Diversity of Ganglion Cell Responses to Saccade-like Image Shifts in the Primate Retina

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​Diversity of Ganglion Cell Responses to Saccade-like Image Shifts in the Primate Retina​
Krüppel, S.; Khani, M. H.; Karamanlis, D.; Erol, Y. C.; Zapp, S. J.; Mietsch, M. & Protti, D. A. et al.​ (2023) 
The Journal of Neuroscience, art. JN-RM-1561-22​.​ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1561-22.2023 

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Krüppel, Steffen; Khani, Mohammad H.; Karamanlis, Dimokratis; Erol, Yunus C.; Zapp, Sören J.; Mietsch, Matthias; Protti, Dario A.; Rozenblit, Fernando; Gollisch, Tim
Abstract
Saccades are a fundamental part of natural vision. They interrupt fixations of the visual gaze and rapidly shift the image that falls onto the retina. These stimulus dynamics can cause activation or suppression of different retinal ganglion cells, but how they affect the encoding of visual information in different types of ganglion cells is largely unknown. Here, we recorded spiking responses to saccade-like shifts of luminance gratings from ganglion cells in isolated marmoset retinas and investigated how the activity depended on the combination of pre- and post-saccadic images. All identified cell types, On and Off parasol and midget cells as well as a type of Large Off cells, displayed distinct response patterns, including particular sensitivity to either the pre- or the post-saccadic image or combinations thereof. In addition, Off parasol and Large Off cells, but not On cells, showed pronounced sensitivity to whether the image changed across the transition. Stimulus sensitivity of On cells could be explained based on their responses to step changes in light intensity, whereas Off cells, in particular, parasol and the Large Off cells, seem to be affected by additional interactions that are not triggered during simple light-intensity flashes. Together, our data show that ganglion cells in the primate retina are sensitive to different combinations of pre- and post-saccadic visual stimuli. This contributes to the functional diversity of the retina’s output signals and to asymmetries between On and Off pathways and provides evidence of signal processing beyond what is triggered by isolated steps in light intensity. Significance Statement: Sudden eye movements (saccades) shift our direction of gaze, bringing new images in focus on our retinas. To study how retinal neurons deal with these rapid image transitions, we recorded spiking activity from ganglion cells, the retina's output neurons, in isolated retinas of marmoset monkeys while shifting a projected image in a saccade-like fashion across the retina. We found that the cells do not just respond to the newly fixated image, but that different types of ganglion cells display different sensitivities to the pre- and post-saccadic stimulus patterns. Certain Off cells, for example, are sensitive to changes in the image across transitions, which contributes to differences between On and Off information channels and extends the range of encoded stimulus features.
Issue Date
2023
Journal
The Journal of Neuroscience 
Project
SFB 1456: Mathematik des Experiments: Die Herausforderung indirekter Messungen in den Naturwissenschaften 
SFB 1456 | Cluster B | B05: Inference of functional networks in the neuronal circuit of the retina from large-scale spike-train recordings 
EXC 2067: Multiscale Bioimaging 
Organization
Deutsches Primatenzentrum 
Working Group
RG Gollisch (Sensory Processing in the Retina) 
External URL
https://mbexc.uni-goettingen.de/literature/publications/724
ISSN
0270-6474
eISSN
1529-2401
Language
English

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