How Retinal Ganglion Cells Prevent Synaptic Noise From Reaching the Spike Output
Demb JB, Sterling P, Freed MA. How Retinal Ganglion Cells Prevent Synaptic Noise From Reaching the Spike Output. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2004, 92: 2510-2519. PMID: 15175375, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00108.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic convergenceSpike outputGanglion cellsIntracellular recordingsSynaptic inputsSpike responsesF1 responseRetinal ganglion cellsSpike rateNeuron synaptic inputsPrimary visual cortexExtracellular recordingsVisual cortexPeak depolarizationStimulus frequencyStimulus cycleSynaptic vesiclesStimulus contrastStrong stimulusSynaptic noiseDepolarizationNeuronsParadoxical findingsMembrane potentialSame cells