Abstract
Single optic tract fibers in the cat were classified as X or Y cells by a contrast reversal stimulus. A slit of light was then moved across the receptive field at velocities from 10-1000 ° /s. The preferred velocity was that velocity which elicited the strongest response from the cell. The maximum velocity was the highest velocity target to which a cell could respond. Y cells as a group both preferred and could follow faster targets than X cells, and were more broadly tuned to the preferred velocity.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 299-303 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Experimental Brain Research |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 1980 |
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Keywords
- Moving stimulus
- Retinal ganglion cells
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
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Response of X and Y cat retinal ganglion cells to moving stimuli. / Cohen, H. I.; Winters, Ray; Hamasaki, D. I.
In: Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 38, No. 3, 01.02.1980, p. 299-303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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