title: Circuits and properties of signal transmission in the retina.
abstract: This essay looks at the historical significance of three APS classic papers that are freely available online: Naka K-I and Nye PW. Role of horizontal cells in organization of the catfish retinal receptive field. J. Neurophysiol 34:785-801, 1971. Marmarelis PZ and Naka K-I. Nonlinear analysis and synthesis of receptive-field responses in the catfish retina. II. One-input white-noise analysis. J. Neurophysiol 36: 619-633, 1973. Naka K-I, Marmarelis PZ, and Chan RY. Morphological and functional identifications of catfish retinal neurons. III. Functional identification. J. Neurophysiol 38: 92-131, 1975.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York 10016, USA. pw20@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Witkovsky
authors.forename: William K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Stell
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D025042:Amacrine Cells / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*