A Nonlinearity in the Inhibitory Interactions in the Lateral Eye of Limulus

Receptor units in the eye of the horseshoe crab are more sensitive to lateral inhibition at some levels of excitation than they are at others. As a result, the steady-state inhibition of the response of a given unit is not directly proportional to the response levels of neighboring units. This effec...

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Autores principales: Barlow, Robert B., Lange, G. David
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1974
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2203564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4824997
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description Receptor units in the eye of the horseshoe crab are more sensitive to lateral inhibition at some levels of excitation than they are at others. As a result, the steady-state inhibition of the response of a given unit is not directly proportional to the response levels of neighboring units. This effect may be represented by the introduction of a nonlinearity in the Hartline-Ratliff system of equations. The nonlinear inhibitory effect appears to increase the operating range of the receptor units.
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spelling pubmed-22035642008-04-23 A Nonlinearity in the Inhibitory Interactions in the Lateral Eye of Limulus Barlow, Robert B. Lange, G. David J Gen Physiol Article Receptor units in the eye of the horseshoe crab are more sensitive to lateral inhibition at some levels of excitation than they are at others. As a result, the steady-state inhibition of the response of a given unit is not directly proportional to the response levels of neighboring units. This effect may be represented by the introduction of a nonlinearity in the Hartline-Ratliff system of equations. The nonlinear inhibitory effect appears to increase the operating range of the receptor units. The Rockefeller University Press 1974-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2203564/ /pubmed/4824997 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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