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ArticleBMC neuroscience2012

High speed coding for velocity by archerfish retinal ganglion cells.

Viola Kretschmer, Friedrich Kretschmer, Malte T Ahlers, Josef Ammermüller

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Viola KretschmerDepartment of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Neurobiology, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
Friedrich Kretschmer
Malte T Ahlers
Josef Ammermüller

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArcherfish show very short behavioural latencies in response to falling prey. This raises the question, which response parameters of retinal ganglion cells to moving stimuli are best suited for fast coding of stimulus speed and direction.

resultsWe compared stimulus reconstruction quality based on the ganglion cell response parameters latency, first interspike interval, and rate. For stimulus reconstruction of moving stimuli using latency was superior to using the other stimulus parameters. This was true for absolute latency, with respect to stimulus onset, as well as for relative latency, with respect to population response onset. Iteratively increasing the number of cells used for reconstruction decreased the calculated error close to zero.

conclusionsLatency is the fastest response parameter available to the brain. Therefore, latency coding is best suited for high speed coding of moving objects. The quantitative data of this study are in good accordance with previously published behavioural response latencies.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsBiophysicsCluster AnalysisFishesLightLikelihood FunctionsModels, NeurologicalPhotic StimulationReaction TimeRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsTime FactorsVisual Pathways

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PMID22708891
PMCPMC3508827

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