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Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal.

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Li, PH; Field, GD; Greschner, M; Ahn, D; Gunning, DE; Mathieson, K; Sher, A; Litke, AM; Chichilnisky, EJ
Published in: Neuron
January 8, 2014

The propagation of visual signals from individual cone photoreceptors through parallel neural circuits was examined in the primate retina. Targeted stimulation of individual cones was combined with simultaneous recording from multiple retinal ganglion cells of identified types. The visual signal initiated by an individual cone produced strong responses with different kinetics in three of the four numerically dominant ganglion cell types. The magnitude and kinetics of light responses in each ganglion cell varied nonlinearly with stimulus strength but in a manner that was independent of the cone of origin after accounting for the overall input strength of each cone. Based on this property of independence, the receptive field profile of an individual ganglion cell could be well estimated from responses to stimulation of each cone individually. Together, these findings provide a quantitative account of how elementary visual inputs form the ganglion cell receptive field.

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Neuron

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EISSN

1097-4199

Publication Date

January 8, 2014

Volume

81

Issue

1

Start / End Page

130 / 139

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Pathways
  • Visual Fields
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells
  • Retina
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Macaca mulatta
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Animals
 

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Li, P. H., Field, G. D., Greschner, M., Ahn, D., Gunning, D. E., Mathieson, K., … Chichilnisky, E. J. (2014). Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal. Neuron, 81(1), 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.043
Li, Peter H., Greg D. Field, Martin Greschner, Daniel Ahn, Deborah E. Gunning, Keith Mathieson, Alexander Sher, Alan M. Litke, and E. J. Chichilnisky. “Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal.Neuron 81, no. 1 (January 8, 2014): 130–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.043.
Li PH, Field GD, Greschner M, Ahn D, Gunning DE, Mathieson K, et al. Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal. Neuron. 2014 Jan 8;81(1):130–9.
Li, Peter H., et al. “Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal.Neuron, vol. 81, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 130–39. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.043.
Li PH, Field GD, Greschner M, Ahn D, Gunning DE, Mathieson K, Sher A, Litke AM, Chichilnisky EJ. Retinal representation of the elementary visual signal. Neuron. 2014 Jan 8;81(1):130–139.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neuron

DOI

EISSN

1097-4199

Publication Date

January 8, 2014

Volume

81

Issue

1

Start / End Page

130 / 139

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Pathways
  • Visual Fields
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells
  • Retina
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Macaca mulatta
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Animals