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ELIFE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.81780
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visual system; retinal ganglion cells; direction selectivity; accessory optic system; behavioral reflex; sensorimotor; Mouse
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This study discovers mechanisms involved in motion encoding in vertically tuned retinal ganglion cells and uses these findings to define the signal transformation between retinal output and vertical optokinetic reflex (OKR) behavior. It also reveals contrast-sensitive and asymmetric motion encoding in different direction-preferred retinal ganglion cell types. By subtracting the outputs of these neurons, the trajectories of vertical OKR can be accurately predicted across stimulus conditions in behaving mice.
Across species, the optokinetic reflex (OKR) stabilizes vision during self-motion. OKR occurs when ON direction-selective retinal ganglion cells (oDSGCs) detect slow, global image motion on the retina. How oDSGC activity is integrated centrally to generate behavior remains unknown. Here, we discover mechanisms that contribute to motion encoding in vertically tuned oDSGCs and leverage these findings to empirically define signal transformation between retinal output and vertical OKR behavior. We demonstrate that motion encoding in vertically tuned oDSGCs is contrast-sensitive and asymmetric for oDSGC types that prefer opposite directions. These phenomena arise from the interplay between spike threshold nonlinearities and differences in synaptic input weights, including shifts in the balance of excitation and inhibition. In behaving mice, these neurophysiological observations, along with a central subtraction of oDSGC outputs, accurately predict the trajectories of vertical OKR across stimulus conditions. Thus, asymmetric tuning across competing sensory channels can critically shape behavior.
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