A synaptic mechanism possibly underlying directional selectivity to motion
- 26 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 202 (1148), 409-416
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1978.0075
Abstract
A specific synaptic interaction is proposed as the mechanism underlying the directional selectivity to motion of several nervous cells. It is shown that the hypothesis is consistent with previous behavioural and physiological studies of the motion detection process.Keywords
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