Image processing: how the retina detects the direction of image motion.
In the retina, the beautifully symmetrical 'starburst' amacrine cells interact with each other in a way that creates asymmetrical responses to moving images at their dendritic tips. This computation, occurring in a retinal interneuron, is a foundation of the directional signals transmitted by the retina to the brain.
Fried
Shelley I
SI
The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Masland
Richard H
RH
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