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ArticleVisual neuroscience2019

Synaptic inhibition tunes contrast computation in the retina.

Nicholas W Oesch, Jeffrey S Diamond

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Article in Visual neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicholas W OeschSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3701.
Jeffrey S DiamondSynaptic Physiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3701.

Funding

Synaptic Mechanisms in the Mammalian RetinaZIANS003039 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI DIAMOND, JEFFREY S · 2009 to 2025
$24.5M
Synaptic Mechanisms in the Mammalian RetinaZ01NS003039 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI DIAMOND, JEFFREY S · 2007 to 2008
$2.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS003039Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition shapes activity and signal processing in neural networks through numerous mechanisms mediated by many different cell types. Here, we examined how one type of GABAergic interneuron in the retina, the A17 amacrine cell, influences visual information processing. Our results suggest that A17s, which make reciprocal feedback inhibitory synapses onto rod bipolar cell (RBC) synaptic terminals, extend the luminance range over which RBC synapses compute temporal contrast and enhance the reliability of contrast signals over this range. Inhibition from other amacrine cells does not influence these computational features. Although A17-mediated feedback is mediated by both GABAA and GABAC receptors, the latter plays the primary role in extending the range of contrast computation. These results identify specific functions for an inhibitory interneuron subtype, as well as specific synaptic receptors, in a behaviorally relevant neural computation.

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Amacrine CellsAnimalsFeedback, PhysiologicalGABAergic NeuronsNeural InhibitionRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRetinal Bipolar CellsSynapsesAmacrine cellFeedback inhibitionRibbon synapseWeber contrast

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PMID31199207
PMCPMC6578594

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