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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2021

Flexible filtering by neural inputs supports motion computation across states and stimuli.

Jessica R Kohn, Jacob P Portes, Matthias P Christenson, L F Abbott, Rudy Behnia

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Voltage to Calcium Transformation Enhances Direction Selectivity inThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jessica R KohnThe Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Jacob P PortesThe Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Matthias P ChristensonThe Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
L F AbbottThe Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Rudy BehniaThe Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: rb3161@columbia.edu.

Funding

Vision Sciences Training GrantT32EY013933 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Carol A. Mason, CAROL M TROY · 2001 to 2026
$5.3M
Neural circuit mechanisms for color visionR01EY029311 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BEHNIA, ROUDABEH · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Spectral and spatial processing of wavelength information in the Drosophila visual systemF31EY030319 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HEATH, SARAH L · 2019 to 2020
$91k
NEI NIH HHS F31 EY030319NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029311NEI NIH HHS T32 EY013933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensory systems flexibly adapt their processing properties across a wide range of environmental and behavioral conditions. Such variable processing complicates attempts to extract a mechanistic understanding of sensory computations. This is evident in the highly constrained, canonical Drosophila motion detection circuit, where the core computation underlying direction selectivity is still debated despite extensive studies. Here we measured the filtering properties of neural inputs to the OFF motion-detecting T5 cell in Drosophila. We report state- and stimulus-dependent changes in the shape of these signals, which become more biphasic under specific conditions. Summing these inputs within the framework of a connectomic-constrained model of the circuit demonstrates that these shapes are sufficient to explain T5 responses to various motion stimuli. Thus, our stimulus- and state-dependent measurements reconcile motion computation with the anatomy of the circuit. These findings provide a clear example of how a basic circuit supports flexible sensory computation.

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Motion PerceptionAnimalsDrosophilaMotionVisual Pathwaysconnectomedirection selectivityDrosophila melanogastermotion visionneuromodulationoctopamineON/OFF pathwaysstate dependencetemporal filter

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PMID34670114
PMCPMC8725177

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