Receptive field mechanisms of ganglion cells in the cat retina

DOI10.1007/BF00336933MaRDI QIDQ762101zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yoshihisa Fukushima, Ken-ichi Hara, Masayuki Kimura

Publication date 1985

Published in Biological Cybernetics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00336933

zbMATH Keywords

amacrine cellsband-limited Gaussian white noisecat retinacenter and surround mechanismsreceptive fields of ganglion cells

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx) Communication, information (94A99)

Review text

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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