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Processing of S-cone signals in the inner plexiform layer of the mammalian retina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2013

KIYOHARU J. MIYAGISHIMA ,
ULRIKE GRÜNERT  and
WEI LI
KIYOHARU J. MIYAGISHIMA
Affiliation:
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
ULRIKE GRÜNERT
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australian Research Council Center of Excellence in Vision Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
WEI LI*
Affiliation:
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Abstract

Color information is encoded by two parallel pathways in the mammalian retina. One pathway compares signals from long- and middle-wavelength sensitive cones and generates red-green opponency. The other compares signals from short- and middle-/long-wavelength sensitive cones and generates blue-green (yellow) opponency. Whereas both pathways operate in trichromatic primates (including humans), the fundamental, phylogenetically ancient color mechanism shared among most mammals is blue-green opponency. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of how signals from short-wavelength sensitive cones are processed in the primate and nonprimate mammalian retina, with a focus on the inner plexiform layer where bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cell processes interact to facilitate the generation of blue-green opponency.

Keywords

Color visionPrimate and nonprimate retinaAmacrine cellBlue-ON pathwayBlue-OFF pathway

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 31 , Issue 2: Short Wavelength-Sensitive Cones and the Processing of Their Signals , March 2014 , pp. 153 - 163
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