2004
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
2001
Cellular Basis for the Response to Second-Order Motion Cues in Y Retinal Ganglion Cells
Demb J, Zaghloul K, Sterling P. Cellular Basis for the Response to Second-Order Motion Cues in Y Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuron 2001, 32: 711-721. PMID: 11719210, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00484-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGanglion cellsEPSP/IPSP sequencesY cellsOFF ganglion cellsY ganglion cellsRetinal ganglion cellsSecond-order motion cuesSecond-order motion stimuliDendritic fieldsInhibitory effectCell inhibitionCellular basisMotion stimuliCortical cellsSecond-order motionCellsPerceive motionResponseTetrodotoxinCortexRetina