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Contextual tuning of direction-selective retinal ganglion cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14595442     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A direction-selective (DS) retinal ganglion cell responds well to a small object moving within its receptive field center, but less well when there is also a moving stimulus in the surrounding area; this has been described as tuning for local motion. We show here an additional selectivity, such that the surround has less effect if there is a discontinuity--that is, a difference in spatial phase, spatial frequency or velocity--between the center stimulus and that present in the surround.
Authors:
Chuan-Chin Chiao; Richard H Masland
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2003-11-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature neuroscience     Volume:  6     ISSN:  1097-6256     ISO Abbreviation:  Nat. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2003 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-11-24     Completed Date:  2004-01-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9809671     Medline TA:  Nat Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1251-2     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 50 Blossom Street, Wellman 429, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials / physiology*
Animals
Motion Perception / physiology*
Photic Stimulation / methods
Rabbits
Reaction Time / physiology
Retinal Ganglion Cells / physiology*

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