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Correlated firing among major ganglion cell types in primate retina
Author(s) -
Greschner Martin,
Shlens Jonathon,
Bakolitsa Constantina,
Field Greg D.,
Gauthier Jeffrey L.,
Jepson Lauren H.,
Sher Alexander,
Litke Alan M.,
Chichilnisky E. J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.193888
Subject(s) - retina , neuroscience , photopic vision , scotopic vision , bistratified cell , cell type , polarity (international relations) , macaque , biology , giant retinal ganglion cells , retinal , receptive field , primate , retinal ganglion cell , cell , biochemistry , genetics
Non‐technical summary This paper examines the correlated firing among multiple ganglion cell types in the retina. For many years it has been known that ganglion cells exhibit a tendency to fire simultaneously more or less frequently than would be predicted by chance. However, the particular patterns of correlated activity in the primate retina have been unclear. Here we reveal systematic, distance‐dependent correlations between different ganglion cell types. For the most part, the patterns of activity are consistent with a model in which noise in cone photoreceptors propagates through common retinal circuitry, creating correlations among ganglion cell signals.