Dendritic spikes amplify the synaptic signal to enhance detection of motion in a simulation of the direction-selective ganglion cell.
The On-Off direction-selective ganglion cell (DSGC) in mammalian retinas responds most strongly to a stimulus moving in a specific direction. The DSGC initiates spikes in its dendritic tree, which are thought to propagate to the soma with high probability. Both dendritic and somatic spikes in the DS...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2924322?pdf=render |