Contrast adaptation in the retina: Global or local mechanisms?
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Multiple Mechanisms for Contrast Adaptation in the Retina
The retina adapts to average light intensity but also to the range of light intensities (contrast). A study by Baccus and Meister, in this issue of Neuron, identifies three ways that ganglion cells and interneurons adapt to high contrast: shorten integration time, reduce gain, and depolarize. Only the depolarization decays, over tens of seconds.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1662-5188
DOI: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2010.51.00001