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ArticlePhysiological reports2016

Space-time codependence of retinal ganglion cells can be explained by novel and separable components of their receptive fields.

Cameron S Cowan, Jasdeep Sabharwal, Samuel M Wu

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Article in Physiological reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cameron S CowanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Jasdeep SabharwalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas sabharwa@bcm.edu.
Samuel M WuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCH CENTERP30EY002520 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Samuel M Wu · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
ROD AND CONE SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN MAMMALIAN RETINAR01EY019908 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WU, SAMUEL M · 2010 to 2020
$3.8M
VISUAL SCIENCEST32EY007001 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Samuel M Wu · 1985 to 2026
$3.7M
Damage to Rod Circuitry Underlies Ganglion Cell Functional Changes in GlaucomaF30EY025480 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SABHARWAL, JASDEEP · 2015 to 2015
$48k
NEI NIH HHS F30 EY025480NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002520NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019908NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reverse correlation methods such as spike-triggered averaging consistently identify the spatial center in the linear receptive fields (RFs) of retinal ganglion cells (GCs). However, the spatial antagonistic surround observed in classical experiments has proven more elusive. Tests for the antagonistic surround have heretofore relied on models that make questionable simplifying assumptions such as space-time separability and radial homogeneity/symmetry. We circumvented these, along with other common assumptions, and observed a linear antagonistic surround in 754 of 805 mouse GCs. By characterizing the RF's space-time structure, we found the overall linear RF's inseparability could be accounted for both by tuning differences between the center and surround and differences within the surround. Finally, we applied this approach to characterize spatial asymmetry in the RF surround. These results shed new light on the spatiotemporal organization of GC linear RFs and highlight a major contributor to its inseparability.

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Spatial AnalysisSpatio-Temporal AnalysisTimeAction PotentialsAnimalsElectrophysiologyMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, NeurologicalPhotic StimulationRetinaRetinal Ganglion CellsSpace PerceptionVision, OcularVisual PerceptionRetinal ganglion cellsspace–time separabilityspatiotemporal tuning

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PMID27604400
PMCPMC5027358
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