Resolving Single Cone Inputs to Visual Receptive Fields

Overview

Journal Nat Neurosci

Date 2009 Jun 30

PMID 19561602

Citations 61

Authors

Lawrence C Sincich

YuHua Zhang

Pavan Tiruveedhula

Jonathan C Horton

Austin Roorda

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Abstract

With the current techniques available for mapping receptive fields, it is impossible to resolve the contribution of single cone photoreceptors to the response of central visual neurons. Using adaptive optics to correct for ocular aberrations, we delivered micron-scale spots of light to the receptive field centers of neurons in the macaque lateral geniculate nucleus. Parvocellular LGN neurons mapped in this manner responded with high reliability to stimulation of single cones.

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