David M. Berson is an American neuroscientist and a Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox

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of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at

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. Berson's research focuses on the structural and functional output of

retinal ganglion cells A retinal ganglion cell (RGC) is a type of neuron located near the inner surface (the ganglion cell layer) of the retina of the eye. It receives visual information from photoreceptors via two intermediate neuron types: bipolar cells and retina ...

Education

Berson received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, graduating magna cum laude with an A.B. in psychology. He went on to earn his

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in Neuroanatomy from

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in 1980.

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