2024
Specific retinal neurons regulate context-dependent defensive responses to visual threat
Lee T, Weinberg-Wolf H, Zapadka T, Rudenko A, Demb J, Kim I. Specific retinal neurons regulate context-dependent defensive responses to visual threat. PNAS Nexus 2024, 3: pgae423. PMID: 39359403, PMCID: PMC11443969, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetinal ganglion cellsBehavioral responsesRetinal ganglion cell typesVisual threatAlpha retinal ganglion cellsLooming stimuliThreatening stimuliMature miceGanglion cellsBehavioral reactionsUnique contributionsCell ablationVisual pathwayOutput neuronsEarly visual pathwayStimuliContextual signalsDefense responsesAerial predatorsEnvironmental context
1998
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Early Visual Pathways in Dyslexia
Demb J, Boynton G, Heeger D. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Early Visual Pathways in Dyslexia. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 6939-6951. PMID: 9712663, PMCID: PMC6792964, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06939.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingBrain activityResonance imagingM pathwayReduced brain activityPrimary visual cortexMotion-sensitive areasSpeed discriminationPerceptual thresholdHigher V1Pathway abnormalitiesVisual motion perceptionEarly visual pathwayGroups of dyslexicsVisual cortexVisual pathwayLower perceptual thresholdsExtrastriate areasArea MTMagnocellular pathwayStimulus speedPathway inputEarly visual systemNormal readers