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ArticleCell reports2024

Parallel pathways carrying direction-and orientation-selective retinal signals to layer 4 of the mouse visual cortex.

Helen Wang, Oyshi Dey, Willian N Lagos, Noor Behnam, Edward M Callaway, Benjamin K Stafford

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. 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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17 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Compartmentalized pooling generates orientation selectivity in wide-field amacrine cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helen WangThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Oyshi DeyThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Willian N LagosThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Noor BehnamThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Edward M CallawayThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Benjamin K StaffordThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: bstafford@salk.edu.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007198 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, INSEL, PAUL A · 1985 to 2024
$29.3M
Organization and Function of Visual Cortical Feedback SystemsR01EY022577 · NEI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EDWARD M CALLAWAY · 2012 to 2026
$8.0M
Anatomical and Functional Interrogation of Parallel Visual Pathways from Eye to BrainR01EY031517 · NEI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI CALLAWAY, EDWARD M, STAFFORD, BENJAMIN KNOELL · 2020 to 2022
$1.4M
Contribution of parallel inputs to speed tuning in higher visual cortexF30EY029932 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WANG, HELEN · 2020 to 2022
$132k
NEI NIH HHS F30 EY029932NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022577NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031517NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parallel visual pathways from the retina to the primary visual cortex (V1) via the lateral geniculate nucleus are common to many mammalian species, including mice, carnivores, and primates. However, it remains unclear which visual features present in both retina and V1 may be inherited from parallel pathways versus extracted by V1 circuits in the mouse. Here, using calcium imaging and rabies circuit tracing, we explore the relationships between tuning of layer 4 (L4) V1 neurons and their retinal ganglion cell (RGC) inputs. We find that subpopulations of L4 V1 neurons differ in their tuning for direction, orientation, spatial frequency, temporal frequency, and speed. Furthermore, we find that direction-tuned L4 V1 neurons receive input from direction-selective RGCs, whereas orientation-tuned L4 V1 neurons receive input from orientation-selective RGCs. These results suggest that direction and orientation tuning of V1 neurons may be partly inherited from parallel pathways originating in the retina.

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RetinaVisual CortexAnimalsGeniculate BodiesMammalsMicePhotic StimulationPrimatesRetinal Ganglion CellsVisual PathwaysCP: Cell biologyCP: Neurosciencedirection selectivitydorsal lateral geniculate nucleusG-deleted rabies tracingorientation selectivityparallel pathwaysprimary visual cortexretinal ganglion cellsthalamusvisual system

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