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Cone mechanisms initiating response of on—off goldfish optic fibres

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ON–OFF ganglion cells are common in a wide variety of vertebrate retinae1, including those of primates (F. M. de Monasterio and P. Gouras, personal communication). These units respond with a short, high-frequency burst of action potentials when a stationary light is turned on in the receptive field and also when the light is turned off. Because a dark or light spot moving across the receptive field elicits a vigorous response, Maturana et al.2 called on–off units in the frog “moving contrast detectors”.

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BEAUCHAMP, R. Cone mechanisms initiating response of on—off goldfish optic fibres. Nature 249, 668–670 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249668a0

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