Importance of mutual or lateral inhibition in the eye

Mutual or Lateral inhibition

This occurs when the activity of one cell suppresses the activity of a nearby cell or when activation of one cell by light impairs or prevents neighboring cells from being activated.

Importance of mutual or lateral inhibition 

1. This causes the edges between light and dark areas to appear more prominent than they would be otherwise
2. Lateral inhibition disables the spreading of action potentials from excited neurons to neighbouring neurons in the lateral direction.

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