2007
Functional Circuitry for Peripheral Suppression in Mammalian Y-Type Retinal Ganglion Cells
Zaghloul KA, Manookin MB, Borghuis BG, Boahen K, Demb JB. Functional Circuitry for Peripheral Suppression in Mammalian Y-Type Retinal Ganglion Cells. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2007, 97: 4327-4340. PMID: 17460102, DOI: 10.1152/jn.01091.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmacrine cellsGanglion cellsCenter responseSynaptic layersY-type retinal ganglion cellsHorizontal cellsY-type ganglion cellsSecond synaptic layerGanglion cell receptive fieldsRetinal ganglion cellsGuinea pig retinaStimulus-response curvesRetinal ganglion cell receptive fieldsFirst synaptic layerCurrent-clamp conditionsBipolar terminalsGlutamate releaseCell receptive fieldsPeripheral gratingsPeripheral suppressionIntracellular recordingsPig retinaSubthreshold membrane potentialsExcitatory centerInhibitory conductance
2006
Presynaptic Mechanism for Slow Contrast Adaptation in Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells
Manookin MB, Demb JB. Presynaptic Mechanism for Slow Contrast Adaptation in Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuron 2006, 50: 453-464. PMID: 16675399, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.03.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCalcium ChannelsContrast SensitivityGlutamic AcidGuinea PigsOrgan Culture TechniquesPhotic StimulationPresynaptic TerminalsReaction TimeReceptors, GABAReceptors, GlycineReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateRetinal Bipolar CellsRetinal Ganglion CellsSynaptic TransmissionConceptsPresynaptic bipolar cellsRetinal ganglion cellsGanglion cellsBipolar cellsMammalian retinal ganglion cellsSlow contrast adaptationReduced glutamate releaseIntrinsic cellular propertiesIntrinsic cellular mechanismsCortical adaptationGlutamate releasePresynaptic mechanismsGlycine receptorsVisual neuronsAfterhyperpolarizationExcitatory conductancePotassium conductanceContrast adaptationCellular mechanismsCortical cellsNeuronsCellsCellular propertiesMGluRsSpatial stimuli
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
1995
Semantic encoding and retrieval in the left inferior prefrontal cortex: a functional MRI study of task difficulty and process specificity
Demb J, Desmond J, Wagner A, Vaidya C, Glover G, Gabrieli J. Semantic encoding and retrieval in the left inferior prefrontal cortex: a functional MRI study of task difficulty and process specificity. Journal Of Neuroscience 1995, 15: 5870-5878. PMID: 7666172, PMCID: PMC6577672, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-09-05870.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBrain MappingFemaleHumansLanguageMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemoryPrefrontal CortexReaction TimeConceptsLeft inferior prefrontal cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingInferior prefrontal cortexSemantic encodingRepetition primingTask difficultyPrefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortical functionFunctional MRI studyIntentional recollectionLIPC activationNonsemantic encodingSemantic processingExecutive systemTime wordsSame wordsNeural activityRelative difficultyEncodingWordsCortical functionProcess specificitySemantic informationLine retrievalPriming