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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 120, Issue 3, Pages 1153-1161Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00716.2017
Keywords
direction selectivity; motion detection; retina; synaptic circuit; visual motion
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- NIH [R01-EY-024016]
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Direction selectivity is a fundamental computation in the visual system and is first computed by the direction-selective circuit in the mammalian retina. Although landmark discoveries on the neural basis of direction selectivity have been made in the rabbit, many technological advances designed for the mouse have emerged, making this organism a favored model for investigating the direction-selective circuit at the molecular, synaptic, and network levels. Studies using diverse motion stimuli in the mouse retina demonstrate that retinal direction selectivity is implemented by multilayered mechanisms. This review begins with a set of central mechanisms that arc engaged under a wide range of visual conditions and then focuses on additional layers of mechanisms that are dynamically recruited under different visual stimulus conditions. Together, recent findings allude to an emerging theme: robust motion detection in the natural environment requires flexible neural mechanisms.
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