Complementary mechanisms create direction selectivity in the fly

How neurons become sensitive to the direction of visual motion represents a classic example of neural computation. Two alternative mechanisms have been discussed in the literature so far: preferred direction enhancement, by which responses are amplified when stimuli move along the preferred directio...

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Main Authors: Juergen Haag, Alexander Arenz, Etienne Serbe, Fabrizio Gabbiani, Alexander Borst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-08-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/17421