Context-dependent selectivity to natural images in the retina

Matías A. Goldin; Baptiste Lefebvre; Samuele Virgili; Mathieu Kim Pham Van Cang; Alexander Ecker; Thierry Mora; Ulisse Ferrari; Olivier Marre

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33242-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Context-dependent selectivity to natural images in the retina

Matías A. Goldin,
Baptiste Lefebvre,
Samuele Virgili,
Mathieu Kim Pham Van Cang,
Alexander Ecker,
Thierry Mora,
Ulisse Ferrari,
Olivier Marre

Affiliations

Matías A. Goldin: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS
Baptiste Lefebvre: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS
Samuele Virgili: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS
Mathieu Kim Pham Van Cang: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS
Alexander Ecker: Institute of Computer Science and Campus Institute Data Science, University of Göttingen
Thierry Mora: Laboratoire de physique de l’Ecole normale supérieure, CNRS, PSL University, Sorbonne University, and University of Paris
Ulisse Ferrari: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS
Olivier Marre: Institut de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33242-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Ganglion cells classically respond to either light increase (ON) or decrease (OFF). Here, the authors show that during natural scene stimulation, a single ganglion cell can switch between ON and OFF depending on the visual context.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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