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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 552-554 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Nature neuroscience |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Neuroscience(all)