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Receptive field mechanisms of ganglion cells in the cat retina (English)
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1985
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On the basis of anatomical and physiological results of the vertebrate retina, a method is proposed for analysing the receptive fields of ganglion cells in the cat retina. In the model, we assume the following: (a) Ganglion cells receive their input from bipolar and/or amacrine cells. (b) The nonlinearity of ganglion cell responses is due to the activities of transient type amacrine cells. The method has been proved to be effective. According to the results of this investigation, the receptive field properties of X type and Y type ganglion cells are heterogeneous. Thus, it may be considered that their receptive fields consist of center and surround mechanisms. The receptive field properties of X-cells are almost linear and the X-cells seem to receive most of their input from bipolar cells. On the other hand, the ones of Y-cells are highly nonlinear. Consequently, it is conceivable that the Y-cells receive their input mainly from transient type amacrine cells.
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band-limited Gaussian white noise
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receptive fields of ganglion cells
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cat retina
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amacrine cells
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center and surround mechanisms
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