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How neurons compute direction

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Certain retinal neurons fire specifically in response to stimuli moving in one direction. This apparently occurs when branches of an upstream nerve cell respond asymmetrically, and link asymmetrically to the firing retinal neuron.

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Figure 1: Directional selectivity in the visual system.

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Sterling, P. How neurons compute direction. Nature 420, 375–376 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420375a

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