Detection and prediction of periodic patterns by the retina.

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.

SUBMITTER: Schwartz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3196557 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature