Direction-selective circuitry in rat retina develops independently of GABAergic, cholinergic and action potential activity.

The ON-OFF direction selective ganglion cells (DSGCs) in the mammalian retina code image motion by responding much more strongly to movement in one direction. They do so by receiving inhibitory inputs selectively from a particular sector of processes of the overlapping starburst amacrine cells, a ty...

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Main Authors: Le Sun, Xu Han, Shigang He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3088673?pdf=render