Parallel processing in the mammalian retina
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- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Vol. 5 (10) , 747-757
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1497
Abstract
Our eyes send different 'images' of the outside world to the brain - an image of contours (line drawing), a colour image (watercolour painting) or an image of moving objects (movie). This is commonly referred to as parallel processing, and starts as early as the first synapse of the retina, the cone pedicle. Here, the molecular composition of the transmitter receptors of the postsynaptic neurons defines which images are transferred to the inner retina. Within the second synaptic layer - the inner plexiform layer - circuits that involve complex inhibitory and excitatory interactions represent filters that select 'what the eye tells the brain'.Keywords
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