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Directional selectivity is formed at multiple levels by laterally offset inhibition in the rabbit retina.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15820698     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The excitatory and inhibitory inputs to directionally selective (DS) ganglion cells are themselves directionally selective. Directionality is achieved because excitation is reduced during null-direction movement along a GABAergic pathway. Inhibition is reduced during preferred-direction movement along a pathway that includes cholinergic synapses. Both excitation and inhibition are made directional by laterally offset inhibitory signals similar to the spatial offset of the direct inhibitory input to the DS cell dendrites. Thus, spatially offset lateral inhibition generates directionality at three different levels in the DS circuitry. We also found that for stimuli falling within the dendritic field, cholinergic input is delivered to the OFF but not the ON dendrites. Cholinergic pathways from outside the dendritic field reach both ON and OFF dendrites, but both of these pathways are normally inactivated by GABAergic synapses.
Authors:
Shelley I Fried; Thomas A Münch; Frank S Werblin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuron     Volume:  46     ISSN:  0896-6273     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuron     Publication Date:  2005 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-04-11     Completed Date:  2005-05-20     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8809320     Medline TA:  Neuron     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  117-27     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Vision Science, University of California at Berkeley, 145 LSA, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylcholine / metabolism
Amacrine Cells / physiology
Animals
Evoked Potentials, Visual / physiology
Glutamic Acid / metabolism
Neural Inhibition / physiology*
Organ Culture Techniques
Rabbits
Retina / physiology*
Retinal Ganglion Cells / physiology*
Visual Perception / physiology*
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
51-84-3/Acetylcholine; 56-12-2/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid

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