Multiplexed computations in retinal ganglion cells of a single type

Retinal ganglion cell subtypes are traditionally thought to encode a single visual feature across the visual field to form a feature map. Here the authors show that fast OFF ganglion cells in fact respond to two visual features, either object position or speed, depending on the stimulus location.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stéphane Deny, Ulisse Ferrari, Emilie Macé, Pierre Yger, Romain Caplette, Serge Picaud, Gašper Tkačik, Olivier Marre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02159-y