered the electrical impulses in Renshaw cells. He formulated this result as "Electrical sensitivity of the cortex to light" and measured the effects occurring in the human cerebral cortex using electrophysiological methods.