Kybernetik

, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp 155–160 | Cite as

Rectification and spike synchronization in the Limulus lateral eye

  • C. Ascoli
  • M. Barbi
  • C. Frediani
  • G. Ghelardini
  • D. Petracchi
Article

Abstract

The encoding of light stimuli into spike trains in the Limulus lateral eye is shown to be markedly nonlinear in our conditions of stimulation. Our experimental results support the conclusion that nonlinearities are enhanced by lateral inhibition but arise within the single ommatidium, and are due to the high gain in the transduction from generator potential to spike rate. This high gain is in turn related to the existence, in the steady relation between generator potential and spike rate, of a positive threshold on the generator potential.

Keywords

Lateral Inhibition High Gain Generator Potential Spike Train Light Stimulus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • C. Ascoli
    • 1
  • M. Barbi
    • 1
  • C. Frediani
    • 1
  • G. Ghelardini
    • 1
  • D. Petracchi
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratorio per lo Studio delle Proprietà Fisiche di Biomolecole e Cellule del CNRPisaItaly

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