A dedicated circuit links direction-selective retinal ganglion cells to the primary visual cortex

Alberto Cruz-Martín, Rana N. El-Danaf, Fumitaka Osakada, Balaji Sriram, Onkar S. Dhande, Phong L. Nguyen, Edward M. Callaway, Anirvan Ghosh () and Andrew D. Huberman ()
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Alberto Cruz-Martín: University of California
Rana N. El-Danaf: University of California
Fumitaka Osakada: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Balaji Sriram: University of California
Onkar S. Dhande: University of California
Phong L. Nguyen: University of California
Edward M. Callaway: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Anirvan Ghosh: Neuroscience Discovery, F. Hoffman La Roche, 4070 Basel, Switzerland
Andrew D. Huberman: University of California

Nature, 2014, vol. 507, issue 7492, 358-361

Abstract: Using a combination of viral-tracing and in vivo imaging techniques, the authors show that there are several parallel pathways in the mouse visual system and that directional and orientation selectivity in the cortex may arise from the specialized tuning of retinal circuits.

Date: 2014
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