Image processing: how the retina detects the direction of image motion

Shelley I Fried; Richard H Masland

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.013

Image processing: how the retina detects the direction of image motion

Curr Biol. 2007 Jan 23;17(2):R63-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.013.

Authors

Shelley I Fried¹, Richard H Masland

Affiliation

¹ The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.

PMID: 17240332
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.013

Abstract

In the retina, the beautifully symmetrical 'starburst' amacrine cells interact with each other in a way that creates asymmetrical responses to moving images at their dendritic tips. This computation, occurring in a retinal interneuron, is a foundation of the directional signals transmitted by the retina to the brain.

MeSH terms

Amacrine Cells / physiology*
Animals
Dendrites / physiology
Motion Perception / physiology*
Synapses / physiology