Xiongli Yang, Chinese neurophysiologist (Shanghai 14 October 1941 –
Pioneered the study of neural mechanisms underlying information processing in the vertebrate retina
Characterized the glutamate and GABA receptors in retinal neurons
Discovered light receptor signals received on horizontal cells
First to report that cooperators electric coupling between sight poles and sight cones were reinforced because of background light
First to discover that sight cone signal was prohibited in secret