Rectification and spike synchronization in the Limulus lateral eye
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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.
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Lateral Inhibition High Gain Generator Potential Spike Train Light Stimulus
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