Classical center-surround receptive fields facilitate novel object detection in retinal bipolar cells

John A. Gaynes; Samuel A. Budoff; Michael J. Grybko; Joshua B. Hunt; Alon Poleg-Polsky

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32761-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Classical center-surround receptive fields facilitate novel object detection in retinal bipolar cells

John A. Gaynes,
Samuel A. Budoff,
Michael J. Grybko,
Joshua B. Hunt,
Alon Poleg-Polsky

Affiliations

John A. Gaynes: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Samuel A. Budoff: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Michael J. Grybko: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Joshua B. Hunt: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Alon Poleg-Polsky: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32761-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Center-surround receptive fields are typically considered to mediate edge detection. Here, by studying retinal bipolar cells responding to flashed and moving stimuli, the authors reveal an additional function: enhanced representation of newly appearing visual items.

Published in Nature Communications

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