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Perception of visual motion coherence by rats and mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16647739     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The coherence thresholds to discriminate the direction of motion in random-dot kinematograms were measured in rats and mice. Performance was best in the rats when dot displacement from frame-to-frame was about 2 degrees, and frame duration was less than 100 ms. Mice had coherence thresholds similar to those of rats when tested at the same step size and frame duration. Although the lowest thresholds in the rats and mice occasionally reached human levels, average rodent values ( approximately 25%) were 2-3 times higher than those of humans. These data indicate that the rodent and primate visual systems are similar in that both have local motion detectors and a system for extracting global motion from a noisy signal.
Authors:
R M Douglas; A Neve; J P Quittenbaum; N M Alam; G T Prusky
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2006-05-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  46     ISSN:  0042-6989     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-07-03     Completed Date:  2006-09-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2842-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. robert.douglas@ubc.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Discrimination (Psychology) / physiology
Female
Humans
Mice / physiology*
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Motion Perception / physiology*
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
Photic Stimulation / methods
Psychophysics
Rats / physiology*
Rats, Long-Evans
Sensory Thresholds / physiology
Species Specificity
Visual Cortex / physiology

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