Feature detection by retinal ganglion cells

D Kerschensteiner - Annual review of vision science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Retinal circuits transform the pixel representation of photoreceptors into the feature
representations of ganglion cells, whose axons transmit these representations to the brain …

The mouse superior colliculus: an emerging model for studying circuit formation and function

S Ito, DA Feldheim - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The superior colliculus (SC) is a midbrain area where visual, auditory and somatosensory
information are integrated to initiate motor commands. The SC plays a central role in visual …

High-density electrode recordings reveal strong and specific connections between retinal ganglion cells and midbrain neurons

J Sibille, C Gehr, JI Benichov… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The superior colliculus is a midbrain structure that plays important roles in visually guided
behaviors in mammals. Neurons in the superior colliculus receive inputs from retinal …

Retinal waves prime visual motion detection by simulating future optic flow

X Ge, K Zhang, A Gribizis, AS Hamodi, AM Sabino… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Fundamental circuit features of the mouse visual system emerge before
the onset of vision, allowing the mouse to perceive objects and detect visual motion …

Mapping visual functions onto molecular cell types in the mouse superior colliculus

Y Liu, EL Savier, VJ DePiero, C Chen, DC Schwalbe… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The superficial superior colliculus (sSC) carries out diverse roles in visual processing and
behaviors, but how these functions are delegated among collicular neurons remains …

Pathway-specific inputs to the superior colliculus support flexible responses to visual threat

C Li, NK Kühn, I Alkislar, A Sans-Dublanc… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Behavioral flexibility requires directing feedforward sensory information to appropriate
targets. In the superior colliculus, divergent outputs orchestrate different responses to visual …

Visual function, organization, and development of the mouse superior colliculus

J Cang, E Savier, J Barchini, X Liu - Annual review of vision …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The superior colliculus (SC) is the most prominent visual center in mice. Studies over the
past decade have greatly advanced our understanding of the function, organization, and …

The influence of spontaneous and visual activity on the development of direction selectivity maps in mouse retina

A Tiriac, K Bistrong, MN Pitcher, JM Tworig, MB Feller - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
In mice, retinal direction selectivity is organized in a map that aligns to the body and
gravitational axes of optic flow, and little is known about how this map develops. We find …

Neural mechanisms of motion processing in the mammalian retina

W Wei - Annual review of vision science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Visual motion on the retina activates a cohort of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). This
population activity encodes multiple streams of information extracted by parallel retinal …

Unraveling circuits of visual perception and cognition through the superior colliculus

MA Basso, ME Bickford, J Cang - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The superior colliculus is a conserved sensorimotor structure that integrates visual and other
sensory information to drive reflexive behaviors. Although the evidence for this is strong and …