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How Neural Interactions Form Neural Responses in the Salamander Retina

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A wide range of experimental data characterizing propertiesof individual salamander retinal cells and synaptic interactionsare integrated to form a quantitative computational model of visual function in the salamander retina.The model is used to show how specific interactions between neuronsand between networks of neurons can lead to the integratedresponse behavior of individual cells deep in the retina. Themodel is also used to illustrate how the representation of movingand stationary stimuli is encoded in a series of layer-by-layertransformations leading to the final retinal output at the ganglioncell layer.

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    Jeff Teeters, Adam Jacobs & Frank Werblin

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Teeters, J., Jacobs, A. & Werblin, F. How Neural Interactions Form Neural Responses in the Salamander Retina. J Comput Neurosci 4, 5–27 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008840709467

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