Spectral sensitivity of direction-selective ganglion cells in the fish retina.
In color matching experiments with extracellular recordings from axon terminals of ganglion cells in the tectum opticum of immobilized goldfish, direction-selective ganglion cells were shown to be color-blind. Their spectral sensitivity is determined by a high positive input from the long wavelength-sensitive cones and weak opponent input from other cone types.
Maximova
Elena
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Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow. maximova@iitp.ru
Govardovski
Victor
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Maximov
Paul
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Maximov
Vadim
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D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D006054:Goldfish; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*