NEURAL ORGANIZATION IN THE PRIMATE RETINA

Abstract

A survey is presented of the neurohistological, neuroelectrical, and neurophysiological data relevant to retinal organization. The data are derived from studies of the neural organization of the primate retina. Major current problems include mechanisms of adaptation, spontaneous activity, and efferent influence, details of interconnection patterns, and amacrine function. A theoretical framework for an initial consideration of retinal organization is developed and a model that attempts to account for the properties of graded potentials in the external plexiform layer is presented. The model specifies a hypothetical mechanism as the fundamental source of logarithmic intensity encoding. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0667244

Entities

People

  • R. J. Macgregor

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Brain Stem
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Color Vision
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Microscopes
  • Nerves
  • Nervous System
  • Neurons
  • Optic Nerve
  • Perception
  • Rodents
  • Sensation
  • Synapses
  • Visual Perception

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  • Neuroscience
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.