Detection and prediction of periodic patterns by the retina.
Publication Year
2007
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A fundamental task of the brain is detecting patterns in the environment that enable predictions about the future. Here, we show that the salamander and mouse retinas can recognize a wide class of periodic temporal patterns, such that a subset of ganglion cells fire strongly and specifically in response to a violation of the periodicity. This sophisticated retinal processing may provide a substrate for hierarchical pattern detection in subsequent circuits.
Keywords
Journal
Nat Neurosci
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
552-4
Date Published
2007 May
ISSN Number
1097-6256
DOI
Alternate Journal
Nat Neurosci
PMCID
PMC3196557
PMID
17450138