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In a recent work (Oguztöreli, 1980) a mathematical model for studying the neutral activities in a vertebrate retina has been investigated, where the basic retinal network involves interconnected five neurons of different kind. This model is general enough to cover a great variety of neurons in the same retina as well as in the retinas of different species. In the present work we deal with an extension of the basic network considered in (Oguztöreli, 1980). This extended model contains interconnected twelve neurons: three receptor cells, two horizontal cells, two bipolar cells, two amacrine cells and three ganglion cells. The performance of the model under different conditions, and, the experimental determination of the system parameters are discussed. The background of the modelling and simulations can be found in (Oguztöreli, 1979, 1980).
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This work was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada under Grant NSERC-A-4345 and Grant NSERC G0377 to MNO through the University of Alberta
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Oguztöreli, M.N., O'Mara, K.S. Modelling and simulation of vertebrate retina: Extended network. Biol. Cybernetics 38, 9–17 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00337396
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