2001
Bipolar Cells Contribute to Nonlinear Spatial Summation in the Brisk-Transient (Y) Ganglion Cell in Mammalian Retina
Demb J, Zaghloul K, Haarsma L, Sterling P. Bipolar Cells Contribute to Nonlinear Spatial Summation in the Brisk-Transient (Y) Ganglion Cell in Mammalian Retina. Journal Of Neuroscience 2001, 21: 7447-7454. PMID: 11567034, PMCID: PMC6762908, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-19-07447.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar cellsGanglion cellsBrisk-transient ganglion cellsReceptive fieldsExcitatory postsynaptic potentialsGuinea pig retinaNonlinear spatial summationNonlinear receptive fieldsAmacrine cellsPostsynaptic potentialsPig retinaExcitatory mechanismsMammalian retinaY cellsLinear receptive fieldsSpatial summationBipolar inputRetinaCellsPeripheral componentsCentral componentAcetylcholineTetrodotoxinGABA
1999
Functional Circuitry of the Retinal Ganglion Cell's Nonlinear Receptive Field
Demb J, Haarsma L, Freed M, Sterling P. Functional Circuitry of the Retinal Ganglion Cell's Nonlinear Receptive Field. Journal Of Neuroscience 1999, 19: 9756-9767. PMID: 10559385, PMCID: PMC6782950, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09756.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGanglion cellsDendritic fieldsContrast-reversing gratingsNonlinear receptive fieldsOFF ganglion cellsReceptive fieldsCell dendritic fieldsRetinal ganglion cellsGuinea pig retinaBipolar cell responsesReceptive field mechanismsSurround responsesBipolar cellsPig retinaCell responsesFunctional circuitryL-APVisual stimuliMembrane potentialSingle classCellsResponseInterneuronsTetrodotoxinRetina