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Concerted activity and information coding in the retinal ganglion cells

XIAO Lei, JING Wei, LIANG Pei-Ji^*

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Abstract

In vertebrate visual system, information is firstly processed in retina. With the development of the multi-electrode recording technique, concerted activity has been extensively observed in retinal ganglion cells of different species. However, the role of concerted activity in visual information processing is still unclear and under debating. This article reviews the recent studies focused on concerted activity among retinal ganglion cells, discussing the issues about its category, detection and physiological function.

Key words: retinal ganglion cells; concerted activity; category; cross-correlation; information coding

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Corresponding author: 梁培基　　E-mail: pjliang@sjtu.edu.cn

Citing This Article：

XIAO Lei, JING Wei, LIANG Pei-Ji. Concerted activity and information coding in the retinal ganglion cells. Acta Physiol Sin 2011; 63 (5): 423-430 (in Chinese with English abstract).