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