A synaptic mechanism possibly underlying directional selectivity to motion

Torre, V; Poggio, T

doi:10.1098/rspb.1978.0075

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A synaptic mechanism possibly underlying directional selectivity to motion

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Poggio, T
Former Department Information Processing in Insects, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Torre, V., & Poggio, T. (1978). A synaptic mechanism possibly underlying directional selectivity to motion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 202(1148), 409-416. doi:10.1098/rspb.1978.0075.

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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.