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The receptive field of the primate P retinal ganglion cell, I: Linear dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Ethan A. Benardete  and
Ehud Kaplan
Ethan A. Benardete
Affiliation:
The Rockefeller University, New York
Ehud Kaplan
Affiliation:
The Rockefeller University, New York
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Abstract

The ganglion cells of the primate retina include two major anatomical and functional classes: P cells which project to the four parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), and M cells which project to the two magnocellular layers. The characteristics of the P-cell receptive field are central to understanding early form and color vision processing (Kaplan et al., 1990; Schiller & Logothetis, 1990). In this and in the following paper, P-cell dynamics are systematically analyzed in terms of linear and nonlinear response properties. Stimuli that favor either the center or the surround of the receptive field were produced on a CRT and modulated with a broadband signal composed of multiple m-sequences (Benardete et al., 1992b; Benardete & Victor, 1994). The first-order responses were calculated and analyzed in this paper (part I). The findings are: (1) The first-order responses of the center and surround depend linearly on contrast. (2) The dynamics of the center and surround are well described by a bandpass filter model. The most significant difference between center and surround dynamics is a delay of approximately 8 ms in the surround response. (3) In the LGN, these responses are attenuated and delayed by an additional 1–5 ms. (4) The spatial transfer function of the P cell in response to drifting sine gratings at three temporal frequencies was measured. This independent method confirmed the delay between the (first-order) responses of the center and surround. This delay accounts for the dependence of the spatial transfer function on the frequency of stimulation.

Keywords

P cellReceptive fieldLinear dynamicsCenterSurround
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Research Articles
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 169 - 185
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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