Outline: Retinal Ganglion Cells

Ganglion cells = first spiking cell = optic nerve output

Techniques: single cell recording, peri-stimulus time histogram (PSTH)

Receptive field (RF)

Definition
Center-Surround = Lateral Interaction = Lateral Inhibition
On center-Off surround versus Off center-On surround
Transient responses (on, off, or on-off) versus sustained responses

Properties

Linearity
Edge Enhancement