A neuronal circuit for colour vision based on rod–cone opponency

Maximilian Joesch () and Markus Meister ()
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Maximilian Joesch: Harvard University
Markus Meister: California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2016, vol. 532, issue 7598, 236-239

Abstract: Colour vision is thought to rely on the comparison of signals from cone cells in the retina, this paper identifies a class of mouse retinal ganglion cells (J-RGC) that integrates an OFF signal from ultraviolet-sensitive cones with an ON signal from green-sensitive rods, producing a colour-opponent channel that may enable animals to detect urine territory marks; the underlying circuit may also explain why humans experience a blue shift in night-time vision.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature17158

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