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A dedicated circuit links direction-selective retinal ganglion cells to the primary visual cortex

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  • Alberto Cruz-Martín

    (University of California
    University of California)

  • Rana N. El-Danaf

    (University of California
    University of California)

  • Fumitaka Osakada

    (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)

  • Balaji Sriram

    (University of California)

  • Onkar S. Dhande

    (University of California
    University of California)

  • Phong L. Nguyen

    (University of California
    University of California)

  • Edward M. Callaway

    (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)

  • Anirvan Ghosh

    (Neuroscience Discovery, F. Hoffman La Roche, 4070 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Andrew D. Huberman

    (University of California
    University of California
    Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    University of California)

Abstract

Using a combination of viral-tracing and in vivo imaging techniques, the authors show that there are several parallel pathways in the mouse visual system and that directional and orientation selectivity in the cortex may arise from the specialized tuning of retinal circuits.

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  • Alberto Cruz-Martín & Rana N. El-Danaf & Fumitaka Osakada & Balaji Sriram & Onkar S. Dhande & Phong L. Nguyen & Edward M. Callaway & Anirvan Ghosh & Andrew D. Huberman, 2014. "A dedicated circuit links direction-selective retinal ganglion cells to the primary visual cortex," Nature, Nature, vol. 507(7492), pages 358-361, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:507:y:2014:i:7492:d:10.1038_nature12989
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12989
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    1. Hyeryun Shin & Hideki Derek Kawai, 2021. "Sensitive timing of undifferentiation in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and their enhanced maturation in primary visual cortex of binocularly enucleated mice," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(9), pages 1-26, September.
    2. Sichen Tao & Xiliang Zhang & Yuxiao Hua & Zheng Tang & Yuki Todo, 2023. "A Novel Artificial Visual System for Motion Direction Detection with Completely Modeled Retinal Direction-Selective Pathway," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-18, August.

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