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Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina.

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Gauthier, JL; Field, GD; Sher, A; Shlens, J; Greschner, M; Litke, AM; Chichilnisky, EJ
Published in: J Neurosci
April 8, 2009

The collective representation of visual space in high resolution visual pathways was explored by simultaneously measuring the receptive fields of hundreds of ON and OFF midget and parasol ganglion cells in isolated primate retina. As expected, the receptive fields of all four cell types formed regular mosaics uniformly tiling the visual scene. Surprisingly, comparison of all four mosaics revealed that the overlap of neighboring receptive fields was nearly identical, for both the excitatory center and inhibitory surround components of the receptive field. These observations contrast sharply with the large differences in the dendritic overlap between the parasol and midget cell populations, revealing a surprising lack of correspondence between the anatomical and functional architecture in the dominant circuits of the primate retina.

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J Neurosci

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EISSN

1529-2401

Publication Date

April 8, 2009

Volume

29

Issue

14

Start / End Page

4675 / 4680

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
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  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Animals
  • Action Potentials
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Gauthier, J. L., Field, G. D., Sher, A., Shlens, J., Greschner, M., Litke, A. M., & Chichilnisky, E. J. (2009). Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina. J Neurosci, 29(14), 4675–4680. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5294-08.2009
Gauthier, Jeffrey L., Greg D. Field, Alexander Sher, Jonathon Shlens, Martin Greschner, Alan M. Litke, and E. J. Chichilnisky. “Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina.J Neurosci 29, no. 14 (April 8, 2009): 4675–80. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5294-08.2009.
Gauthier JL, Field GD, Sher A, Shlens J, Greschner M, Litke AM, et al. Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina. J Neurosci. 2009 Apr 8;29(14):4675–80.
Gauthier, Jeffrey L., et al. “Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina.J Neurosci, vol. 29, no. 14, Apr. 2009, pp. 4675–80. Pubmed, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5294-08.2009.
Gauthier JL, Field GD, Sher A, Shlens J, Greschner M, Litke AM, Chichilnisky EJ. Uniform signal redundancy of parasol and midget ganglion cells in primate retina. J Neurosci. 2009 Apr 8;29(14):4675–4680.

Published In

J Neurosci

DOI

EISSN

1529-2401

Publication Date

April 8, 2009

Volume

29

Issue

14

Start / End Page

4675 / 4680

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Animals
  • Action Potentials
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences